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Nockturnal Shift Lighted Nocks

Nockturnal G-Shift and FIT-Shift lighted nocks are available in eight color options for 2026.
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2025 Field Test: Evolved Food Plot Seed

The author has planted Evolved food plot seed in western Wisconsin for two consecutive years. Growing conditions were less than ideal in 2024, and it was a repeat in 2025. Thankfully, the results were better than expected.
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Vsling Bow Sling

Vsling Archery’s Bow Sling is designed to keep bowhunters mobile, hands-free and ready for quick transitions in the field.
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Video: Scarecrow/Deer Encounter for the Ages

Do you think these scarecrows will prevent deer from eating in a garden?
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2026 Readers’ Choice Awards Results

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 here were chosen as Readers’ Choice Awards winners in 54 categories.
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Video: Can Whitetails Freeze to Death?

Whitetails are built to survive harsh winters; here’s how they do it.
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Video: Building Hinge-Cut Deer Bedding

Late-winter is the perfect time for building, maintaining and improving whitetail bedding areas, and on some properties a technique called “hinge-cutting” works well.
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Crossbow Review: TenPoint TX Ultra 29.5

The new-for-2026 TenPoint TX Ultra 29.5 crossbow is everything a hunter can ask for and more.
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Field Test: Mossy Oak BioLogic Food Plot Seed

During fall 2025, the author and his hunting partners field tested five annual seed blends from Mossy Oak BioLogic on three of their western Wisconsin food plots.
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Easton Bow-Go Micro 3818 Bow Case

The compact Bow-Go Micro 3818 case from Easton Archery provides protection for bows and other archery essentials.
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Bow Review: Bear Redeem

Bear Archery pads proven technologies with a killer new tuning feature and updated cams, unveiling the baddest Bear in the woods.
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Non-Cell Trail Cam Field Test: Spypoint Force 24

The author placed a Spypoint Force 24 non-cell trail cam in a deep, heavily-wooded South Dakota river-bottom that doesn’t receive cell service. What did he discover after letting it shoot pics for 3 straight months?
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Field Test: Magnet Outdoors Food Plot Seeds

The author and his family test three blends from Magnet Outdoors on a few of their Wisconsin food plots.
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Bow Review Video: Obsession Ultra Mag 360

Obsession’s new ride is sizzling fast but also forgiving and highly accurate.
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Don’t Sleep on Non-Cell Trail Cams

The vast majority of trail cams sold today are cellular models, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore non-cell offerings.
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Trail Cams vs. Fair Chase

Is using a trail cam fair chase? In the author’s opinion, it depends . . .
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Video: Michael Waddell’s Sobering Reminder About Treestand Safety

Waddell tells the sad stories of two hunters he knows personally who fell from trees during 2025 — one died and the other is in the hospital with two broken legs.