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If you’re considering getting into bowhunting, check out these tips for selecting the right hunting tool for you.

The first of its kind, Prime’s 2025 flagship bow — the Form — is a hybrid created using unique engineering principles to connect carbon and aluminum at key points of the riser.

What happens when you dry-fire a $1,500 Mathews compound bow — twice? Check out the insane slow-motion video!

Levi Morgan demonstrates a simple DIY solution for quieting down the bow shelf and other areas around the arrow rest.

According to Bowhunting World Field Editor Darron McDougal, the 2025 Bear Persist 33 combines all of the 2024 31-inch Persist’s proven technologies with a stability boost and a string angle that makes anchor-point acquisition fast and effortless.

The new 30-inch Bowtech Solution LS checks all the boxes for archers looking for a lightweight and agile hunting bow, while the 34-inch Proven 34 excels when stability and balance are the name of the game.

Hoyt Archery recently announced its new lineup of flagship hunting bows for 2025, including the Carbon RX-9 and the aluminum Alpha AX-2 29.

The 2024 Mathews LIFT was one of the company’s best-selling bows of all time, and the 2025 LIFT X pushes the technology envelope even further.

The Bear Persist 33 features proven technologies with a stability boost.

Developed in collaboration with Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Bear Archery has introduced two new compound bows.

The limited-edition Bowtech Honor compound bow marks the company’s 25th anniversary.

Prime bolsters field-proven technologies with a few new updates, yielding its finest bow yet.

Named after the Last Frontier and built to endure, the new Alaskan XT RTH compound bow from Bear Archery is packed with unprecedented features at an attractive price.

The iSeries Shaped Bow Case from SKB has an innovative shape that reduces weight and provides a more compact footprint.

The 90-year-old company’s latest flagship bow, the Bear Archery Persist, delivers the feature-driven performance that dedicated bowhunters demand.

Mathews Archery designers started from the ground up with the company's new-for-2024 LIFT 29.5 and 33 hunting flagships.

Hoyt Archery continues to push the performance envelope with the introduction of two new flagships for 2024, the aluminum Alpha X (30 and 33), and the carbon RX-8.

For the first time, the author's home state of Minnesota is allowing crossbows for use during the general archery season — no age or physical condition limitations — and as expected, compound shooters are not pleased.

Bowtech has announced its latest flagship compounds, the 2024 Core SS and Core SR. The SS is engineered for a super-smooth draw; the SR is a speed bow that’s still comfortable to shoot.

A few subtle enhancements to an already proven platform move the Hoyt needle forward.

Bowhunting World Field Editor Darron McDougal recently tested the new smooth-shooting Hoyt VTM 31. Despite being a short hunting bow, it has tons of stability.

With a killer new cam system, one of the industry’s finest grips and a new sight mount, Athens Archery has launched an ideal bowhunting bow.

Bowhunting World Field Editor Darron McDougal recently tested the new-for-2023 Athens Elevate. He loved the bow’s draw cycle, and was also impressed with several other features.

Rock-and-roll legend Ted Nugent is a pro-hunting patriot — and he’s not afraid to speak his mind.

With stability built right in and a new cam system, Prime Archery’s latest launch — the Prime REVEX 2 — is a winner.

Bowhunting World’s Field Editor Darron McDougal recently tested the new-for-2023 Prime REVEX 2. Spoiler: With stability built right in and a new cam system, it’s a winner.

Each type of archery equipment provides a unique shooting and hunting experience. Here’s how to pick the right tool for your bowhunting needs.

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Bowhunting World’s Field Editor Darron McDougal says Bowtech’s latest carbon marvel, the Carbon One, raises the technology and performance bars.