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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 ...

Just as the argument is heating up over whether Nevada should legalize rifle scopes for use during muzzleloader-only hunting seasons, the company that turned the muzzleloading world upside-down with ...

“But the traditional muzzleloaders don’t want to see that, because they think it will bring more guys into the woods to hunt with muzzleloaders.” It probably would, and with scopes and higher-tech ...

A bill implementing a traditional muzzleloader hunting season in Montana has been signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte. House Bill 242, from Rep. Caleb Hinkle, R-Belgrade, establishes a ...

MARINETTE COUNTY (WLUK) -- Even though the nine-day gun deer season is in the books, those looking for a different kind of outing are taking to the field around the state. For 10 days immediately ...

For those seeking what is arguably the ultimate challenge in bagging a fall turkey with a rifle, think muzzleloader. Already a very strong argument can be made for the wild turkey being the most ...

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 ...

The term muzzleloader used to conjure up visions of a buckskin-clad mountain man patrolling the hills and hollows of the rugged Blue Ridge Range in the 19th century, hoping to bag a white-tailed deer ...