How to Use muzzleloader in a Sentence

muzzleloader

noun

• This time Sailer had a muzzleloader in his hands and sealed the deal.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 7 Jan. 2020
• Lever rifles took us from the era of the muzzleloader to the modern bolt-action.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 19 July 2019
• Archery and muzzleloader hunters also will add to the total.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
• The statewide muzzleloader deer hunting season is in process and ends Dec. 9.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2020
• The statewide muzzleloader deer hunting season is in progress and ends Dec. 7.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2022
• The statewide muzzleloader deer hunting season is in progress and ends Dec. 8.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2021
• What’s even better is that Colorado’s nine-day muzzleloader season falls smack in the middle of the elk rut.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
• Archery, muzzleloader and youth hunts contribute to the state’s overall deer harvest, but firearms account for 75 to 80% of the kill.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
• This should be a hot seller and appeal to those who have been hunting and trusting CVA muzzleloaders for decades.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2019
• No muzzleloaders or guns will be allowed, but hunters may use crossbows.
  — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2017
• Husband Beau waited until December 22 to tag his muzzleloader buck, and Dawn was in the blind filming him on one of the coldest days of the year.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• His son’s wife had worked up to the hunting trip — training for marathons, buying her own gear and practicing with her muzzleloader.
  — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
• And most of the state agencies that write the rules around muzzleloader use aren’t dedicated to preserving the heritage of old flintlocks.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 7 Oct. 2020
• Trying to choose the food plot seed that’s best for the archer in Alabama, the late-season muzzleloader hunter in Michigan, and the rifle hunter in Pennsylvania is a stretch.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 28 May 2020
• Shotguns with slugs, muzzleloaders, and bows have shorter ranges than modern rifles, but are less lethal.
  — Author: Rick Sinnott | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2017
• And, new for this year, traditional muzzleloader hunters will have their own nine-day season to chase elk and deer in December.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
• The hunter immediately went out and bought a tag, saw the monster several more times, and then finally sealed the deal with a muzzleloader.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 7 Jan. 2020
• With Colorado’s archery and muzzleloader seasons overlapping, there’s a lot more company in the mountains during the later part of the season than the start.
  — Michael Herne, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2020
• This includes all muzzleloader hunters and archers who hunt during rifle season.
  — Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2017
• Once an elephant is hurt by a snare, or wounded by some primitive native muzzleloader, the odds are much higher for that one to be a dangerous elephant.
  — Bob Brister, Field & Stream, 12 Nov. 2020
• Sure, the intellectual starter yeast was his father’s muzzleloader hobby, but Townsend lives this stuff.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 6 May 2020
• Consistency is the Achilles’ heel of muzzleloader accuracy, but with this system, there is no doubt as to whether the bullet is seated or the powder charge is correct.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 21 Jan. 2020
• The definition of muzzleloader was changed to describe a firearm that is loaded with a bullet or projectile and powder only through the muzzle.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2021
• Modern muzzleloaders are all-but impervious to the weather these days, but a wrap of cellophane around the action never hurts; some hunters will slip a balloon or put a piece of tape over the muzzle as well.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• The device, later revealed to be made from the barrel of a muzzleloader rifle, went off when the 56-year-old man was allegedly cleaning it after it was loaded and failed to discharge, police said.
  — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2019
• The statewide regular seasons include archery, crossbow, muzzleloader, nine-day gun deer and a four-day antlerless-only hunt in December.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2022
• For example, deer season are set each year for archery, crossbow, youth, nine-day gun deer, muzzleloader and December antlerless-only.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2022
• Season dates are usually broken down by the method of take, such as bow season, rifle or shotgun season, and muzzleloader season, with some overlap.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2020
• For example, in 2021 hunters will be allowed the harvesting of antlerless deer, does, on the deer and deer combination license during firearms and muzzleloader seasons.
  — Doug Donnelly, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2021
• Of course, most September deer hunters are limited to archery tackle, but that didn’t stop them—plus a handful of muzzleloader and rifle hunters in a few outlier states—from putting some incredible bucks on the ground.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024