Proposal for primitive hunting season in Maryland

mloader40 · Feb 16, 2020

https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/P...asons/2020-2022-Proposed-Hunting-Seasons.aspx
The Maryland DNR and WHS have requested public comments for a proposed primitive hunting season in Maryland for whitetail deer. See the above.

traveller · Feb 16, 2020

Does that mean 'sharpened stick and a rock to finish them off '?

Bertfish · Feb 16, 2020

Probably flintlock

Pale Ryder · Feb 16, 2020

Wow 6 year lurker.

Here I thought I was a wallflower when I first joined.

Prefer it at the end of the season in Feb. Let the archery guys start with out all the boom booms for a bit, small game comes in too pretty early.

Archeryrob · Feb 16, 2020

Proposed Action: Create a statewide primitive-weapon deer hunting season. Legal hunting devices for this proposed new season will include: long bows, recurve bows, flintlock pistols and rifles, and percussion sidelock pistols and rifles. No telescopic or modern optics will be permitted on any hunting device.

They don't know if they will start before bow with it, first three days of February or when. Guys are commenting to make the October Muzzy season primitive and December inlines and scopes. Who know with this one right now.

Devonian · Feb 16, 2020

I like the idea of a primitive season. Might be the nudge I need to take my recurve out.

I wish they would do a statewide reduction of the safety zone during archery season.

newmuzzleloader · Feb 16, 2020

Also a proposal to make coyote day and night year round instead of only 6 months out of the year.

hobiecat590 · Feb 16, 2020

Archeryrob said:
Proposed Action: Create a statewide primitive-weapon deer hunting season. Legal hunting devices for this proposed new season will include: long bows, recurve bows, flintlock pistols and rifles, and percussion sidelock pistols and rifles. No telescopic or modern optics will be permitted on any hunting device.

They don't know if they will start before bow with it, first three days of February or when. Guys are commenting to make the October Muzzy season primitive and December inlines and scopes. Who know with this one right now.

Let's hope they leave early Muzzy season alone regarding inlines ans scopes and ADD days for flintlocks and percussion's. It would be delightful to use my old CVA once again.

dist1646 · Feb 16, 2020

It's a trick!

BossmanPJ · Feb 16, 2020

hobiecat590 said:
Let's hope they leave early Muzzy season alone regarding inlines ans scopes and ADD days for flintlocks and percussion's. It would be delightful to use my old CVA once again.

Yeah I like my early muzzleloader season. I’m going to be pretty pissed if they take it away. They could take a week out of archery and add this new category or do it later after late rifle.

Pale Ryder · Feb 16, 2020

You could use your CVA in any of the 3 firearm seasons, early ML, late ML, or regular firearms. Guys you can use the recurve in any of the open seasons.

I'm not opposed to a set season though.

teratos · Feb 16, 2020

newmuzzleloader said:
Also a proposal to make coyote day and night year round instead of only 6 months out of the year.

This would be a common sense law I could get behind.

dist1646 · Feb 16, 2020

Look at the timing of this vs what the dems are doing now. It's a trick.

outrider58 · Feb 16, 2020

There already are primitive seasons. WTF? Everyone needs to feel special. Everybody gets a trophy! Give me a friggin break.

My response:

Primitive seasons already exist. By adding more hunting pressure to the deer population, you will merely aid in pushing deer further towards nocturnalism.

Coyotes should be hunted 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They need to be brought back under control.

hobiecat590 · Feb 16, 2020

Pale Ryder said:
You could use your CVA in any of the 3 firearm seasons, early ML, late ML, or regular firearms. Guys you can use the recurve in any of the open seasons.

I'm not opposed to a set season though.

It is that "or" thing that has me concerned. I can already use my old percussion scope-less CVA rifle now in all 3 seasons if I want to handicap myself. They had better not not make modern inline scoped Muzzy's illegal during early Muzzy season! I'm hope the intention is to ADD hunting days w/ primitive weapons in addition to the the regular season to promote hunting.

Melnic · Feb 16, 2020

I'm good with it if it augments existing seasons.

lazarus · Feb 16, 2020

hobiecat590 said:
Let's hope they leave early Muzzy season alone regarding inlines ans scopes and ADD days for flintlocks and percussion's. It would be delightful to use my old CVA once again.

That’s my preference. Want to tinker, add 3 days of primitive first 3 days of February. Maybe make the limits for primitive as per of the bow limits so they count towards each other.

Leave early ML alone. Or at a minimum leave the either sex first 3 days alone.

Uncle Duke · Feb 16, 2020

That which is old is to perhaps become new again?

Maryland muzzleloader season used to be defined as flintlock and percussion. There were no inlines, and telescopic sights were not allowed.

nedsurf · Feb 16, 2020

They should list the atlatl as an allowable hunting piece.

possumman · Feb 17, 2020

I will start sharpening my Zwickeys now.

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