Crossbows will be newly allowed for Minnesota deer and spring turkey hunters starting this year, following a law change passed in the 2023 legislative session. Hunters who purchase an archery deer ...

MINNEAPOLIS — 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.

Crossbow business has been brisk lately at Chalstrom's Archery shop near Duluth. With changes in Minnesota's -- and Wisconsin's -- crossbow rules, more hunters are considering crossbows for deer ...

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 ...

For the second consecutive year, hunters using crossbows killed more white-tailed deer in Wisconsin than those using vertical bows, according to 2018 preliminary data from the Department of Natural ...

The state Fish and Game Council is expected to approve this week a number of changes to the Game Code, something that used to be a relatively easy affair but is now a politics-riddled bureaucratic ...

Three autumns and five weeks ago, Wisconsin opened its archery deer season to crossbows, and the deer-kill numbers we’ve compiled since clearly show we have bigger concerns than the crossbow’s impact ...

Kentucky's crossbow deer season opens Oct. 1, which is good news for the handful of hunters dedicated to using the ancient weapons. It's a relatively small group. Last year Kentucky's crossbow ...