Gary DeAustin got hooked on muzzleloaders the first time he fired one of the old-time rifles more than three decades ago. So did Jim Townsend. "I haven't fired a modern one since," said Townsend, ...

Michigan's firearm deer season ends at the close of legal shooting Tuesday, but 200,000 hunters still have their sights set on the December muzzleloading season. Once a marginal group, dominated by ...

Muzzleloading rifles are quite primitive and not always reliable, but some monster deer have been shot with them in Mississippi.

There are times when the transition of fall into winter can get a bit confusing, while the weather makes up its mind to go ...

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 ...

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There's a new firearm on the market with an attached silencer that is not covered by federal gun control laws because it's not considered a gun and it's not considered a silencer. The Maxim 50 from ...

Tim Claypool admired the handiwork of the craftsmen who made black powder muzzleloader rifles dating to the late 1700s and 1800s and replicas on display at a collectors show Saturday, but he was ...

Hunting with a muzzleloader can be a pain. Even if you don’t use an old-school flintlock or caplock, you probably don't look forward to the time of year when you have to trade your deer rifle for an ...

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 ...

Dates for upcoming 2025-26 deer hunting seasons in Michigan: Extended Archery: Through Jan. 31, 2026, for select counties: ...

Maryland’s second muzzleloader deer hunting season runs from Dec. 20, 2025, through Jan. 3, 2026, giving hunters a two-week ...