Traditional Hunting Awareness Campaign?

[roundball]

Wondering about the possibility of getting the MLF interested in starting some sort of communication campaign...to increase general hunter awareness of the effectiveness of taking game with traditional styled muzzleloaders.

Seems if such an awareness campaign began springing up from multiple websites, it would have a positive effect in catching other hunter's attention, getting more of them interested in traditional muzzleloader hunting, etc.

Any thoughts?

 

[Claude Mathis]

I like the concept of spreading the word about "traditional muzzleloader hunting". :thumbsup:

Do you have any suggestions as to what a web site can do?

 

[musketman]

Do you have any suggestions as to what a web site can do?

For starters:

They can offer Traditional Hunting Tutorials... (step by step hunting with traditional guns and what to expect)

Provide facts to support that traditional muzzleloaders can humanely harvest game over a wide rane of distances...

Web Ringing... (linking all traditional muzzleloader sites together, total members of all sites could have some major lobby powder)

Get involved in youth programs, offer youth hunting sections in their forums too...

 

[roundball]

I like the concept of spreading the word about "traditional muzzleloader hunting". :thumbsup:

Do you have any suggestions as to what a web site can do?

Possibly, and I suspect the fertile minds of The MLF members could help brainstorm a variety of ideas...and I have a related question I'd like to ask.

As a backdrop for it I'll mention that the Trap & Skeet club I belong to recognizes / reciprocates with other card carrying Trap & Skeet club members who may be visiting each other's clubs, and we/they are treated as quasi-members, only having to pay normal member fees to shoot rounds of skeet, vs. paying a larger 'guest' fees...a reciprocal agreements among clubs in North Carolina for example...clubs recognizing each other, helping each other, all oriented towards common goals, etc.

My question is not about money, but sort of along those lines of reciprocating, regarding various muzzleloading websites...was wondering if muzzleloading websites might be evolving towards a similar business or operations viewpoint in this day and age where one website owner could approach another and stand a reasonable chance of gaining agreement to permanently post and/or jointly develop/participate in, some sort of a category devoted to the effectiveness of Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting.

Possibly get more widespread "public coverage" of the topic across a lot more websites...that traditional muzzleloaders are clearly not inefficient, ineffective...really boost an awareness campaign, maybe get some more folks interested in trying their hand at traditional.

There seems to be a very low number of good, easy to find information outlets about traditional muzzleloader hunting, and at the same time, there is a lot of mis-information spread around out there by non-traditional hunters...difficult for the average ML hunter to even know traditional still exists unless they stumble specifically across a site like this one.

I'm just thinking out loud for ways that multiple interested sites might somehow collectively produce a larger scale awareness campaign...almost a federation approach to a common interest

 

[Greenmtnboy]

I would give anything for CO to go back to a "primitive" muzzleloading season.
Dang single shot high power non primitive rifles :cursing:
I have been teaching some of my younger friends muzzleloading, but there is always the jerk who says inlines are primitive trying to diswade them

 

[roundball]

I would give anything for CO to go back to a "primitive" muzzleloading season.
Dang single shot high power non primitive rifles :cursing:
I have been teaching some of my younger friends muzzleloading, but there is always the jerk who says inlines are primitive trying to diswade them

By the way, and this is a general clarification for anyone who might like to participate...this thread is NOT about one form of muzzleloader vs. another...it is only focused on Traditional Muzzleloaders.

This is a feasability discussion of possible ways to get other websites involved in a collaborative effort to better communicate a common theme that Traditional Hunting is in fact efficient and effective.

If this thread is not kept squarely on that focus, it will deterioriate into the same old battles and I would expect and encourage Claude to delete it as that is wasted, negative energy.

The new challenge is to take a fresh approach and decide how we can advance the level of awareness among hunters at large that Traditional Muzzleloaders take game efficiently and effectively...references to any other form of muzzleloaders are not part of this discussion.

:v

 

[AgesofDays]

it seems that when I get interested in anything different thats when everybody gets into it I say keep it a best kept secret

 

[CrackStock]

Possibly FAQs for primitive shooting, hunting or the running of a primitive range/event.

