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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Spud Webb was taken in the fourth round of the 1985 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons and then quickly released, few figured the 5-foot-6-inch guard had even the slightest chance of playing in the ...

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.