Muzzleloader Season Is On Now!

Funters should note there are late season options available in Texas and the most immediate is the muzzleloader season.

Jan. 2-15 marks the late muzzleloader season for whitetail deer in 90 counties across the state.

It gives hunters an option to score on deer that eluded them during the archery only and general season.

“The last muzzleloader season is a great way for hunters to bag the does they passed up while holding out for that trophy buck or maybe get the one that got away,” said TF&G Hunting Editor Lou Marullo.

“Muzzleloader hunting is a big deal in many northern states because of the restrictive gun seasons but it has never taken off at the level I think it should in Texas. I am hearing more hunters talk about it and with two extra weeks at the end it is a great incentive to get in the game.”

Hunters are reminded a muzzleloader is any firearm that is loaded only through the muzzle. A cap and ball firearm in which the powder and ball are loaded into a cylinder is not a muzzleloader according to TPWD. Muzzleloader deer seasons are restricted to muzzleloading firearms only.