"This isn't Kansas anymore, Toto". And these aren't muzzle loaders anymore, except in the sense that they're loaded from the muzzle. As soon as Fish&Game Departments instituted special ML seasons as a nod to traditionalists, as like for archers, to practice an arcane sport, human nature being what it is the arms race began. Instead of refining/practicing hunting skills to get up close and personal with the deer to make a clean one shot kill, we've substituted technology.
I'm already sorry I brought it up. The toothpaste can't be squeezed back into the tube.