ThePennsylvanian
Well-Known Member
Pennsylvania has a season specifically dedicated to flintlocks. It runs about a month and always starts the day after Xmas. WV just recently started a primitive season that is 3 or 4 days long in the begining of January, and you can use a sidelock (flinter, or precession), recurve or long bow. I lobe both of these seasons, very few people out still, deer are patternable again, sometimes mire so then early season because food is scarce.
That got me wondering, how many states actually have a dedicated flintlock or atleast sidelock muzzleloader season? Do any of you guys hut hard during that season, if you have one?
I've been hunting with a flintlock for 16ish years now. They are a blast to shoot, reliable when you take care of them and know what your doing. Not complicated to learn, takes a little less effort than archery does, with a little practice you can get alot more distance from the smoke pole, over a bow. Lastly they just look sexy, they just look like they want to be in the woods going after deer and other critters, yet can come home and look just as pretty on the wall!
That got me wondering, how many states actually have a dedicated flintlock or atleast sidelock muzzleloader season? Do any of you guys hut hard during that season, if you have one?
I've been hunting with a flintlock for 16ish years now. They are a blast to shoot, reliable when you take care of them and know what your doing. Not complicated to learn, takes a little less effort than archery does, with a little practice you can get alot more distance from the smoke pole, over a bow. Lastly they just look sexy, they just look like they want to be in the woods going after deer and other critters, yet can come home and look just as pretty on the wall!