Pennsylvania is the only state that dedicates a deer season to the flintlock muzzleloader. Launched in 1974, the season runs for for three weeks after Christmas. During those weeks, hunters can punch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KEMPTON – Hard to believe how long in the tooth flintlock hunters have become since getting in on the ground floor when the ...

Technology has impacted most everything in our lives including muzzleloading rifles. Pennsylvania has a long heritage of having a primitive hunting season after Christmas for muzzleloaders. Scouting ...

Even with inline muzzleloaders, more is not always better when it comes to an effective hunting load for deer hunting. When hunting deer with a traditional flintlock ...

Pennsylvania hunters have already enjoyed an archery season, special firearms season, a week-long October muzzleloader season and two weeks of rifle deer season. But for those who enjoy hunting the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock. THE BIG WOODS of Pennsylvania, the final holdout state to maintain ...

A boom, a flame, a whiff of powder and a lead ball seem to rush into the air at the same time after a shooter pulls the trigger of a muzzleloading rifle. When hunters shoot during the antlerless deer ...

Pratt and Jim Kibler of Hanoverton, Ohio, teamed up this winter and spring to teach a class of 10 men to make their own .50 caliber flintlock rifles, the most popular caliber for Ohio deer hunting.

Clearly, modern muzzleloaders have stood the test of time in the Pennsylvania deer woods and inline rifles are no longer looked upon as gimmicks or a passing fad. This year’s special antlerless ...

Rod Douglas fires a shot with his pre-revolutionary war flintlock during a gathering of Flathead Muzzleloaders Association near Columbia Falls Saturday, Dec. 4. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) A ...

Beginning Saturday, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is providing muzzleloader hunters with an opportunity that would have seemed like a dream just five years ago. That is the opening day of the seven ...

Right on time, October arrived with a refreshing burst of cool weather, and that makes hunters excited about muzzleloader deer season. Muzzleloader season, as we call it, is the highly anticipated ...