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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Missouri deer biologist Barbara Keller said crossbows had been allowed beforehand for people with physical limitations. About 10,000 hunters make a medical case to use a crossbow each year. “We just ...

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 ...

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. License sales data ...

The New York State Southern Zone crossbow season will open Nov. 2 and run through Nov. 15, the day before the NYS Southern Zone regular big game (firearm) season. Crossbows can be used through the ...

The crossbows are relatively new on the Upstate New York deer hunting scene. They are particularly embraced by older or disabled bowhunters and others who no longer can, or want to pull back a long or ...