Minnesota DNR works on plan to track crossbow use after legislators approve their full use during archery season

It didn’t take long for Todd Froberg, Minnesota DNR big-game program coordinator, to get a few emails from the public asking why the DNR would allow hunters of all ages to use crossbows during the state’s full archery season.
“I had to tell them it’s the Legislature (that legalized the activity),” Froberg said. “I really hadn’t heard much about anything having to do with crossbows for a few years now, or any kind of big talk.”
Starting this fall, all hunters will be allowed to use crossbows to take deer during the archery season, which runs from Saturday, Sept. 16 to the end of December. A look at how the DNR might track crossbow use and what Minnesotans might be able to glean from Missouri and Wisconsin deer harvest numbers.

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