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 ...

Phil Gillette is the sporting goods manager at La Grande’s Ace Hardware and a proponent for legalizing crossbows. He says crossbows are easier for people with disabilities to use than the draw lock ...

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 ...

For most of us, crossbows are not a real common topic in hunting discussions. You've probably seen them on an outdoors television program or maybe in person at a trade show or other event, but overall ...

Dates for upcoming 2025-26 deer hunting seasons in Michigan: Extended Archery: Through Jan. 31, 2026, for select counties: ...

Crossbow legalization for hunting has been an arrow in the air for more than a decade. A two-year trial period ended in 2012 for crossbow use while hunting, and hunters this past year could not use ...

We should talk about the upcoming National Walleye Tournament, which is coming up this weekend in Green Bay. Several local anglers are participating in the match. But the crossbow move is upon us, and ...

BLAINE, Minn. — In a couple of weeks, the spring turkey hunting season will begin in Minnesota, an outdoor sport that gained momentum during COVID-19 but could, thanks to a new change, potentially ...

In an effort to bolster sagging hunter numbers in the state, the Natural Resources Commission has expanded the use of crossbows to include able-bodied youths and adults. The new regs, which will go ...

The Department of Natural Resources has lowered bag limits in 38 deer hunting permit areas for the 2023 season, a response to the scarcity of whitetails in northern Minnesota. DNR Big Game Program ...