Bowhunting Organization Says 700-Pound Bear Shot In New Jersey Set World Record
(WorldNews Sport)

MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) — A bowhunting organization says a 700-pound bear shot in New Jersey last fall has set a world record as the largest black bear killed with a bow and arrow in North America. The Pope and Young Club, a bowhunting and conservation organization, said the bear killed Oct. 14 in Morris County toppled a record set in 1993 by a hunter in California. The new record was announced after a special panel of judges was assembled Feb. 8 in Harrisburg during the Great American Outdoors Show, the group said. `It has been an inspiring journey, to say the least,` hunter Jeff Melillo said in a statement quoted by the organization. `New Jersey, my home state, has its first-ever...