Syracuse.com - Crossbow tale: Father and son both get a bear while hunting in Canada

[HuntingNY-News]

Trophy mounts will be made of both, and all the meat was brought home to consume, the son said.

Submitted photoThe elder Barkley with his bear.

Jeffrey Barkley, of Phoenix, traveled this spring with his father, Francis, also of Phoenix, to New Brunswick, Canada, to hunt for bear with crossbows.

“My dad has had one for a couple of years and has been practicing,” the son said. “He shot a deer last year during the gun season, but you can’t use it during the archery season.”

Jeffrey, 58, said he’s a bow hunter, but his father does not hunt during the regular archery season. He said he decided to buy a crossbow so he could get out and hunt with his 82-year-old father.

The two traveled in late May to Lindsay’s Sporting Camps in New Brunswick, intent on getting a bear. Both were successful. The father’s bear weighed 200 pounds, and the son’s weighed 225 pounds.

“It was my dad’s first bear,” the son said.

Trophy mounts will be made of both, and all the meat was brought home to consume, he said.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog