We have a combined muzzle loader and bow deer hunting season here in Vermont, for a week after the regular rifle season ends. And I think there may be another one earlier. (I can’t check on that, because the Vermont Fish and Wildlife people scrub the earlier part of the hunting calendar after it’s past.)
Not nearly as many muzzle loader hunters around these parts, but there are a few.
Usually muzzle loader season is very good to hunters. I’d try it out. Traditons has some nice ones that you might find useful. I have a .50 and I can shoot cloverleafs at 100 yards with ball and patch.