Marlingguy 

Agree there are more single shot fans than match shooters.
I sort of mixed the two,  Guessing again if ASSRA has 2000 members I doubt if 250 shoot matches regularly and 3/4 of those bench rest only.  On the East Coast 50 is a very large match turn out with a couple dozen the norm. Never attended Etna Green matches but people tell me shooters number less than 100. 

On the other hand if NRA has a 4000-5000 total turn out at BPCS matches that number covers match shooters only, not people otherwise intrested in singleshots. Total number of people intrested is probably 4 times match shooters.

We hunt with Single shots some around here but the state rules are a handicap. Muzzleloaders get special seasons and treatment while CF cartridge rifles of any sort are grouped and have much more restrictive regulations.  East from a Tree stand and West in the Montains short seasons. I will use a Trapdoor some but generaly go for the Minne Ball rifle deer season and a T/C contender .22 for Squirels. My Single shot match rifles are not suitable for anything outside the target range.

Boats

Marlinguy, We are way off the topic but what the heck

I agree it's a lot more fun to do something thats a bit more rewarding, only problem I have with the Centerfire season in Virginia  is you are in the woods with a thousand amatures that are trigger happy. M/L season is much longer and a lot less people.  We allow the modern In Line M/L's although my personal choice is no later than the 
Civil War.

Actualy my first choice for Squirells is a 1950 vintage Marlin 39A with a Lyman 17 tang sight.  Owned it for nearly 50 years, Paid for the rifle instalments running Muskrat traps and Crab Pots.

Couple of us are planning a Ferial Pig Hunt down in South Georgia soon and it's perfect work for a Trapdoor. Or a big old Revolver.

Boats

I'm kind of in the same boat here in Michigan. Tramping in the woods with a single shot rifle. old or new, always seems better to me. Our muzzleloading season is anything goes as long as black powder or a substitute is used to launch the slug.  I hope we follow Mississippi in allowing BPCR to be used for hunting.

I do also shoot competitively. More for the social aspect than a serious paper puncher. 

Squirrel season opens in 4 days!

Ed

Suits me could be intresting. Far flung as we are could get some good trades trip for trip with guys going. Have always wanted to Hunt out west. Mule deer or even Antelope.  Trouble would be comming up with something suitable East Coast,  Fish no problem big ones too, but big Game is Deer or Bear and Bears are hard to find.

Boats