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 “primitive” longrifle (muzzleloader) was America’s first significant design contribution to the firearms world. Long, graceful, and accurate, Golden Age longrifles (circa 1780 to 1840) rendered ...

Jan. 6 at 30 minutes after sunset. From then on, only bowhunters can take a whitetail legally until season’s end on Feb. 1. About 13,500 whitetails were checked last year during ...

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

Maryland’s statewide Primitive Deer Hunt runs Feb. 2-4, 2026, allowing hunters with valid licenses to pursue antlered and ...

Time certainly has a way of passing you by. I can readily remember being an avid participant in Michigan’s first special muzzleloader deer season in December 1975. Being a “shotgun zone” deer hunter, ...

Many new hunters will try deer hunting for the first time during the muzzleloading deer season from Oct. 17-25. Muzzleloader season is an attractive sampler for hunting deer with firearms. There are ...

The term muzzleloader used to conjure up visions of a buckskin-clad mountain man patrolling the hills and hollows of the rugged Blue Ridge Range in the 19th century, hoping to bag a white-tailed deer ...

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 ...

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The traditional muzzleloader deer hunting season opens Dec. 12 and runs through Dec. 17, in all West Virginia counties open to buck firearm hunting. A deer of either sex may ...

A bill implementing a traditional muzzleloader hunting season in Montana has been signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte. House Bill 242, from Rep. Caleb Hinkle, R-Belgrade, establishes a ...