The statewide archery and flintlock seasons open on Dec. 26 and run through Jan. 19. In Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 2B, ...

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 ...

While it’s rare to get any buck during Pennsylvania’s flintlock season, two hunters harvested deer with massive antlers this winter.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For those who approach deer hunting with equal parts of appreciation for field sports and an obsession with history, the flintlock muzzleloader season was a godsend when created more than 40 years ago ...

It was once called a "primitive arms" deer hunting season, but no one pretends that's the case any more. And it's not a "blackpowder" season anymore, either. It remains - just barely - a muzzleloader ...