A listing of places to shoot that focus on the primitive shooter.

A source page for people interested in hosting primitive events or clubs.

I was just thinking outkeyboard. :grin:

CS

 

[gmww]

I would give anything for CO to go back to a "primitive" muzzleloading season.
Dang single shot high power non primitive rifles :cursing:
I have been teaching some of my younger friends muzzleloading, but there is always the jerk who says inlines are primitive trying to diswade them

By the way, and this is a general clarification for anyone who might like to participate...this thread is NOT about one form of muzzleloader vs. another...it is only focused on Traditional Muzzleloaders.

This is a feasability discussion of possible ways to get other websites involved in a collaborative effort to better communicate a common theme that Traditional Hunting is in fact efficient and effective.

If this thread is not kept squarely on that focus, it will deterioriate into the same old battles and I would expect and encourage Claude to delete it as that is wasted, negative energy.

The new challenge is to take a fresh approach and decide how we can advance the level of awareness among hunters at large that Traditional Muzzleloaders take game efficiently and effectively...references to any other form of muzzleloaders are not part of this discussion.

:v

I see your point about making it clear as to what type of traditional ML hunting weapons your talking about. However, even here there has been much discussion and debate as to what a traditional weapon is. I'd sure like to see it be inclussive as much as possible rather exclussive when discusssing traditional weapons.

 

[tg]

. "I'd sure like to see it be inclussive as much as possible rather exclussive when discusssing traditional weapons.'

That has been the problem in trying to maintain traditional hunting seasons, inclusive opens many doors, exclusive reduces the numbers of those interested, and causes a lot of arguements, to encourage traditional hunting one must define it, and this has yet to be done to any consistant degree.

 

[Runner]

I invite folks to go hunting with the guns out at the cabin. I don't have enough small bore or shotguns type guns to make it much of a social event. Once the 58 is done, I will have another one to use. Small bore squirrel hunts are no pressure, no fast pace, plenty of time to shoot and play type days. That is the best way I have found. The guns sell themselves once you get people started with them.

 

[roundball]

I see your point about making it clear as to what type of traditional ML hunting weapons your talking about. However, even here there has been much discussion and debate as to what a traditional weapon is. I'd sure like to see it be inclussive as much as possible rather exclussive when discusssing traditional weapons.

For the purposes of my question, I put muzzleloaders in two very simple categories: Traditional and Modern
ie: if it's not a modern inline, then it's 'traditional' for purposes of my question.

There is advertising and discussions going on everywhere about "modern muzzleloaders"...I'm interested in seeing if a large scale awareness campaign could be started and expanded across similar websites about the hunting efficiency & effectiveness of traditional (non-modern) muzzleloaders.

 

[roundball]

Do you have any suggestions as to what a web site can do?

For starters:

They can offer Traditional Hunting Tutorials... (step by step hunting with traditional guns and what to expect)

Provide facts to support that traditional muzzleloaders can humanely harvest game over a wide rane of distances...

Web Ringing... (linking all traditional muzzleloader sites together, total members of all sites could have some major lobby powder)

Get involved in youth programs, offer youth hunting sections in their forums too...

Good stuff...

 

[roundball]

Possibly FAQs for primitive shooting, hunting or the running of a primitive range/event.

A listing of places to shoot that focus on the primitive shooter.

A source page for people interested in hosting primitive events or clubs.

I was just thinking outkeyboard. :grin:

CS

More good stuff...

 

There is advertising and discussions going on everywhere about "modern muzzleloaders"...

Perhaps the "traditional" gun makers should start advertising too? It's tough for the end-user to foot the bill for the manufactures to help them promote and sell their products.

 

[oomcurt]

Hi Dale,

I really think you have something there. Sure...the cost of the advertising will be passed on to the consumer...but considering the coverage the manufacturers can put out...far greater than a local club or even a national organization can do. One possible problem though. The present brick and mortar stores are far and few between where the clerks or the stores themselves have a good working knowledge of traditional muzzleloaders. For all sporting good stores to stock guns and equipment...some serious effort would have to be made to get them up to speed. Still, as I said in the begining...great idea.