Crossbows could be legal next year for the archery deer and turkey season if the Missouri Conservation Commission approves the change at its December meeting. The archery season for the 2016-17 season ...

Perhaps the most difficult part about crossbow hunting these days is … well … hunting for a crossbow. The Mission Sub-1 XR should make that hunt a little easier ...

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 ...

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 ...

In years past, crossbow manufacturers focused on increasing bolt speed while minimizing costs. Though speed is still a focal point for new crossbows, a few other trends emerged in 2025. Improved ...

Crossbows will increase the number of hunters able to contribute to deer population control, a plus for wildlife management, as crossbows produce cleaner, more consistently accurate shots, resulting ...

Mainstream crossbow usage — a divisive issue among Minnesota deer hunters — will be debated once again by the state's largest deer hunting organization. A resolution calling for broad legalization of ...

Crossbows may be used for big game hunting — deer and bear — during the last 14-days of the Southern Zone Archery Season. This year, that means this coming Saturday to Nov. 17. The timeframe was ...

Missouri became the 26th state to recognize crossbows as an archery method. The Missouri Department of Conservation expanded crossbow use to all archery hunters for the first time this fall. This ...

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 ...

The only way to get better at archery is to practice. To do that, you'll need one of the best archery targets.