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When your customers get an email from you, it should be special and welcome — not something they delete without reading because you’ve been bombarding them with offers.

We asked three archery retailers: “What percentage of your bowsight sales is slider sights, and which ones seem to be the most popular right now?”

Help get your customers on the 3-D range with their hunting setups.

Take these lessons from a family-run business about how not to screw up your next hire.

A new national research study has been released that examines the role of crossbow hunting in the United States and its implications across the broader hunting and archery landscape.

Proven LinkedIn strategies for archery/bowhunting industry professionals.

Boost your sales of guns — and everything else — with these tips from Hunting Retailer's writers.

Looking to bolster your bottom line with crossbows? We found two shops that show what’s possible while operating in the mature Badger State market.

Created to battle the muck of barns and fields in a variety of conditions, Muck Boots has been going strong for more than 25 years and looks forward to 2026.

There are benefits to carrying soft goods, bowhunting optics and other ancillary gear. Here’s a review of the top categories, and how carrying these items could be more of a plus than a negative.

By bringing together trade, competition and consumers under one roof, ATA Show Week showed what’s possible when the industry comes together with a shared purpose.

Examining how the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act will impact archery shop owners with their tax strategies and long-term planning.

How firearm retailers can thrive with new demographics.

We asked three archery retailers: “Do you offer turkey hunting equipment, and what sells the best?”

The frontrunner in OEM bowstring production, Headhunter, has released a revolutionary string material called Alien, which will now be available to customers through their local dealer.

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.

If you didn’t attend one or both of these trade shows in January 2026, here’s what you missed.