Good Lord, Mike Diehl! You took the words right out of my mouth. Most bows (?) and muzzleloaders are nowhere near primitive weapons and it's just an attempt to beat out the majority of rifle hunters.

We sort of got that redistribution equalized in WA State a few years ago. No mas on the tons of archery and ML limited entry tags. Now they are distributed amongst the user groups. And guess what? If you buy an archery tag, you can't hunt the other method seasons! (and same for other method/tags)

Me, me, me, me, Waaaah!

As an upstate NY'er with a lifetime Super Sportsman's license (Big game,Small game,Fishing,Archery and Muzzleloading) I'd like to say no thanks. Folks seem to forget that some of us like to chase turkeys, grouse, and rabbits for a few weeks before it becomes all about deer. Small game season starts Oct. 1 and it's nice to get out for a warm up first, especially so since I've taken up upland hunting with my Brittany.
As a Hunter Education Instructor, I'd like to see the Youth season happen in some form, but I'm not sure how they can pull that off since they went to a Saturday opener a few years back.
As far as the "primitive" idea, well let's just say I have an in-line and most guys I know shoot those or percussion cap Hawkens. Combine that with the fact the the DEC has cut back on Doe tags in my area the last few years, it doesn't seem logical.

I've got a bow for archery and gun for firearms season im an equal opportunity hunter and my season is extended for it.

Well, as Forrest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does!"
Why don't states make simple regulations that one doesn't have to have one's attorney review so that they may be understood.

What a crock of.... well you know. I definitely do not want to see these regs in my state or any other. My track record with bowhunting is lack luster to say the least and I would like to take up muzzleloading with an inline instead to extend my hunting season. Regs like those would definitely prevent me (and probably a few others) from taking up muzzleloading.

I thought these sorts of organizations were supposed to try and get more people interested and involved in their method of hunting and not making their part of the state/country into an elitist hunting club?

"I was just gonna ask where you've been."

Of late, I have found almost every piece of news or agitprop on the radio, tv, and internet so annoying that I've been staying away.

You know what the cod said to the haddock when they were caught in a net?

"We're scrod."

And we are.

you are a bunch of meat sticks. these regulations are not much different than vermonts where i grew up hunting. this gives a youth weekend, to get more youths involved and an earlier bow season. seriously, anyone can pull a trigger and kill a deer at 100 + yards with a rifle as most of you sound like you want a longer gun season or no change to your current season. How bout they eliminate gun season and archery only, a real challenge.