Mission bows deliver performance, accuracy and technologies normally found in higher-end bows, but at prices that won’t bust the family budget. The Hype DTX carries on that tradition, providing all the energy and accuracy bowhunters need to cleanly and consistently tag big game in demanding conditions. The Mission Hype DTX offers adjustability that lets any...

The Gearhead X16 is a 70-, 90- or 125-pound draw-weight crossbow with a hearty 16-inch powerstroke, and yet weighs an industry-low 4.5 pounds bare. Still, when first picking it up, I assumed that ultralight weight meant a louder crossbow. And at the 125-pound max draw weight, the X16 probably lobs arrows like a beer-league softball...

Unlike America’s current practice of sourcing parts overseas to save production costs, Parker Bows prefers to manufacture and assemble their bows using local labor at Parker’s Staunton, Virginia, facility. While Parker’s bows might not be the least expensive, they’re among the most well-made crossbows. When building its latest crossbow, the Tornado XXTreme, The XXT is...

Not one to be left behind in the innovation race, Martin Archery of Walla Walla, Washington, adds its new Carbon FeatherWeight to the industry’s growing stable of carbon-riser compound bows. More remarkably, Martin Archery’s carbon compound bow retails below $500, which experience and sales reps say is the industry’s fastest-moving price point. Carbon, of course,...