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Elk Hunts That Tested Me to the Core

Public land, DIY elk hunts will almost always challenge your mind, body and spirit.
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Exact Broadhead Tuning

Want to see your broadheads fly like field points? Try these tuning steps to achieve supreme arrow flight.
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Bowhunting the All-American Pronghorn

Bowhunting the distinctly American pronghorn can be a real challenge — unless you play it smart.
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Homebody Bow Practice

At home or away, practicing with your compound, crossbow or traditional bow is vitally important during the off-season for many reasons. Foremost, of course, is ensuring confidence in your skills and gear before opening day.
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Bow Review: Prime Form

The first of its kind, Prime’s 2025 flagship bow is a hybrid created using unique engineering principles to connect carbon and aluminum at key points of the riser.
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Crossbow Review: Barnett Hyper Raptor BCX BUKOPS X-Factor

Deadly high-end performance that won’t break the bank.
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Practice for Bowhunting Success

Summer is the perfect time to get your body and gear in tip-top shape for the upcoming fall big game bowhunting seasons.
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6 Bowhunting Accessories That Can Enhance Your Downrange Accuracy

Form, technique, mental game, and shot execution all impact long-distance performance, but these six equipment upgrades can help you milk out just a little more accuracy.
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Summer Project: Become Best Friends With Your Bow

Don’t make the mistake of waiting until right before opening day of archery season to begin shooting your bow.
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Crossbow Review: Excalibur Mag Max

The Excalibur Mag Max crossbow is an outstanding blend of simplicity, affordability and effectiveness.
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NASP — Inspiring the Next Generation

The success of NASP alumni in archery and beyond.
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Field Care Tips for First-Class Venison

Research from the cattle industry and various colleges of animal sciences provide clues on how bowhunters can obtain the best venison from their harvested big game.
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Misguided Crossbow Marketing?

In the author’s opinion, some crossbow companies are shooting themselves in the foot.
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The Truth About DIY Public Land Western Bowhunting

Here’s what influencers and podcasters aren’t telling you.
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Are Crossbow Hunters Really the Bad Guys?

A lot of controversy about crossbows and crossbow hunters runs rampant throughout the hunting community. Where do you stand on crossbow hunting?
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40 Great — and Affordable — Gifts for Hunters

Believe it or not, you don’t have to spend more than $20 when shopping for a great bowhunter’s gift.
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Crossbow Review: Mission SUB-1 XR

Balance, accuracy, and dependability intersect right here.
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Gear Roundup: Compound Bows

New-age compound bows come packed with fantastic features that will have you reaching for your wallet.
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Bow Review: Mathews Lift X 29.5

All of 2024 Lift’s best features combine with a new grip, new limbs, and a new tuning system to yield the 2025 Mathews Lift X, the company’s most advanced and technologically sound flagship bow to date.
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Bears and Bugs

Never hunted black bears? In the author’s opinion, Manitoba is tough to beat, but be prepared for nasty mosquitoes, too.
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Alternative Tactics for Turkeys

When gobblers won’t respond to your calling and strut into bow range, it’s time for plan B — or C, D or E!
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2025 Readers’ Choice Awards Results

Once again it’s time to reveal our Readers’ Choice Awards winners. As we’ve done for decades, we asked readers of Bowhunting World magazine to vote for their favorite hunting and archery brands. The manufacturers highlighted on the following pages were chosen as Readers’ Choice Awards winners in 54 categories.
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Advanced Turkey Decoying Tips

If you’ve had spotty success with decoying gobblers into archery range, give these details a shot.
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Early Spring Scouting for Whitetails

Spring is the perfect time to walk your property, including sanctuaries, to learn all you can about the local whitetails.
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Bowhunting Advice: The Art of Missing

Bowhunt long enough and you WILL miss. Period. How you deal with it is critical to your future success in the field.
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Hunts From Hell

While all bowhunting trips are adventurous, not all are pleasant. And some are downright dangerous.
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Prairie Adventure: Stalking Late-Season Whitetails and Muleys

While stalking late-season mule deer across the ice-coated prairies, the author’s plans change when he encounters a mature, wide-racked whitetail.
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Editors’ Picks: Top 10 Bowhunting World Stories From 2024

Do you have a favorite article — or video — from the past year? Here’s our list of editors’ picks for top 10 Bowhunting World stories of 2024.
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Crossbow Review: Axe 400

The Axe 400 crossbow provides high-end accuracy and style at a blue-collar-friendly price point.