Traditional and compound bow hunters may soon be outnumbered in Minnesota by crossbow hunters for deer if the Legislature renews a law allowing widespread use of crossbows in the coming fall season.

Officials with the USDA Forest Service will allow archery and crossbow deer hunting in areas typically off-limits to hunting throughout select areas of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area ...

The orange dot is where rifle hunters should place a bullet, the red dot is where archery hunters should place their arrow. As you can see, the areas overlap. John Hafner Knowing where to shoot a deer ...

more than 1.5 million deer were taken with a bow in 2022. Bow hunting offers a higher degree of challenge, which some hunters love. As such, it isn’t surprising that some hunters opt for the use ...

A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MAN WAS CAUGHT ON SECURITY CAMERA USING A CROSSBOW TO KILL A DEER FROM HIS TRUCK. THAT TRUCK IS SHOWN THERE. HE WAS CONVICTED FOR HUNTING FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE, AMONG OTHER ...

Investigators believe the deer was shot by someone using a pistol-style crossbow not allowed for big game hunting. In addition, deer hunting was not legal when the deer was likely killed.

pistol-style crossbow," officials said. That type of weapon is not legal for harvesting big game animals, they added. No deer hunting seasons were taking place when the deer was estimated to have ...

There are so many good rifles for whitetail and mule deer that it would be a shame to carry just one over your hunting career. And the list of good options has grown significantly in the last year ...