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 ...

Pennsylvania offers extended deer hunting opportunities after the main rifle season ends. Flintlock muzzleloader hunting is a primitive method that presents unique challenges and rewards. While not ...

KEMPTON – Hard to believe how long in the tooth flintlock hunters have become since getting in on the ground floor when the flintlock deer season made its debut in the mid-1970s. Not hard to believe, ...

A primitive hunting season is underway in Pennsylvania for those who enjoy winter weather and challenging firearms. “It’s really a deep-rooted connection with hunting,” Curtis Morris, owner of Morris ...

For someone who anticipates the annual celebration of traditional muzzleloaders in general and flintlock rifles in particular at the Dixon Gunmaker’s Fair, which concludes today at the world’s largest ...

THE BIG WOODS of Pennsylvania, the final holdout state to maintain a flintlock-specific muzzleloader season, are full of tradition and smoke from the day after Christmas until the middle of January.

Ka-boom! That’s the familiar sound hunters in the woods this time of year look forward to hearing. Monday was the first day of the three-week flintlock rifle season in Pennsylvania. It’s believed to ...