My introduction to muzzleloaders began back in 1984 when I, tutored by my father, harvested my first black powder whitetail—a fine fat doe—in Ohio’s Harrison County. The rifle? A Thompson/Center ...

Deer gun season returns in Ohio this weekend. Hunters on Saturday and Sunday are allowed to harvest deer using shotguns, straight-walled cartridge rifles, muzzleloaders, handguns and archery equipment ...

A muzzleloading firearm is one way to extend your deer-hunting season or a more challenging way to hunt small game. A muzzleloader is defined as a firearm that is loaded from the muzzle. The muzzle is ...

Muzzleloader deer hunting season goes from Dec. 6-15 for all three zones. Hunters in Zone 1 (Upper Peninsula) “carry afield or take a deer with a muzzleloading rifle, muzzleloading shotgun or ...

Will ‘shotgun only’ rule for deer in southern Minnesota be changed by Legislature this year? The co-sponsor of a bipartisan bill in the Senate says rifles are undeniably safer than shotguns for deer ...

Hunters that killed a deer with an arrow in October can fulfill the second requirement for a Triple Trophy Award this weekend by using a muzzleloader. The Triple Trophy Award is a distinction that the ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission held a chaotic debate Wednesday over its proposal to allow hunters to use straight-wall cartridges during muzzleloader deer season. When the commission proposed ...

Hunters may use archery equipment during the muzzleloader, shotgun and handgun seasons provided they wear at least 400 square inches of hunter orange material displayed on the head chest, and back.