There’s quite a few options.
I’ve hunted withe a TC Firestorm for about ten years now. Never killed a deer with it though. In fact only managed two shots at deer from it and missed both times.
Last January I ordered a Late Lancaster style rifle from TVM and it is an amazing piece of functional art. However, starting all over again, I would look at one of the Lyman offerings or a used TC Renegade/Firestorm or PA Hunter. Thompson no longer makes flint guns since Ruger bow gut them out. The Cabelas rifles are rebranded Pedersoli I believe and I think a good option.
The main thing is a good fast lock. IMHO this seperates a junk gun from a good rifle. I’ve seen locks on production guns that barely sparked, striking the frizzen a 1/4” from the bottom. And there are cheap locks that are perfect and reliably fast.
I don’t know much about Traditions. But I will tell you that the late season in PA is tough. We usually have snow and ice. Now a good loading and firing technique will make weather a nonissue on a flint gun but if you don’t understand the relationship between cock, frizzen, pan and touch hole, you will have issues. I can tell you this, my Siler lock will fire the rifle with barely a sprinkle of powder in the pan. I’m talking a few individual grains. I went so far as to lightly wet the pan with spit, charge it, and then pour out what didn’t stick and she fired just fine and very fast. YMMV. My TC won’t do this.
A few things to look for is a good lock geometry where the flint strikes the frizzen somewhere at the top 1/3 of the face. Also the flint should rest above the pan when the cock is at rest. The touch hole should be centered and present something of a half moon above the pan if level with powder. Many will say that a 1/16” touch hole is ideal and that depends a lot on the pan and what typing liner you have.
As for rifling, I like a round ball set up. I’m not a fan of the powerbelt bullets but many love them. I get good accuracy with 75gr under a pillow tick patch lubed with deer tallow and a hand cast pure lead .490 ball.
All in all buy the best gun you can afford. Though the season is short and you may only get one or two days, don’t short change you, the deer or or your enjoyment with cheap crap. It’s still a tool and you’re still hunting an animal and it deserves the best you can do.
Good luck! I’ll be out after Christmas too, saving a doe tag.