A unique primitive hunting season will soon be underway in Pennsylvania. With a click of a trigger and the release of a flint stone against steel, black power explodes to propel a round ball through a ...

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. A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock. THE BIG WOODS of Pennsylvania, the final holdout state to maintain ...

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.

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 ...

Pennsylvania offers a muzzleloader season for antlerless deer and bear in October and a post-Christmas flintlock-only season for antlered and antlerless deer. Hunters with an interest in black powder ...

In at least one regard, Pennsylvania is the last frontier. It is the only state to have a firearms deer season during which only flintlock rifles and handguns can be used. Buckskinners celebrate their ...

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 ...

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 ...