Crossbows Are Not More Accurate Than Compound Bows. We’ve Got the Groups to Prove It The performance gap between compound bows and crossbows is widening. Last year, we reviewed two bows—the Ravin R500 and TenPoint Nitro 505—that shot speeds faster than 500 fps, which was unimaginable just a few years ago. For comparison, the fastest … Read more
New World-Record Sitka Blacktail Confirmed for Bowhunting Legend Chuck Adams Chuck Adams, an accomplished bowhunter, has set a new Pope and Young velvet world-record for Sitka blacktail with a buck measuring 109 7/8 inches. With 57 years of bowhunting experience, Adams has become a source of inspiration for generations of bowhunters through his exceptional hunting … Read more
Making the Shot on a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mountain Goat Hunt Does a Midwestern deer hunter have what it takes to become an archery mountain goat hunter in just three months? Chris Malbon I’VE HAD FOUR goat shot opportunities in my life, and none of them have gone well. First there was the aoudad in West Texas, … Read more
Kentucky Bowhunter Tags Monster Buck With Incredible Mass In early September, Neal Kirkpatrick, 25, gained access to a 132-acre farm in western Kentucky for deer hunting. Kirkpatrick usually spends his falls duck hunting, but this year he decided to focus on deer. “With the new farm access, I figured I would get back into deer … Read more
How to Choose a Compound Bow and Set It Up for Elk Season Fall bowhunters flock to the western Rocky Mountains to hunt elk. To succeed in this challenging endeavor, it’s important to have a properly set up compound bow and the necessary accessories. When selecting a bow for elk hunting, prioritize accuracy over speed. … Read more
Minnesota Bowhunter Tags “Triple-Beam” Whitetail Buck on Opening Weekend of Gun Season Carson Reeve, a busy 19-year-old juggling college baseball, hunting show filming, school, and regular teenager activities, found time to hunt in Minnesota on Nov. 5 and 6. The three-beamed whitetail buck he arrowed could’ve been taken by someone else on a different farm … Read more
Mississippi Bowhunter Arrows 177-Inch Typical Buck After Multiple Attempts On October 1st, Mississippi’s bow season began, and like many others, Key Smith was unable to go hunting due to work commitments. Smith, a 38-year-old seasoned outdoorsman and member of a hunting club that spans 3,200 acres of prime bottomland along the Homochitto River, finally found … Read more
Bowhunter Tags a 200-Inch Buck in the St. Louis Suburbs After 5 Years of Hunting Him Brian Gailis hunted his great 200-inch buck for 5 years before finally taking him down. St. Louis and its surrounding suburbs line the shores of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois rivers, and this confluence makes for fertile ground for … Read more
Bowhunter Tags Giant Kansas Buck with Double Drop-Tines Dalton Hiltibrand has been watching a giant buck on an 80-acre parcel of private land in Nemaha County, Kansas. Trail camera photos from 2020 showed that the huge buck, nicknamed “Paraglider,” would move onto nearby farms. “He showed up again in August,” Hilitibrand tells Outdoor Life. “But … Read more
Kentucky Bowhunter Tags Giant Buck After His Wife’s Vision Jared Kenner finally killed a giant buck after 18 years of bowhunting. The buck, harvested from his Kentucky property in September, is his biggest yet. Kenner had been watching the buck grow for the past four years and had been hunting hard but unsuccessfully. However, with … Read more
