Welcome to the Wisconsin
Muzzle Loading Association
The association was started in 1982 by a dedicated group of individuals who envisioned a need to keep the black powder tradition alive. Forty two years later the association is still going strong and groups through out the state gather to shoot matches or celebrate the traditions of the rendezvous.
If you are a member, thank you for your support. If you are not, come out and join us at an event or better yet become a member. We are always happy to see new faces.
See Membership page for contact information and a membership form.
Please consider becoming a member or keeping up your membership,
the association can use you.
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2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
*** WMLA QUARTERLY MEETING scheduled for January has been moved to February ***
Jan 20 WTA Traditional Only Shoot– Horicon Marsh Archers
Jan 20 and 21 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Milton and Beloit's WMLA Program B– 9am-2pm
Jan 20-21 Rock Run Long Rifles Frozen Butt Rendezvous
Jan 20-21 Rock River Buckskinners/Beloit BPL Winter Shoot– WMLA Program ‘B’
Jan 27 Coon Valley Conservation Club "Iron Man" Shoot and Primitive Biathlon starting @ 9am
Feb 4 Rock Run Long Rifles– Monthly Club Shoot
Feb 4 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders- Monthly Shoot
Feb 10 WMLA QUARTERLY MEETING– TRIANGLE SPORTSMEN’S CLUB– EAST TROY, WI 10am
Feb 10 WTA Traditional Only Shoot - Sherwood Forest Archers
Feb 17 Coon Valley Conservation Club Cabin Fever Shoot - 5-shot Bullseye, including Muzzleloader, Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun & Archery- Unlimited # of Targets 9am Start
Feb 18 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Monthly Shoot 9am-2pm
Feb 23 BADGER STATE MUZZLELOADER SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE (SPRING)
Feb 23-24 WTA Banquet– Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI
Feb 24-25 Echoes of the Past Historical Trade Fair - Sunnyview Expo Building, Oshkosh, WI Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 9am-3pm
Mar 2 WTA Traditional Only Shoot - Sherwood Forest Archers
Mar 3 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot - Special St. Pat's Corned Beef Shoot
Mar 3 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot
Mar 9 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Sportsman's Rummage Sale - Lucky Dogz Bar and Neenah Labor Hall
Mar 17 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Monthly Shoot 9am-2pm
Mar 22-24 Open Season Sportsman’s Expo– Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI
April 5-7 WTA Traditional Only Shoot - Trempealeau Archers
Apr 6 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Spring Rifle Shoot 9am
Apr 7 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot - Special Ham Shoot
Apr 7 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot
Apr 13 Phil Siehr 3-Person Team Shoot - Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders
Apr 13 WMLA Annual Awards after Phil Siehr 3 Person Team Shoot and lunch
Apr 13-14 WTA Traditional Only Shoot - Coulee Archers
Apr 18-21 Coon Valley Conservation Club First Annual Spring Rendezvous
Apr 13-14 WTA Traditional Only Shoot - Ojibwa Bowhunters
Apr 21 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Curt VanderVeens WMLA Sanctioned Squirrel Shoot Program "B" 9am-2pm
Apr 22 Coon Valley Conservation Club Silhouette Muzzleloader Shoot– 1pm
Apr 27 WMLA ANNUAL SPRING MEETING - McMiller Sports Center, Eagle, WI
May 1 BADGER STATE MUZZLELOADER SUBMISSION DEADLINE (SUMMER)
May 3-5 Old Falls Revolutionary War Days– Old Falls Village History Park, Menomonee, WI
May 4 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Hunter's Round Shoot 9am
May 4-5 WTA Traditional Only Shoots - Waushara Archers & Winona Archers
May 5 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot - Flintlock Championship
May 5 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Shoot
May 15-16 MOHEE - McKenzie Outdoor Education Center, Poynette, WI
May 17-19 Coon Valley Conservation Club Spring Muzzleloader Weekend - Sat 1pm Rifle Shoot
May 18-19 WTA Traditional Only Shoots - Seven Oaks Archery & Racine Instinctive Bowmen
May 19-21 Rock River Buckskinners Otter Creek Muzzle Loading Shoot - Whitewater, WI - WMLA Program "A" - Fri & Sat 9am-3pm, Sun 9am-2pm
May 19 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Monthly Shoot 9am-2pm
May 25-27 Rock River Buckskinners - Memorial Day/Spring Meat Shoot - Sanctioned Program "A"
May 31-Jun 2 Chippewa Bowhunters
Jun 1 Hope Rod & Gun Club - Black Powder Shoot - 9am-3pm
Jun 1-2 Watertown Archers
Jun 2 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot - Rifle Championship
Jun 2 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot
Jun 23 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL WMLA Sanctioned "Wisconsin Sergeant Alvin C. York Shoot" CGM 60yds 10am-2pm
Jun 24-28 McMiller Sports Center Youth Shooting Summer Camp, Muzzle Loading Instruction and Live Fire – Week Camp, Eagle, WI
Jun 29 Coon Valley Conservation Club "Coon Creek" Traditional Rifle Shoot 1pm
