I completely agree with Huvius, Let keep the early season for youth hunting. While I am at it I would also keep the early muzzleloading season, but I would limit it to flintlocks shooting round balls only. This is the way to get rid of the inlines during the early seasons. I would allow the use of inlines if they really want to use them, but only during the later gun seasons. I would put crossbows and compounds in a special late season and not have them competeing with traditional archers. I realise that this will piss some people off, but so be it.
As hunters we need to be more inclusive with what we allow so as to get more people interested, but we don't need unfair competition of modern day shooting machines being run in with the genuine primitive hunters. We hunt with these primitive weapons because they limit our shots and make us better hunters. To make us compete with these mechanical devices during our special seasons, is a travisty.
Many of these people who use these types of modern shooting machines, are only there because it gives them an unfair advantage over everyone else. If we take that unfair advantage away from them, they will probably quit, and that's alright too. They are generally the slob hunters that we all hate to hear and read about. It would improve the sport to be rid of them. Pay hunters are another sore spot but I won't get into that whole nest of snakes now. Bob