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 ...

NEW YORK — The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced an estimated 227,032 white-tailed deer were harvested during the 2025-26 hunting season. Crossbow usage has impacted ...

Crossbows are popular with New York’s deer hunters according to recent data from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. DEC this week released its annual whitetail deer harvest estimates ...

Bob Walker of Kingston is an avid outdoorsman who is serious about the equipment he uses in the field for hunting. He is also very critical about recovering game and not wasting anything taken in the ...

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 ...

We dug into new crossbow models so you can find the one that fits your hunting style and your credit card limit.

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 ...

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 ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

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 ...