[skeet]

You know..been thinking about the original post disdainfully talking about using inlines and smokeless in muzzleloader season.. Well to point out...inlines have been around an awful long time..Ya ever heard of a Ferguson?? I just spoke to a friend back east in Md..His son just got his first deer with an Encore. Using Pyrodex..another modern powder but a roundball for recoil reduction...He's ten years old...and thrilled. Then he got a chance to go deer hunting in a rifle county in Md..and got another deer with the 243 bbl I gave him for his Encore. Are you saying he shouldn't be able to use an inline?? Admittedly deer are not hard to get in Md..espceially when you know all the local farmers. But if not for an inline and sabots many people would not be able to enjoy the outdoors hunting deer..possibly with family and friends. Rather than the elitist attitude about the traditional gear..applaud the fact that there is a muzzleloader season that people can enjoy. Try not turning your noses up at the mention of newer gear. I don't see any mention of disdain towards compound bows which many people think is the ruination of archery hunting..not to mention the absolute howls about people using crossbows. Personally I am glad people get the opportunity to hunt. Y'all should be too. Not dissing you all personally..but your attitude is divisive..just like the thing with gun owners saying..well I don't shoot .. Let's say... handguns... so I won't fight for other people's right to use them.. A muzzleloader is just that..a muzzleloader no matter what you shoot through it. And though I like the traditonal guns..the newer inlines are much improved...And don't forget..we started with traditional and HAD to learn them..it's all we had. People really just want to be able to hunt..not worry about their type of equipment.