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 ...

Hunters will be allowed to use crossbows in the deer archery season for the first time this year. Crossbows fire a preloaded arrow that is activated by a trigger mechanism similar to that of a rifle.

Missouri became the 26th state to recognize crossbows as an archery method. The Missouri Department of Conservation expanded crossbow use to all archery hunters for the first time this fall. This ...

A new law putting crossbows on par with vertical bows is the biggest thing to happen to big game hunting in New York in recent memory. Reactions among bowhunters have run the gamut. Many believe the ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s archery deer season starts Saturday, 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 ...

MADISON, Wis. (WEAU) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters that the archery and crossbow deer hunting seasons open Sept. 13, 2025. According to the DNR, the two seasons ...

License sales for Wisconsin's archery deer season are inching toward the record 266,573 sold in 2013, thanks to the state's new crossbow license that took effect this year. As of Sunday, the ...

Jim Myers of Villa Park said he looks forward to the fall archery deer-hunting season all year. This week, Myers, who has been partaking in the sport for a decade, was preparing for his next hunting ...

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