To many, the idea of going to the woods, cutting down a tree, crafting a simple longbow, and taking a deer with it is nuts—very cool, but nuts. But for some, the idea is captivating: as it was, and ...

Cocking You cock before you load an arrow, and you have to pull the string back with dead-even pressure on both sides of the barrel. Misaligning the string by as little as 1/8 inch can shift your ...

Hunting arrows are not a one-size-fits-all piece of gear. Your hunting style, bow setup, and even the species you are hunting need to be taken into consideration when choosing an arrow. The more time ...

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 ...

Archery deer season starts statewide Saturday, and bowhunters are excited about embarking on the nation's longest continuous ...

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 ...