I froze as the buck did, looking at his broadside silhouette through the tall prairie grass. Experience told me it was over before he bounded past the horizon. I would need to take about six steps to ...

Muzzleloader bullets are a distinct genre in the hunting world, and modern designs allow hunters to obtain centerfire-quality accuracy. Muzzleloaders have two inherent limitations. The first, ...

You couldn’t have rolled a pickup truck full of beer cans off the mountain and created more commotion than the bull elk was making. I’d heard him bugle, checked the wind, snuck closer, and ultimately ...

One of the many great things about muzzleloading rifles is that a model exists for any level of hunting or shooting that you desire. If you want a traditional flintlock rifle that fires round balls ...

Today’s muzzleloader bullets make traditional round lead balls look, well, like round lead balls. Those balls had to be wrapped in a lubricated patch to be pushed down the barrel. Today’s bullets are ...

There is a well-worn saying often heard at hunting lodges in the Deep South concerning one’s hunting accomplishments that “It ain’t braggin’ if it’s fact.” With the approaching opening day of the ...

History intrigued Raymond Hanson when he was a kid, especially the mid- to late 1800s when the West was being settled. Buffalo hunting was part of this, and the rifles used during that time were of ...

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 ...

Technology has impacted most everything in our lives including muzzleloading rifles. Pennsylvania has a long heritage of having a primitive hunting season after Christmas for muzzleloaders. Scouting ...