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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just as the argument is heating up over whether Nevada should legalize rifle scopes for use during muzzleloader-only hunting seasons, the company that turned the muzzleloading world upside-down with ...

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 ...

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 ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — It was the opening morning of early muzzleloader elk season, and Don Strand was right where he wanted to be: hunkered down in heavy timber up Nasty Creek in the Ahtanum, 25 yards ...

A muzzleloader hunter can hunt in either the muzzleloader or modern-firearm season, but not both. Laws vary from state to state Toby Bridges, a Montana hunter who founded the North American ...