Questions about crossing border with Crossbow

[Bullzeye]

The rules seen to have changed, i cross over the border a dozen or more times a year and have a few green cards, but last week when i tried to get a card for my BlackBerry playbook the guy said don't worry about it, everyone has them.

[Ont_Excal]

The rules seen to have changed, i cross over the border a dozen or more times a year and have a few green cards, but last week when i tried to get a card for my BlackBerry playbook the guy said don't worry about it, everyone has them.

All playbooks, ipads and the like are digitally coded.
They can tell where and when you bought the unit.

[maine hunter]

we crossed last year to go to boofest, we just told them we had a crossbow. no problem.

[VixChix]

The bow won't be an issue - the scope might. On the way back to Canada they might think you picked up the scope in the US - you can't export them out of the US into Canada - it's a "firearms part". The sticker would be for the sake of the scope to prove that you had it on your bow before you crossed into the US.

[cdnarmyguy]

My sister in law works at customs. You can register a none ser number item. We do that al the time we in the military travel. Take a picture of it, stop at the customs fill out the green card and ask for the supervisor. Have him certify you had purchased it in Canada. Dont worry about the scope, its part of the weapon. Its only the American side that worries about export.

[maine hunter]

going into canada, they were nice,even let us use there bathroom. coming home at the us border, the guy was a jerk. sad to say.

[TheTinker]

Interesting point that SERIAL NUMBER thing..
It would seem prudent that Excal should maybe consider putting on SS#'s (for identification purposes/owner protection) now that they have broken the $1,000.00 ceiling doesn't it?

'MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT THOUGHT UP THE LADDER, MR EXCALIBUR MARKETING DUDE

[Normous]

Interesting point that SERIAL NUMBER thing..
It would seem prudent that Excal should maybe consider putting on SS#'s (for identification purposes/owner protection) now that they have broken the $1,000.00 ceiling doesn't it?

'MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT THOUGHT UP THE LADDER, MR EXCALIBUR MARKETING DUDE

Quote by Bill T.
"The only reason every crossbow in Canada isn't being registered today is that it has no serial number. It will be a dark day that an Excalibur has one engraved on it's side."

[j.krug]

Only crossed one time for the last Boofest. Crossbows were a non-concern, but when the customs officer[Canadian] asked flightattendant100 if he ever carried a gun in his truck, I remember thinking 'Uh-Oh'.....Here we go......

Ya for sure...pank nails is nothin compared to a good ole fashioned cavity search!!

[backwoods]

I have never tried crossing with a crossbow, but years ago (before I could afford a digital camera) I went into Canada with film camera. 1 roll exposed 30 rolls unexposed. After shooting for 3 weeks I came back across with about 35 rolls of exposed film. The dog sniffed out my bags on the bus, and customs pulled me off to check everything. Just happens when film is exposed, it gives off a gun powder smell. the dog thought I was loaded for bear. after a slight delay, I was on my way back home with wonderful photos.