The performance gap between compound bows and new crossbows seems to be widening exponentially. In the last few years of crossbow testing, we reviewed bows — the Ravin R500, Tenpoint Nitro 505, and ...

I still remember the first compound bow I ever saw. My dad and I belonged to an archery club in Wisconsin in the early 1970s, and everyone there shot recurves. But my dad’s cousin Howard was ...

Compound Bow Basics A Mathews compound bow. Jeff Wilson. The most notable difference between a compound and a traditional bow are a compound’s extra strings, cables, and cams. The cams make a compound ...

The fastest, most powerful, most accurate bows ever made are modern compound designs. What advantages do they have over traditional bows of yore and how do you shoot one? This year, I’ve learned ...

Most modern compound-bow shooters use a D-loop and a mechanical release aid. The length of that D-loop, as well as the arm of an index-style release (the most popular for hunting), factor into ...

The perfect compound bow setup for whitetails will be easy to draw and shoot accurately from a treestand when the pressure is on and your heart is racing. It will be properly tuned. And it will ...

A compound bow looks a lot like a paired block and tackle. When the archer pulls on the string, it rotates the wheels, causing the two to be drawn closer together.