It’s official and in the 2009 North Carolina Hunting Regulations book.  After all the debate and banter between lawmakers, commissioners, rifle hunters, bowhunters, and the general public, muzzleloader and rifle seasons will not be structured any differently than what they have been in the past.  Presumably because of the flow of letters in opposition to the rule changes, these regulations will have a better chance of making it to writing in 2010’s hunting year.  But for now, North Carolina’s bowhunters will still enjoy an almost 2 month bow season in the center of the state.