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 ...

As the year draws to its inevitable close, we asked Philip Massaro to select his top 10 favorite rifles that debuted in 2025.

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

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 ...

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Even though you can use modern firearms chambered for straightwall cartridges in the new alternative firearms season, don't forsake your muzzleloaders. Muzzleloading rifles are no less effective for ...

Even with inline muzzleloaders, more is not always better when it comes to an effective hunting load for deer hunting. When hunting deer with a traditional flintlock ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tim Claypool admired the handiwork of the craftsmen who made black powder muzzleloader rifles dating to the late 1700s and 1800s and replicas on display at a collectors show Saturday, but he was ...

Coshocton County reported the highest number of deer taken during the gun season weekend. The overall deer hunting season in ...