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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 415058" data-attributes="member: 389">One can call it selfish if they wish, but the bottom line is the season was originally asked for and approved by the legislature by those who were primarily interested in an opportunity to shoot a deer with at most a cap and ball type of muzzleloader.&nbsp; One didn't see the explosion in ML tag applications until the modern inline rifles came about.&nbsp; So now those who originally put in the effort to even get the ML season approved are being pushed out, age is clearly a factor as well for many, but even I who originally purchased a cap and ball ML some 20+ years ago feel a little deprived of the opportunity to have a set aside primitive weapon season.&nbsp; It's to the point that if I have a doe tag nowadays, I mostly use my ML for the challenge.&nbsp; Technological advances in ML were hard for people to foresee back in the 60s and 70s.&nbsp; If there was a crystal ball available back then, the language in the law would have most likely been more specific to the tech allowed.&nbsp; Most of the primitive weapons crowd just enjoy the opportunity to challenge their hunting skills, whereas the modern inline hunters are just excited to have a second buck tag.&nbsp; Which is why the ML doe tags are exponentially easier to get than let's say...a WT doe tag in 3B1.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 415058, member: 389"] One can call it selfish if they wish, but the bottom line is the season was originally asked for and approved by the legislature by those who were primarily interested in an opportunity to shoot a deer with at most a cap and ball type of muzzleloader. One didn't see the explosion in ML tag applications until the modern inline rifles came about. So now those who originally put in the effort to even get the ML season approved are being pushed out, age is clearly a factor as well for many, but even I who originally purchased a cap and ball ML some 20+ years ago feel a little deprived of the opportunity to have a set aside primitive weapon season. It's to the point that if I have a doe tag nowadays, I mostly use my ML for the challenge. Technological advances in ML were hard for people to foresee back in the 60s and 70s. If there was a crystal ball available back then, the language in the law would have most likely been more specific to the tech allowed. Most of the primitive weapons crowd just enjoy the opportunity to challenge their hunting skills, whereas the modern inline hunters are just excited to have a second buck tag. Which is why the ML doe tags are exponentially easier to get than let's say...a WT doe tag in 3B1. [/QUOTE]

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