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.

Top-of-the-line (“flagship”) compound bows from most makers hover around the $1,000 mark. And you can spend more cash tricking the bow out with accessories and buying arrows. Most companies make a ...

The performance gap between compound bows and new crossbows seems to be widening exponentially. In the last few years of crossbow testing, we reviewed bows — the Ravin R500, Tenpoint Nitro 505, and ...

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 ...

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 ...