The kids are grown, and the last one is leaving this weekend for college. I finally found the time to take the NH hunters ed course, and will be getting back to the woods after a decades long absence. I would certainly prefer rifle hunting, but live in the People's Republic, so I am thinking I will go black powder. (Frankly, the substantial $ it would cost to hunt with a rifle out of state is too much just to relearn how to find deer this first year back.) To be honest, I don't like modern in-lines, so I will be using a .58 caliber 1853 3-band Enfield repro with 480 gr Minnie Ball over 60g of FF. (I know... the full charge is 70g, but I am using original style ACW Minnie, and they tend to blow off the thin skirts at 70g.) Can I carry a cap and ball pistol as well in MA? I know you can in other states, but this doesn't seem to addressed on the MassWildlife site. Jeff