Tims Smokless
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Who said it has to be on the same playing field. Is flintlock and No.11 on the same playing field? Just hunt and not worry what someone else does.
Straight wall cartridges for muzzleloader?
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morgancountry
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I'll take it a step further. I wish they would just open Deer season Oct 15th or so and hunt with whatever you want. Adjust for limits accordingly (Doe of course). What difference does 2 weeks of muzzleloader really make? We already shoot smokeless out to 300 yards now. I don't have any data to prove, but seems more deer are lost shooting muzzleloaders than rifles. Especially if anyone is shooting power belts lol. So I would like it. I already have a .350 legend and love it.
So you're ok with using a 30-06 during muzzleloader
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I am not arguing with you. I was making a comment about his post. I could care less what or how anyone hunts as long as it is done legally.
If they change the law to make that legal then I could care less what someone else does.
Yes
backyardtndeer
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Said I would probably have one, not that I would use it in primitive weapons season though. Really is kind of a moot point here in cwd unit anyway as long as we are allowed to hunt rifle starting the day after the juvi hunt.Hmmm, 350 legend in an AR platform....sounds like a ML to me.
I may pull my accura and hunt with it some since I already killed the buck I was after. Only downside to that is not having quick follow up for multiple yotes.
Smells Like Sulfur
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If they allow straight wall cartridges during muzzleloader season, you might as well just completely do away with muzzleloader season all together.
I could see adding a week or two of straight walled cartridge / ML only, but not adding straight walled cartridges to ML season. A repeating, modern, 45-70 would add an incredibly unfair advantage to muzzleloader hunters. Some of these newly developed straight walled cartridges have the ballistics characteristics of modern hunting cartridges.
I'm a big fan of muzzleloading hunting, and I really enjoy my few weeks of being in the woods with much less people galavanting around the woods making a ridiculous amount of noise.
I would like to see a primitive weapon season, cap lock and flint only, Even if it's just for a week or so.
I could see adding a week or two of straight walled cartridge / ML only, but not adding straight walled cartridges to ML season. A repeating, modern, 45-70 would add an incredibly unfair advantage to muzzleloader hunters. Some of these newly developed straight walled cartridges have the ballistics characteristics of modern hunting cartridges.
I'm a big fan of muzzleloading hunting, and I really enjoy my few weeks of being in the woods with much less people galavanting around the woods making a ridiculous amount of noise.
I would like to see a primitive weapon season, cap lock and flint only, Even if it's just for a week or so.
CrossVolle
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Do not need 350 Legends in the woods for MZ. They get slaughtered for 6 weeks already let's not make it 8.
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Why not just open season
megalomaniac
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Actually more bucks are killed the weekends of ML than any other weekend of gun season except for opening weekend gun in middle TN.
CrossVolle
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Perfect. No need to change it.
Bloodwolf1984
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I say yes. And make shotguns legal too....
Wobblyshot1
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The pic is me on Thanksgiving Day 1978 with my first flintlock deer. I was 26 years old and sure proud of being able to take that little buck. Just to let you know it was rifle season and I chose to use the flintlock instead of my model 70 30-06. By the way, there was no muzzle loader season at that time. Kinda thinking we're heading back that way now....full circle so to speak. During the last few years I've been leaning more for just a "deer season"....hunt em with what you got. I really don't care.
I took that survey but, as an afterthought, what good it will do is questionable in my mind. I figure the fix is on and it's probably already been decided.
I took that survey but, as an afterthought, what good it will do is questionable in my mind. I figure the fix is on and it's probably already been decided.
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Flintlocksforme
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Not a chance ever that we will all agree. If y'all are ok with me and a few others using our flint locks and smooth bores with patched round balls during the muzzle loader season and regular rifle season I am ok with everyone else using whatever they must to cleanly take a deer. I prefer to do what I find the most rewarding and hope that all of you can do the same. I have to pass up shots occasionally that most could easily make with scoped rifles or inlines. I just really enjoy the process. I hope everyone else finds what makes them happy too. TWRA at least asks so we can at least submit an option. I don't think they have ever considered my opinions but I appreciate being asked
Might as well
JeepKuntry
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I hate muzzleloaders. So yes I would buy a straight wall and scrap the muzzleloader!
