Aram von Benedikt and his son took part in one of the oldest American traditions there is: muzzleloading for deer with a ...

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BERTHOUD — As the temperature climbed over 100 degrees on a recent afternoon, 17-year-old Brittany Cawthra used a ramrod to pound a 50-caliber lead ball tightly into her traditional Thompson/Center ...

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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 ...

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, ...

that muzzleloaders use all-lead bullets, open sights and loose black or synthetic black powder. » The weapons must have exposed, pivoting hammers and exposed ignition using only flint or ...

It’s been almost 40 years since Dave Ehrig was bitten by the muzzleloading bug. Since then, Ehrig has toted single-shot rifles across North American in pursuit of deer, caribou, elk, bear, turkey and ...

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 ...

BENSON -- As he has for many years, John T. Hutchinson will be hosting fellow muzzleloader enthusiasts on his hunting lands south of Benson for this year's muzzleloader deer hunt. Be certain of this: ...

HOPKINS — For some hunters, Michigan’s muzzleloader season represents one of the last opportunities to harvest a deer for the year. But for others, it symbolizes something else entirely. “That thing ...