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Originally Posted by pottymouth
Create a primitive weapons season, and from rifle and archery season to create it. Implement a primitive weapon license , much like bowhunters already have ( bowhunters would be exempt from it, because they have one already) and track the primitive hunting license s. Then develop appropriate seasons....that's the correct way imo. Not shoving them with Bowhunting season, when they are not a bow.
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Alright. Let's work with this...
I don't think you could do this practically, but let's just think about this theoretically. Suppose you could calculate the success rate for any weapon. Then you could calculate the length of a season that would fit with game management goals.
Let's say a rifle gets a month. Then perhaps a muzzleloader (which has pretty good performance these days) gets 6 weeks. A crossbow gets two months and a bow gets three months as it's more difficult and has a lower success rate. Heck, perhaps a spear gets six months. To me that would make sense and be based on fact/science.