Jul 6 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Sharpshooter Championship Shoot 9am
Jul 7 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot - Shotgun, Hawk & Knife Championship
Jul 12-14 McMiller Sports Center Youth Shooting Summer Camp, Muzzle Loading Instruction and Live Fire – Week Camp, Eagle, WI
Jul 13 WMLA Quarterly Meeting - McMiller Sports Center
Jul 13-14 Horicon Marsh Archers
Jul 14 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot
Jul 15 Coon Valley Conservation Club “Heat in the Valley” Muzzleloader Silhouette Rifle Shoot– 1pm
Jul 15-19 McMiller Sports Center Youth Shooting Summer Camp, Muzzle Loading Instruction and Live Fire – Week Camp, Eagle, WI
Jul 19-21 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL WMLA Sanctioned Buffalo Shoot - Program "A" - Fri and Sat 9am-3pm, Sun 9am-2pm
Jul 20 Coon Valley Conservation Club "Heat in the Valley" Muzzleloader Silhouette Rifle Shoot 1pm
Jul 20 WMLA QUARTERLY MEETING
Jul 27-28 WTA State Shoot @ Whitetail Bowhunters
Aug 1 SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR FALL BADGER STATE MUZZLELOADER
Aug 3 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Don Ellis's WMLA Sanctioned "Shotgun Shoot" - Matches start @ 10am
Aug 3 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Pistol Championship 9am
Aug 3-4 Blackhawk Bowhunters
Aug 4 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot - Smoothbore Championship
Aug 4 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot
Aug 10-11 Rib Mountain & Ojibwa Bowhunters
Aug 17 Rock Run Long Rifles - Jim Towne Shoot - WMLA Sanctioned
Aug 17 Coon Valley Conservation Club Seventeenth Annual "Smoke in the Valley" Shoot - 1pm - Special Traditional Rifle Shoot
Aug 17-18 South Central WI Archers
Aug 18 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Charlie Brown's WMLA Sanctioned "Hunter's Match" 9am-2pm
Aug 23-24 WMLA F&I/Rev War/Long Hunter Encampment - McMiller Sports Center
Aug 24-25 Blackhawk Archers
Aug 25 Rock River Buckskinners - WMLA Sanctioned Hunter's Match
Aug 25 Rock River Buckskinners - WMLA Sanctioned "Over the Log" Match
Aug 25 Rock River Buckskinners = WMLA Sanctioned Fall Meat Shoot
Sep 1 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot - Pistol Championship
Sep 7 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Shotgun Championship 9am
Sep 8 Rock River Buckskinners - Monthly Club Shoot
Sep 20-22 Coon Valley Conservation Club Fall Muzzleloaders Weekend - Sat 1pm Rifle Shoot
Sep 21 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL WMLA Sanctioned "Lou Braggo" Chunk Gun Shoot GCM 60yds - Saturday @ 10am - Range open for practice at 9am
Sep 28 Rock Run Long Rifles - WMLA Sanctioned Log Shoot
Oct 4-6 WMLA @ McMiller Sports Center - Open House Weekend
Oct 5-6 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Capote Classic Rendezvous
Oct 6 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot
Oct 6 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot - Musket Championship
Oct 6 Hope Rod & Gun Club - Black Powder Trap Shoot 9am-3pm
Oct 12 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Mike Stanke Memorial Mountain Man Shoot/Event 9am
Oct 12 WMLA Fall Meeting - Location TBD
Oct 14 Coon Valley Conservation Club “Special Limited” Muzzleloader Squirrel Hunt
Oct 18-20 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL Ed Le Crones "Turkey Shoot" - WMLA Program "B" Shoot - Fri & Sat 9am-3pm, Sun 9am-2pm
Oct 17-20 Coon Valley Conservation Club 16th Annual Fall Rendezvous - Open Rifle Shoot Sat 1-4pm
Nov 1 SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WINTER BADGER STATE MUZZLELOADER
Nov 3 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot - Special Turkey Shoot
Nov 3 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot
Dec 1 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Club Shoot (New Toy, $10.00 value, unwrapped)
Dec 1 Smoky Hollow Muzzleloaders - Monthly Shoot
Dec 7 Fox Valley Muzzleloaders Sportsman's Rummage Sale - Lucky Dogz Bar and Neenah Labor Hall
Dec 13-15 Beloit Rifle Club/BPL WMLA Sanctioned "Frost on the Lodge Shoot" - Program "B" Shoot - Friday and Saturday 9am-3pm, Sunday 9am-2pm
Jan 5 Rock Run Long Rifles - Monthly Shoot
Wisconsin Muzzle Loading Association
"To Preserve and Promote Muzzleloading Heritage"
Abridged minutes for the annual spring quarterly meeting are posted on the President's page
The WMLA has representatives throughout the state. If there are any questions about the association or black powder shooting please feel free to contact one of these reps.
Contact information:
One way to support muzzle loading is to join the
"National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association"
WMLA Demonstration Presentation Application
Over the past months there has been several requests to the WMLA to do demonstrations. As an organization we want to provide these but under certain conditions due mostly to timing constraints we are unable to take these tasks on. Therefore in the future we are asking groups to fill out a request form and present it to us. Following is a printable copy of this form with information on where to send it. We deeply appreciate these requests and want to keep the spirit of muzzle loading alive.