Walk into an archery shop these days and if they don’t have a section devoted to “crossbows,” you’ve entered an historic site. While debates about crossbow vs compound bow and whether/how/when either ...

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The performance gap between compound bows and new crossbows seems to be widening exponentially. In the last few years of crossbow testing, we reviewed bows — the Ravin R500, Tenpoint Nitro 505, and ...

All of a sudden, archery season will be upon us. Like a frost in the morning follows a warm, Indian Summer afternoon. Seems like summer is never going to end. And then bow season is suddenly here.

It was some 10 years ago when returning home one morning from the grocery store we noticed a small box on the landing outside our front door that prompted the question, “Now what did you order?” It ...

Jeff Bordwell, owner of Legends of Fall Outfitters in Tully, holds up one of the crossbows on sale at his store. Tully, N.Y. -- The state's new crossbow season opens Saturday (Nov. 1) and extends ...

DULUTH, Minn. - Crossbow use by deer hunters continues to grow in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, outdoor retailers say. Both states have relaxed regulations on crossbow use in recent years. The devices ...

With the statewide archery season on whitetail deer set to open this Saturday, it’s a safe bet that plenty of Pennsylvania bowhunters will be carrying crossbows into the deer woods as their preferred ...

Top-of-the-line (“flagship”) compound bows from most makers hover around the $1,000 mark. And you can spend more cash tricking the bow out with accessories and buying arrows. Most companies make a ...