Bowhunting

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Record Success at Camp Ripley Archery Hunt

Archers took 263 deer during this year's archery hunts in October at Camp Ripley Military Reservation near Little Falls, Minn., representing a 132 percent increase from last year's total harvest.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

ULTRA-Micro 4MM Arrows & Broadheads

For the hunting archer, Deep Six broadhead-tipped 4MM arrows provide more penetration by concentrating the mass of the arrow into a smaller column.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

P&Y Announces Potential New Record Elk

Steve Felix's 2016 Montana elk has an initial entry score of 430, exceeding the current archery World's Record American elk, which scored 412-1/8 inches and was taken in Arizona in 2005.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Arkansas Looking to Expand Ozark Bear-Hunting Opportunities

The number of black bears allowed for harvest in Arkansas's Bear Zone 1 was reached in just over 48 hours during the 2016 season, and most of them were taken by archery hunters, Myron Means told the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at its monthly meeting Jan. 19.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

P&Y Announces Potential New Record NT Coues Deer

In December 2015, Terry Edwards of San Carlos, Ariz. harvested Coues deer that may be the new Pope and Young Club Non-Typical World's Record. with an initial entry score of 141 5/8.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Opening Day of Georgia Archery Deer Season is Sept. 10

Archers will get the first opportunity at bringing home a deer beginning Saturday, Sept. 10, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Record Weight Moose Taken by Woman Bowhunter in Vermont

Using a compound bow, Tammy Miller took a 931 lb. bull moose with an antler spread of 53 ¾ inches on October 2 while hunting in Norton with her husband, Eric. Miller's huge bull topped the 919 lb. previous archery record moose taken last year by Kevin Rice.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Bowhunters Gear Up for Montana Archery Seasons

Montana's archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, wolf, mountain lion and black bear begins Sept. 5. The bighorn sheep archery season also begins Sept. 5.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

P&Y: Potential New World Record Typical Mule Deer

Arizona veteran bowhunter John McClendon's mule deer from Mohave County, Arizona, has an initial entry score of 207 5/8, and if it holds during upcoming panel judging, it would be the new archery world record of the species.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

275 Late-Season NM Bull Tags on Sale Oct. 29

Two hundred seventy-five trophy bull elk archery hunting licenses will go on sale Oct. 29, first-come, first-served, on the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish website.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Drawing This Weekend for Kiser Lake, Ohio Bowhunt

A lottery drawing will be held on Saturday, Sept. 13, for bow hunters wishing to participate in this year's archery season for white-tailed deer at Ohio's Kiser Lake State Park.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

New Archery Hunt at Minnesota's St. Croix State Park

St. Croix State Park in Hinckley, Minn. will pilot an archery hunt for part of the 2014 fall deer season, offering 100 tags Sept. 29 through Nov. 7, with the exception of Nov. 1-2, when the park will close for a youth firearms hunt.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Archery Hunt on ND Dept. of Corrections Land

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has announced there is be an experimental antlerless deer archery season this fall on the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation land south of Bismarck.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Apply for 2014 Camp Ripley Archery Hunts

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announces that bowhunters may apply for the 2014 regular archery deer hunts at Camp Ripley near Little Falls beginning July 1.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Utah Archery Deer and Elk Seasons Approaching

With the start of Utah's general archery deer and elk hunts only about seven weeks away, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources regional conservation outreach manager Scott Root offers some tips when preparing for a successful bowhunt.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Preparing for the Season: Summer Archery Checklist

As the longest day of the year approaches this week, for Kentucky's 90,000 plus archery deer hunters, the Summer Solstice seems to trigger another seasonal phenomenon - the need to get ready for the upcoming hunting season.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Changes Proposed for S. Dakota Archery Deer Season

The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission has proposed changes for the upcoming archery deer season, with some limitation on the number of "any antlerless deer" licenses in response to the high deer loss caused by Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD).

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

New Wyoming State Record Archery Whitetail

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reports that Shane Sanderson's 2012 whitetail buck has been officially scored at 170 3/8, placing it in the Pope and Young record book and making it the largest recorded typical whitetail taken with archery equipment Wyoming.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Confirmed: Canine Shot by Missouri Bowhunter was Wolf

A large canine shot by a mid-Missouri bowhunter last fall and the subject of a feature article here at The Archery Wire has been confirmed through DNA testing to be a wolf originating in the Great lakes states.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Nebraska Spring Archery Turkey Season Opens March 25

Spring turkey hunters in Nebraska may use only archery equipment-including crossbows-March 25-April 12 and may use either archery equipment or a shotgun April 13-May 31.

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