With centerfire rifles now being permitted to hunt deer in several parts of Pennsylvania during the flintlock season, an organization wants the Game Commission to create a new early flintlock ...

Modern muzzleloaders are increasingly convenient and accurate, but Pennsylvania deer hunters know their flintlock-only season ...

While it’s rare to get any buck during Pennsylvania’s flintlock season, two hunters harvested deer with massive antlers this winter. Paul Black of Rew, McKean County, and Nate Vasbinder Windnoon, ...

The whisper of a second chance for hunting big game in Western New York starts today with the Southern Zone late archery and ...

A mix of outdoors stories from New York, including information on late muzzleloader seasons winding down in both zones.

Pennsylvania’s flintlock-only deer season, begun in 1973, is the last of its kind in America. While most of today’s hunters tote modern in-line muzzleloaders, each January, Keystone State ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians who consider themselves deer hunters and not strictly archery or firearms hunters can hunt statewide nearly nonstop beginning Saturday, Oct. 4, with the opening of archery ...

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