Not everyone cares about such things, in fact, I would venture to guess that very few that lobbied for a ML season care about such things, they only want more opportunities to kill things. Those of us that ARE interested in the true spirit of hunting with flintlocks will, and do, do so without any special season. To each his own.
Me too!
This!
It is my understanding that in Pennsylvania, it is called a "primitive weapons" season and is PRB, open iron sights and flintlock or earlier. It depends on the reason for the "special" season. Some "special" seasons, usually ML and shotgun are implemented to reduce the range due to acreages and such and have not g to do with "history". However, just like the biological men that want to "identify" as a woman so they can compete with an unfair advantage in women's sports, the guys shooting high powered gun s that "identify" as a ML so they can compete with other ML and shotgun hunters in these special season zones will eventually find their so-called ML guns whose "smokeless sabotless builds would put most CF guns to shame at 300 yards" will either be disqualified from the season OR the whole special season will be shut down for everyone. Every sport has those that will cheat any way they can to gain an unfair edge over those that just train hard to be the best they can be within the rules and intentions. This is how it has always been and how it will always continue to be. Human nature.
Technically no, but neither was Lia Thomas "technically" cheating when HE competed in women's swimming
What is your point?,the goal should ALWAYS be to make a clean kill with one shot and on the rare occasion that that does not happen, a GOOD hunter knows that you wait for 15-20 minutes before pursuing the animal to give it time to calm down and bed, FAR more time than is required to reload a ML even if you choose to run a cleaning patch down it before reloading.
I don't think you know what "sour grapes" means. The point is that when people go beyond the intentions and the spirit, in this case using technology to bastardize the intensions of the special season, whether it is do make up form a lack of hunting skills or just to increase the chances of success with as little effort as possible, don't be surprised if the whole season is taken away. I personally don't care what you or anyone else does, I don't need a special season to hunt with a ML, I hunt with it by choice.
Most "off the shelf" flint and cap locks are straight stocked so are ambidextrous. However, I personally would not recommend these types of rifles in flint. There are few things worse and/or more frustrating than a cheap flintlock, however, there are few things more satisfying and rewarding than a good quality flintlock. A TC "Hawken" or Lyman "grant plains" in .54 cap lock are Wonderfull choices at an attractive price point, at least they USED to be an attractive price point, no idea what they cost these days. I am not positive about the TC but I do know that the Lyman could be had in left handed.
