My first real experience with crossbows was about 10 years ago, when I was on a turkey hunt in Florida. I got the opportunity to go on a hog hunt, but I didn’t have anything to hunt with besides my ...

For most of us, crossbows are not a real common topic in hunting discussions. You've probably seen them on an outdoors television program or maybe in person at a trade show or other event, but overall ...

Looking at the numbers, the compound bow business is in trouble. Pro shops are closing, and bowhunter numbers are falling. The reasons are no doubt complex (the steep price of the equipment, for ...

Crossbows appear to have increased buck harvest slightly in 2023 and were popular among younger and older hunters. In Wisconsin, the popularity of crossbows has grown fast in the past decade.

DULUTH — Minnesota’s archery deer season starts Sept. 16 and, for the first time, anyone who wants to hunt with a crossbow can use one. Legislators last spring changed the state law, which previously ...

In May 2023, near the end of that year’s legislative session, a conference committee deal was struck to allow any licensed Minnesota archer to hunt deer with a crossbow. The proposal never was heard ...

With the statewide archery season on whitetail deer set to open this Saturday, it’s a safe bet that plenty of Pennsylvania bowhunters will be carrying crossbows into the deer woods as their preferred ...

The crossbow made its first appearance more than 2,600 years ago in China, where it became primarily a military weapon. Greece would follow suit shortly afterwards, because it was discovered that ...

Crossbows will be newly allowed for Minnesota deer and spring turkey hunters starting this year, following a law change passed in the 2023 legislative session. Hunters who purchase an archery deer ...