Getting ready for the Traditional Flintlock (PA) Deer Season.

[Adam Helmer]

December 26, 2007 until January 12, 2008 is the PA Traditional Flintlock deer season. This is my favorite hunting season. We do not have to wear flourescent orange, there are very few other hunters afield and the big woods are quiet. I hope we have enough snow this year so I can hunt on my Alaskan snowshoes.

My favorite rifle is a .54 caliber Hawken flintlock stoked with patched ball ahead of 75 grains of 3F Goex. That is the accuracy load and good enough for deer. I wear my circa 1756 (French & Indian War) garb complete with sash and 'hawk. This part of PA was the Frontier in 1756. A nice heavy snowfall completes the picture for a long trek afield in the woods hereabouts. This old farm abuts 969 acres of water company woods that abuts 13, 300 acres of State Game Lands #37. One can walk a long time in search of solitude.

Do any other states have "FLINTLOCK ONLY" deer seasons today?

Adam