The extended late deer season featuring muzzleloaders and bows is no longer quite so 'primitive', writes Outdoors Columnist Oak Duke.

Area 5: Archery, Oct. 1-15, bucks only & Oct. 16-Feb. 15; Primitive Firearms, Nov. 11-17, either sex & Jan. 22-31, bucks only; Modern Firearms/still-hunt only, Nov. 18-Dec. 8, bucks only except ...

Zone 4N: 13 taken by P/Y, 191 by archery, 256 by shotgun and 121 by primitive arms, totaling 581. Zone 4S: Nine taken by P/Y, 139 by archery, 149 by shotgun and 64 by primitive arms, totaling 361.

LeFLORE COUNTY, Okla. -- Years of training and persistence paid off for an Oklahoma hunter after he harvested a 300-pound black bear using a primitive bow, string, arrow and stone point earlier ...