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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Pa. hunter passed on several bucks in bow and rifle seasons with the hope that he would see a big buck that was in the area ...

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 ...

Larry Oswald, 25, was still-hunting in Crawford County when he encountered the buck at close range. The buck's rack had a green score of 150.25 inches, which is significant for an 8-point deer. A ...

Watching the sleet and ice build up higher than the sights on the Pennsylvania longrifle and accumulate faster than it could be cleared on the opening day of this year’s flintlock muzzleloader season ...

Early one recent morning, during the Maryland early muzzleloader deer season, I was standing in my portable treestand on a piece of public hunting ground in Frederick County. I cradled my flintlock ...

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 ...

Clearly, after 40 years, this flintlock muzzleloader season that is unique to Pennsylvania appears to be a success. Here are some keys to successfully loading and priming a flintlock before heading ...