A unique primitive hunting season will soon be underway in Pennsylvania. With a click of a trigger and the release of a flint stone against steel, black power explodes to propel a round ball through a ...

Chris Roades tagged a huge 10-pointer with a flintlock rifle on Jan. 1. The estimated 170-inch buck should be a new state ...

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 ...

A Crawford County hunter gets large buck while hunting in the late deer season. Here's why it's a rare accomplishment.

The owner of a legacy firearms company will be bringing back the company’s Hawken flintlock rifles that have been popular with Pennsylvania hunters for decades. Gregg Ritz, who purchased ...

Pennsylvania offers extended deer hunting opportunities after the main rifle season ends. Flintlock muzzleloader hunting is a primitive method that presents unique challenges and rewards. While not ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Pa. hunter passed on several bucks in bow and rifle seasons with the hope that he would see a big buck that was in the area ...

In a time when everything is available at the tap of a screen, patience often feels like a forgotten virtue. Primitive hunting, however, reminds us of the deep value found in slowing down, staying ...

He successfully harvested an 8-point buck from 50 yards away, a distance he would not have attempted with his bow. This was the hunter's first time hunting with and successfully using a flintlock. A ...