Suppose you want the early flintlock during the nice weather and during the rut?
WTH: Archery gets an month long rut season and crossbows are now legal for everyone. Might as well let hordes of FL ML go out and have a go for Buck also before rifle. Heck rifle hunting in Pa doesn't have much of a tradition.
And I would bet the majority posting on this thread-happy or unhappy with the system-are CF rifle hunters.
Said it before: You want to hunt with a bow, then pick rifle or bow, but not both. You want to ML hunt for Bucks, fine with me. Do it during the two weeks of Buck season.