Walk into an archery shop these days and if they don’t have a section devoted to “crossbows,” you’ve entered an historic site. While debates about crossbow vs compound bow and whether/how/when either ...

When Lee York heads out Thursday, the opening day of Michigan's bowhunting season, the 81-year-old archer will be looking to bag his 72nd whitetail deer with a bow and arrow. But unlike the past 58 ...

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 ...

Half bow and half gun, the crossbow gives you the best of both worlds. While hunting with one of these used to only be allowed with a class-y permit, which is for hunters with certain physical ...

Crossbows are in the crosshairs of a controversy. Until this year, this historic weapon was legal in Minnesota's archery deer season only for those who, because of temporary or permanent disability, ...

Jeff Bordwell, owner of Legends of Fall Outfitters in Tully, holds up one of the crossbows on sale at his store. Tully, N.Y. -- The state's new crossbow season opens Saturday (Nov. 1) and extends ...

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 ...

Wild turkeys have a new reason to run, fly or hide from hunters when the spring gobbler season opens in April. Michigan game officials have added crossbows to the arsenal of legal hunting weapons.The ...

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 ...