In Michigan mz season is after cf season in Dec . It falls during the 2nd rut of 1 1/2 yr doe statewide . Good time to be in the woods !!!! Few do it .I think I'm pretty open minded and accepting. While I never moved past the old plunger design inlines, still hunt with my Knights, newer technology never bothered me. I have zero issues with custom rifles or SML's. This however bothers me. I think to me the bottom line is, all the previous guns are muzzleloaders. In my mind this isn't. It's not legal in VA, propellant and projectile must load through the muzzle.
I remember when inlines became popular here, people complained about them being used during muzzleloader season. I remember thinking it didn't bother me as they were still muzzleloaders. I don't feel the same about these. Every year I here more complaints at VDGIF meetings from the gun hunters about muzzleloader season. As such, I hope these stay out of muzzleloader season. I worry as manufacturers push the limits we will eventually lose the muzzleloader season.
Am I way off base here?
We have a couple areas in the southern lower penninsula that were management areas for Chronic Wasteing Disease . There any weapon was allowed legal for the areas . I dont/wont hunt there anymore .
If anything hurts hunting success here its the Early Special hunts --- very political . Youth , wounded veteran , etc. ,etc . Spooked pressured deer are hard to hunt !!!!!!