Deer and bear seasons are opening soon across New York — and this year, bowhunters have a powerful new option. Find out when and where you can start hunting.

With bear season in Pennsylvania now underway in certain parts of the state, the Game Commission says the 2025 season should ...

Crossbows will increase the number of hunters able to contribute to deer population control, a plus for wildlife management, as crossbows produce cleaner, more consistently accurate shots, resulting ...

Starting in fall 2025, hunters in New York State may use a crossbow in the same seasons, places and manner as a vertical bow for hunting deer and bear. Crossbows have been used throughout most of New ...

We should talk about the upcoming National Walleye Tournament, which is coming up this weekend in Green Bay. Several local anglers are participating in the match. But the crossbow move is upon us, and ...

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 ...

New Jersey’s 2025 black bear hunting season will be split into two segments — an archery season in October and a firearm ...

A DNR report suggests that the lifting of crossbow restrictions is attracting more women and youths to archery deer hunting.

This story, “Upshot: A Record Bear,” appeared in the June 1969 issue of Outdoor Life. The two dogs took off like twin streaks, and within minutes they were out of hearing. We ran to the truck and ...

Three archery hunters are uninjured after a pair of recent encounters with grizzly bears in the Taylor Fork, south of Big Sky ...

In one instance, according to Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, two hunters were exploring near a known elk carcass on Sept.