Trad ML hunting in Maine

[das fisch]

Anyone here live around southern Maine or New Hampshire? The reason I ask is I'm on the board of directors for the York Fish and Game Club (York, Maine) and am looking for someone to come and speak in regards to traditional muzzleloader hunting at one of our monthly club meetings.
If anyone is interested please contact me.
Thank you.

 

[rabjr]

Man you got a good bunch up there called the Ancient ones of Maine, contact them.
http://theancientonesofmaine.com/

 

[rkmeyer]

Swampy,
That looks like a great group of folks up thar in maine. :thumbsup:
Dusty :wink:

 

[Shine]

Good luck getting a primitive season we tried. The bowhunters put up stink and they have to much lobbying power.

 

[paulvallandigham]

If you provide the legislators with a list of all the other states that have a separate ML season, they will listen.

Every state is short of Revenue, and if they can generate more money by having such a separate season, They are likely to go for it. Get all the Maine MLing Gun Clubs to sign petitions for it, and get several legislators to sponsor it. Talk to your game department officials so they know the extent of interest by hunters in such a season.

Listen to what the Archers are saying. Often their objections involve only the closing of some days to them for such seasons. See if they won't agree to help get the MLing season open, provided they can still hunt with Bows. The Game department may still want them to wear blaze orange, for safety reasons, and some archers squawk about that. However, NO legislator is going to cross the game officials on issues relating to safety. That is right up there with motherhood, apple pie, and the American Flag. The more hunters in the field, the more deer are moved from their beds, and more hunters get a opportunity to shoot a deer. If archers are in the field, this works for them, too.

 

[Shine]

I dont even want to get into it. But there are only 2 clubs in the state and we are not that big. The rest of the muzzle loaders in maine buy a zip gun at walmart. They hunt during the muzzleloading season and most don't even bother to clean them if they even fire them. We used to have a lobbying group but it was disbanded after we lost the fight. We have done what you said we were able to get the state to allow double bbl. muzzleloaders. But the bowhunters bitched about that too and it was repealed. We have a very elitist attitude among bowhunters in this state. It is very hard to stomach somtimes.

 

[SimonKenton]

We have it in NY too. We tried to get PRIMITIVE seasons for both BP and bow to have maybe ONE week each free from bows with training wheels and cheatline Wally World specials.

It almost lasted two weeks but the effort was STOMPED by the cheatliners, regular gun hunters and the the wheelie "bow" shooters. :cursing:

-Ray