Gallery: Muzzleloader Season in Virginia

by

Thomas Rickwalder

posted on November 20, 2015

News, Game, Whitetails, Guns & Gear, Muzzleloaders

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Unless you're a dedicated bowhunter, muzzleloader season is the first crack you get at the local whitetail populations in Virginia. NRA Publications' Tom Rickwalder was itching for the chance to get after the herd that called his hunting club's property home, and wasted no time when the season opened last month. You can get a closer look at his hunt—and see the wild looking buck he harvested—in the gallery embedded above.

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