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 ...

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, ...

Pennsylvania hunters have already enjoyed an archery season, special firearms season, a week-long October muzzleloader season and two weeks of rifle deer season. But for those who enjoy hunting the ...

A primitive hunting season is underway in Pennsylvania for those who enjoy winter weather and challenging firearms. “It’s really a deep-rooted connection with hunting,” Curtis Morris, owner of Morris ...

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 ...

This year’s season started Wednesday and continues through Jan. 12. SLOCUM TOWNSHIP – Even though the Christmas holiday is upon us, Cody Dymond has found something dominating his thoughts lately. His ...

Twenty years ago, Michael Vaka’s grandfather-in-law Glen Barlow showed up at his door with a gift for his grandson-in-law — a box containing a flintlock rifle he’d bought decades before for $50 at a ...

Cody Dymond fills the flashpan with powder while practicing with his flintlock last week. Slocum Township resident Cody Dymond practices with his flintlock daily and scouts for changes in deer ...

‘Tis the season once again – hunting season that is – so if Santa left you a shotgun, rimfire rifle, flintlock, bow, or crossbow under your tree or stuffed your stocking full of arrows or ammo ...

Pennsylvania is the only state that dedicates a deer season to the flintlock muzzleloader. Launched in 1974, the season runs for for three weeks after Christmas. During those weeks, hunters can punch ...

Rifles brought from Europe were of little use in the American wilderness. So hunters, frontiersmen, and revolutionaries began ...