Does Ontario Need A Primitive Muzzleloader Season?

A bit off track but this concern re safety orange, fully camo dressed, bullets flying around in the woods sounds like we hunters are a bunch of clowns in the woods. I hunt in southern Ontario and the woods are full of farmers, nature walkers, pets or livestock any time of the year. Why should anyone have to worry about being shot?

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Originally Posted by tracker

A bit off track but this concern re safety orange, fully camo dressed, bullets flying around in the woods sounds like we hunters are a bunch of clowns in the woods. I hunt in southern Ontario and the woods are full of farmers, nature walkers, pets or livestock any time of the year. Why should anyone have to worry about being shot?

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Originally Posted by huntaway

We'll carve out two weeks of the three month archery season for those who wish to pursue deer using their flinlocks.

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Um-m-m-m,don't think so. I can hear the yellin' and screamin',now.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

Um-m-m-m,don't think so. I can hear the yellin' and screamin',now.

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I think most of the current ML seasons also allow bow hunting - so we shouldn't need to shut down bow during flintlock.

If you really want this to work - get a flintlock manufacturer behind it. That's what pushed x-bow hunting to be allowed during bow seasons in many states - manufacturers pushing legislators.

There'd be a lot of flintlocks sold if you opened a oct 1-7 flintlock season.
Might be a bit hard on the deer though.

If we did get a primitive ML season, I think they'd have to make coonskin hats, buckskin jacket/pants and mocassins mandatory. That'll get the equipment manufacturers interested.

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Originally Posted by tracker

A bit off track but this concern re safety orange, fully camo dressed, bullets flying around in the woods sounds like we hunters are a bunch of clowns in the woods. I hunt in southern Ontario and the woods are full of farmers, nature walkers, pets or livestock any time of the year. Why should anyone have to worry about being shot?

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No it makes it sound like the guy shooting at the squirrel may not know there is a guy in a tree stand. No problem knowing where nature walkers are. Some of them are louder then a truck when they are walking around.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

I think most of the current ML seasons also allow bow hunting - so we shouldn't need to shut down bow during flintlock.

If you really want this to work - get a flintlock manufacturer behind it. That's what pushed x-bow hunting to be allowed during bow seasons in many states - manufacturers pushing legislators.

There'd be a lot of flintlocks sold if you opened a oct 1-7 flintlock season.
Might be a bit hard on the deer though.

If we did get a primitive ML season, I think they'd have to make coonskin hats, buckskin jacket/pants and mocassins mandatory. That'll get the equipment manufacturers interested.

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As long as Archery stayed open and let's not forget that small game is open,also,you never know,it could grow legs if a company saw a healthy profit in it. Can you just imagine the cost of leather and coon skin? It would go through the roof.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

I think most of the current ML seasons also allow bow hunting - so we shouldn't need to shut down bow during flintlock.

If you really want this to work - get a flintlock manufacturer behind it. That's what pushed x-bow hunting to be allowed during bow seasons in many states - manufacturers pushing legislators.

There'd be a lot of flintlocks sold if you opened a oct 1-7 flintlock season.
Might be a bit hard on the deer though.

If we did get a primitive ML season, I think they'd have to make coonskin hats, buckskin jacket/pants and mocassins mandatory. That'll get the equipment manufacturers interested.

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