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 ...

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

Gone are the days of dragging a heavy, clunky crossbow to your deer stand and then fighting to properly aim it in tight quarters when a buck steps out. For years Ravin has shaken up the industry by ...

Primarily crossbows, and the issue of should they or shouldn’t they be allowed during archery season. The issue has taken a strange twist since it received preliminary approval from the board (by a ...

The New York State Southern Zone crossbow season will open Nov. 2 and run through Nov. 15, the day before the NYS Southern Zone regular big game (firearm) season. Crossbows can be used through the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The increased freedom to use crossbows to hunt deer is drawing more people into the sport in Minnesota, particularly youth hunters, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

Starting in fall 2025, hunters in New York State may use a crossbow in the same seasons, places and manner as a vertical bow for hunting deer and bear. Crossbows have been used throughout most of New ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed Assembly Bill 10583A Monday evening. This bill would have continued crossbow use that would be restricted to gun seasons and would have prevented the DEC from scheduling a ...

New York hunters will soon have more access to crossbows to help manage what state officials say is a skyrocketing deer population. Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill sponsored by State ...

Four months after all Minnesota archers could legally deploy crossbows to kill deer, they certainly have. Fred Bear must be tossing and turning in his grave. Bear, who died in 1988, was modern bow ...

When the Pennsylvania Game Commission board meets on July 8 and 9, there’s a good chance the crossbow issue could be on the agenda yet again. This time, the proposal could be to limit crossbow use ...