Archery license sales have increased in each of the last nine years, yet Wes Waldron feels like he is part of a dying breed. Waldron, who serves as the Legislative Committee Chairman for the United ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All of a sudden, archery season will be upon us. Like a frost in the morning follows a warm, Indian Summer afternoon. Seems like ...

Crossbows have been used for hunting longer than many people realize. The legality of hunting with crossbows in Pennsylvania has stirred everything from ire to enthusiasm. Hunters across the state ...

Minnesota is heading into its second archery deer hunting season Saturday, Sept. 14, under a temporary law that allows anyone to use crossbows, but it’s still unclear how the first season went in 2023 ...

Some gear changes feel temporary. This one often sounds permanent. Talk to deer hunters who made the jump from a compound bow to a crossbow, and a pattern shows up fast: many say the switch gave them ...

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 ...

The debate about crossbows being allowed during bow seasons is pretty much over. Sure, a few vertical-bow purists emerge each fall to lambast able-bodied hunters who dare to hunt with crossbows. And a ...

As far as New York State is concerned, a crossbow is not a bow and arrow. Under the new law that takes effect this fall, one can only be used as a hunting implement during the regular deer/bear ...

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. License sales data ...

The domination of crossbows over other bows during Pennsylvania’s archery deer season continues to grow. Last year, archery hunters bagged 59,550 bucks and 49,690 antlerless deer, according to ...