A new law putting crossbows on par with vertical bows is the biggest thing to happen to big game hunting in New York in recent memory. Reactions among bowhunters have run the gamut. Many believe the ...

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 ...

For the second consecutive year, hunters using crossbows killed more white-tailed deer in Wisconsin than those using vertical bows, according to 2018 preliminary data from the Department of Natural ...

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 ...

This week’s column will come out just before Wisconsin’s deer gun season ends and my guess is that it will start a few conversations at deer camps throughout the state. Until this fall, I have never ...

If you’re planning to hunt with a crossbow when Michigan’s archery deer season opens on Oct. 1, you’re in rapidly growing company. Michigan DNR wildlife biologist Brian Frawley said that since ...

Lehigh Valley bowhunters are about to become guinea pigs in the Game Commission’s great crossbow experiment. The agency will decide Tuesday whether to allow crossbows during all firearm deer seasons ...

Will Brantley, hunting editor for Outdoor Life, recently published a provocative article about modern crossbows outpacing crossbow hunting regulations. Brantley, a skilled and accomplished hunter, ...