June Fir,Fish,Game - Bridgers trashed traditional & PRB

[Adam Helmer]

roundball & rattus,

Your dialog is interesting and is reflected here in PA among the bow hunters' associations.

The "Traditional" Bow Hunters are livid that crossbows are now legal to hunt with in PA, BUT NOT in the six-week archery deer season beginning October 1. Crossbow deer hunters must buy a Muzzleloader (Rifle) Tag and hunt in the October ML and after-Christmas ML deer seasons. Now that is silly, after all a crossbow is a bow.

I am a "Traditional" ML hunter and use flinters (mostly) and am glad we have a traditional after-Christmas deer season SPECIFICALLY for Flintlocks. Our week-long October deer season was made an "Any ML" about 2 or 3 years ago. Before that it was Flintlock Only in October. Now the inlines and scopes and all that are legal for the week in October. I wonder why? The PGC will not permit crossbows in the 6-week archery season beginning October 1, but permit inlines in the October ML season.

So, PGC did not "Offend" the verticle archers, but said "To hell" with the traditional muzzleloaders. So, Rattus, if there were to be fairness in PA, do you think crossbows should be allowed IN the 6-week long archery season?

I think you guys know that MLs, Inlines and modern rifles are legal in the two-week rifle deer after Thanksgiving in PA.

The point roundball makes is apparent in the PA archery deer season. The Traditional Archers got to keep their 6 weeks without any crossbows. If that is ok, they why not let the Traditional MLs folks have their seasons as well? The modern ML hunters can hunt the two-week rifle deer season with no fuss.

Adam