The Best Affordable Hunting Crossbows of 2025
TenPoint Crossbows / January 12th, 2022Are you looking for the highest quality, American-made hunting crossbow at the most affordable price? If so, you need look no further. TenPoint Crossbows Technologies offers hunting crossbow models under the American-made Wicked Ridge brand that are destined to be amongst the best affordable hunting crossbows. NEW for 2025, is the Invader M1 De-Cock.
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Wicked Ridge’s All-Time Best-Selling Light Crossbow and Budget Crossbow Now De-Cocks – Introducing the Invader M1 De-Cock.
Shooting 390 feet-per-second, the American-Built Invader M1 De-Cock is an affordable de-cocking crossbow and value crossbow that features the ACUdraw or ACUdraw 50 SLED De-Cock and brings compact de-cocking to a lower price than ever.
Gone are the days of carrying a target or shooting a discharge arrow after the hunt!
If you don’t take a shot, push the de-cock button and safely de-cock the light crossbow with the built-in ACUdraw De-Cock or manually de-cock the crossbow with the ACUdraw 50 SLED De-Cock.
Once you experience the convenience of de-cocking, you’ll never return to a non-de-cocking American crossbow.
Features & Benefits
- Built-In ACUdraw De-Cock Cocking & De-Cocking System: Provides silent cocking and safe de-cocking. (note: also available with ACUdraw 50 SLED for manual de-cocking).
- Lightweight Affordable De-Cocking Crossbow at8-pounds and Compact Profile: More mobility and more shot opportunities by reducing the chance for cam/limb contact in the stand or blind.
- 70-yard Pro-View 400 Lighted Scope: Offers aimpoints out to 70-yards and features an updated reticle for a cleaner view and greater down-range accuracy.
- Pre-Sighted at 20-yards: Pre-sighted by American workers before leaving the factory to ensure your success.
- Built in America: An American crossbow inspected, built, and tested by American workers to guarantee craftsmanship you can depend on.

Value-Priced De-Cocking with Reverse-Draw Speed.
Equipped with the revolutionary ACUdraw De-Cock for safe de-cocking, D1 Trigger, and a reverse-draw crossbow design with undeniable speed and power advantages, the American-Built Fury 410 De-Cock shoots 410 FPS and is a super short crossbow at 29-inches long and delivers performance you’ve never seen before at its price-point.
The D-1 Trigger is a 2-stage, zero-creep design that includes delivers a consistent crisp, 3.5-pound pull.
Forget the hassle of carrying a target to discharge your bow, or risking damaging an arrow by discharging it at the end of the hunt – the ACUdraw De-Cock is simple, silent, and safe and allows you cock and safely de-cock with easy 5-pounds of force.
If you don’t take a shot, push the de-cock button and safely de-cock the crossbow with the built-in ACUdraw De-Cock. While de-cocking, you can remove your hand from the handle at any point and it will stop in its place, eliminating the potential of injury or damage that may occur with other de-cocking systems on the market.
At 410 FPS with safe de-cocking and reverse draw crossbow performance, there’s a reason this type of American innovation doesn’t come from China.
Features & Benefits
- ACUdraw De-Cock Cocking & De-Cocking System: Provides silent cocking & safe de-cocking.
- D1 Trigger (patented) 2-stage, zero creep design featuring a DFP (Dry-Fire-Prohibitor) deliver a consistent, crisp 3 ½ – pound pull.
- RangeMaster Pro Scope: Variable speed scope offers aimpoints out to 60-yards & features multi-coated optics for optimal light gathering.
- Reverse-Draw Design: Generates more speed with less draw weight for a smoother shot, & provides superior balance for increased accuracy.
- Integrated String Stop System: Reduces noise and vibration.
- Pre-Sighted at 20-yards: Pre-sighted by American workers before leaving the factory to ensure your success.
- Built in America: Inspected, built, and tested by American workers to guarantee craftsmanship you can depend on.
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