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 ...

While the general rifle season is now closed, traditional muzzleloader enthusiasts will have a season of their own starting in less than two weeks. The nine-day season muzzleloader heritage hunting ...

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, ...

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 ...

Hunting deer with a muzzleloader is a great way to put some extra venison in the freezer this fall. The definition of a muzzleloader is any firearm that is loaded from the muzzle and includes the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s annual Primitive Deer Hunt will take place statewide February 2-4, 2026, providing hunters a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...