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 ...

Compound bows went through a period of rapid development where they constantly improved year-to-year. But like all technology, there was bound to be a limit to the advancement. That happened about ten ...

Hoyt’s latest flagship compound bow, the Carbon RX-7, earned F&S’s Editor’s Pick Award for 2022. I spent much of the 2021 bow season hunting with the Hoyt Ventum 30 , which debuted the brand’s binary ...

The Smoke is a no-apologies, short-brace-height speed bow that almost won our 2022 Flagship Bow Test . It has a hybrid cam system that’s draw-length specific and remarkably efficient. It was, in fact, ...