FAIRVIEW — Last week, I had one of the more unusual grouse openers in my bird hunting history. I joined a group of traditional muzzleloaders from throughout Michigan for a grouse-and-squirrel opener ...

With the calendar now turned to 2026, West Virginia hunters are preparing to step back in time for the annual Mountaineer ...

It’s been almost 40 years since Dave Ehrig was bitten by the muzzleloading bug. Since then, Ehrig has toted single-shot rifles across North American in pursuit of deer, caribou, elk, bear, turkey and ...

The late muzzleloading season for deer hunting in the Southern Zone began last week and ends Tuesday. The only firearm allowed is a muzzleloader. Shotguns and rifles are banned. \ The firearms used by ...

Traditional muzzleloader hunters will have a new nine-day deer and elk season under a bill nearing passage in the Montana Legislature. The Senate voted to give initial approval Tuesday to House Bill ...

KEMPTON – There are those who, even if not saying it in so many in words, consider Chuck Dixon the father of traditional muzzleloader hunting, shooting and rifle building in Pennsylvania. By the time ...

I often get asked how to get a muzzleloader to shoot accurately. Muzzleloaders are accurate to be sure, but it takes some time on the range to get them shooting straight, shot after shot, and it's ...

The primitive weapons season for hunting deer opens in Georgia on Saturday. Hunters using those weapons also may start pursuing bears in North Georgia at that time. This gives hunters using ...

Grab you favorite smokepole, powder and bullets, Nebraska’s black powder season is in full swing. This particular deer hunting season runs until Dec. 31. Temperatures do not make it feel like ...

A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less upon impact and may leave far fewer lead fragments in game than a modern ...