I still remember the first compound bow I ever saw. My dad and I belonged to an archery club in Wisconsin in the early 1970s, and everyone there shot recurves. But my dad’s cousin Howard was visiting ...

All of a sudden, archery season will be upon us. Like a frost in the morning follows a warm, Indian Summer afternoon. Seems like summer is never going to end. And then bow season is suddenly here.

I couldn’t even begin to guess how many different bows I’ve shot over the years. Let’s just say it’s a bunch and leave it at that. I do know this with absolute certainty: The best compound bows of ...

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When you go to a local pro shop to start looking for a beginner compound bow, you’ll hear a bunch of bow terms thrown around: riser, module, buss cable, limbs, limb pockets, and cams. If you’re new to ...

Depending on who you talk to a crossbow is either somewhat like Superman or Superman on kryptonite.The truth, like with most things, is somewhere in between. Legal in some capacity since 1998 for ...