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 ...

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 ...

DULUTH — Minnesota’s archery deer season starts 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 previously ...

Crossbows appear to have increased buck harvest slightly in 2023 and were popular among younger and older hunters. In Wisconsin, the popularity of crossbows has grown fast in the past decade.

AUBURN – In the view of some “traditional” bowhunters, the growing number of deer hunters who are switching from compound bows to crossbows – or even entering the sport using a horizontal bow – should ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The big-game hunter hype all over New York state is the new legalization of crossbows for early season big game archery -- the season opens next Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 30 minutes before sunrise. The ...

The Minnesota Senate made it official on April 9, 2026, passing Senate File 1251 on a 67-0 vote — a unanimous decision that removes the expiration date on crossbow hunting in the state. The bill, ...

The Wrath 430 is a bullpup-style bow that spans just nine inches when cocked and measures less than 29 inches in length. It uses HeliCoil style cams to create the 430 fps speeds and nimble package.