If you like traditional muzzleloader hunting but don’t know about Leatherwood Outdoors, you have a lot of great videos to catch up. The team at Leatherwood Outdoors head out into the Pennsylvania woods each year with their flintlocks to hunt deer.
Sitka Hunt on Central Prince of Wales Island | Muzzle Blasts Archives
Hodgdon Powder Company Acquires Blackhorn209 | Muzzleloading News
The Outdoor Wire reported this morning that the Hodgdon Powder Company had completed it’s acquisition of the Ramshot, Accurate, and Blackhorn 209 brands from Western Powders.
The 2020 Longhunter Society Photo Contest is now open!
We're back for another year of muzzleloader hunting with the 2020 Longhunter Society Photo Contest! Share your muzzleloader hunting photos with us using #NMLRALonghunter2020 for your chance to win an NMLRA prize pack!
FLAT TOP ELK HUNT | Muzzle Blasts Archives April 2020
Four a.m. comes early wherever you are. Early morning is just as dark in the Colorado Flat Top mountain range as it is in Coshocton, Ohio. The hunt prep routine is different. Instead of hopping into a pickup, then onto an ATV, my partner and I were saddling our horses and loading the equipment we prepared yesterday afternoon. It would be an hour ride to the jump-off point for our morning elk hunt.
Jordan Walsh | Hunting on this season of "The Rifleman" exclusively with Muzzle Loaders
What's your favorite inline for whitetail deer? What's your go to bullet and charge? | Ask the Experts
July 2020 APEX HUNTER Long Range Precision Muzzle Loading Rifle Match | NMLRA
The July 2020 Long Range Muzzle Loading Hunter Match
July 25-26 marked the second “Long Range Muzzle Loading Hunter Match” here at NMLRA headquarters in Friendship, Indiana.
Marksmen began arriving Friday night to get their gear sighted in on the NMLRA range. Some shooters remarked that our range behaves unlike any other range as they dialed in their scopes for expected crosswinds.
Luke Horak of Arrowhead Rifles | Muzzle Blasts Podcast
Traditions launches map of states where the Nitrofire is legal to hunt with
Since the launch of the Traditions Nitro Fire at SHOT show 2020, many hunters have been asking “Is the Traditions Nitrofire legal in my state?”
What type of propellant would you use with the CVA electra for things 150 yards and closer?
REVIC announces new EXO SIGHT and options for Gunwerks Long Range Muzzle Loader
EVIC Optics has announced a new addition to their sight line up with the REVIC Exo Sight. The sight claims to be a breakthrough in open sight technology with a true long-range capable turreted open sight. This is definitely targeted for those Western US Hunters, with state mandates on open sights, looking to increase their range while on the hunt.
Announcing the NMLRA Long Range Muzzleloading Hunter Match, July 25-26, 2020
Now with $2,400 in Prizes!
July 25 and 26, Shoot Saturday or Sunday or Both. Same course of fire both days
(Not an Aggregate)
$30.00 for one day, $50.00 for both days. Medals for 3 places. Apex Hunter side match after main match $20.00 pay in, winner take all.
Practice period 0800-0900, Shooter Meeting at 0930
Drawings for gift certificates and merchandise:
2- Vortex Optics gift certificates valued up to $800.00 each.
1-Arrowhead Rifles gift certificate value $100.00
2- Fury Bullets gift certificates valued at $50.00 each
$500.00 in EGW gift certificates
Rules:
15 lb. weight limit as shot. Rifles will be weighed at registration.
Any sight- open-peep-scope.
Black Powder or black powder substitute, Maximum Allowed by Powder or Rifle Manufacturer. No Smokeless Powder
Front and rear rest allowed, must be separate. (No lead sled type rests)
Course of fire main match:
15 shots for score.
Spotters Allowed.
5 full size Silhouette animals at 300 Meters, 385 Meters, and 500 yards.
3 sighter shots at each yard line.
18 minutes per scoring relay.
APEX HUNTER Match Course of fire
No spotter allowed.
Yardage and Target announced at shoot
Limited to first 20 shooters
Special Prize drawing for APEX Hunter Shooters
Match Director reserves the right to make any changes to rules, course of fire, or safety concerns as deemed necessary.
Sponsors:
Arrowhead Rifles - 319-558-8621 sales@arrowheadrifles.com
Fury Bullets - 810-404-2973 furycustombullets@gmail.com
Vortex Optics - 800-4Vortex info@vortexoptics.com
EGW - (215) 538-1012 egwguns.com/contact
The Beauty Shoppe- 812-621-0085 Friendship, IN
Friendship Tavern & Restaurant- 812-667-2337 Friendship, IN
Knapsacks and no flour | Read more at Buffalo Trace 1765
This article has been making the rounds in the living history community online, through sharing this first 2 paragraphs we hope to direct you to the original author’s writing as it is quite interesting!
By Killbuck
I figured I check in to see what everyone’s favorite Mike Burke impersonator Nicholas Cresswell was doing on his journey. Cresswell is one of my favorite Journals of the 18th century. It has everything observations on local color, clothing, and he goes thru all of the 3 stages of the 18th century journal.
