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I must be a cheapskate. I have a tigercat that shoots as well for me as any of my other Bear bows.
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I really like the 64" 57 Kodiak I recently picked up. Like my 60 Grizz too. Both are 50#.The 57 Kodiak has better cast. The Grizz is quieter.
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Maybe you can "Jump the string" Mike....How fast is her bow?
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1960 Grizzly and from what I remember many years ago the 1962 Grizzly and 1962 Kodiak, I can vouch for the 60 griz cause I have one, smooth and quiet bow, quietest curve I own, and I own some high end bows,LOL. I will let you know about the two 62's as I have one of each coming.
That is my experience with the Bear bows except for a late 80's early 90's Custom td which I owned for a while, nice smoothe bow also.
I did have a 56 or 57 Kodiak Special for a while but it had a bunch of hand shock and donated it to a good cause.
Danny
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Daryl..I don't junp as good as I did when I was young. Sue's bow is real fast and she hits what she is shooting at!I think I will ask her nicely if it's ok to buy Jack's bow
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Yeah you better not risk it That "hits what she is shooting at" part would kinda scare me.
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I've been reading along..and I would like to add one of the best shooting bows ever built....one of the smoothest to draw..but not one of the fastest bows ever manufactured...but again it's one of the most forgiving of all bows ever...(little slower arrow speed makes a good shooting bow..more forgiving) .OK I'll get to my point,it's the one the only often copied but never duplacated the real deal all meat and no filler...shot and loved by 1,000 to this day.The mighty Bear Super Kodiak........bowdoc
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It is remarkable what a difference going from 64" or 66" to 62" makes on those 59 KS-whole different bow! It was made to be 62"; and you can hardly ever find them! I wonder how many were produced compared to the 64 and 66 and 68 inchers.
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So now all you guys have done is given me a whole list of bows that I have to get now. Like I haven't spent enough on my collection already. And to add to the probem, when you get a new model in your colledtio, you can't just top at one. If one is worht having, then it is worth having two or three of them. That philosophy is what got me in trouble with the Jack Howard JETS.
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The most important part of your hunting setup is the broadhead. The rest is just the delivery system. Posts: 4084 | From: WHITE, GA | Registered: Jul 2003
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I don't know,, I still like my Magnesium TD's They are so totally versatile to set up.. Not as pretty as most of the woodies, but shoot as good or better than most. My present setup is a set of 61# #1 white tips on a B riser. Number 2 grip and off the shelf.. Drawn to my 29 1/2" draw those old 2020's are smoking.. Smooth draw and no kick.. I can't ask for more.(For off the shelf I do like to remove the rubber shelf pad, and put on a patch of "Bear Hair") I do not like the 2B Gainesville limbs and have yet to decide on the new limbs, some how they just don't feel right, maybe just none of Fred's mojo.
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I recently acquired a '63 Kodiak from ckruse and after several weeks of shooting this bow... I'm hooked on this one. It's no slouch and it's a much quieter-shooting bow than many of the newer-designed recurves I've had (it isn't just the dacron string thing either).
I hunted with a Dogleg 15 years ago, but didn't have it all that long as I traded it for an Asbell Colorado Bighorn. I had forgotten how long the riser is (about 23" from fadeout to fadeout), that's a lot of riser real estate for a mere 60" bow.
I'm curious about the '64 Kodiak, based on many of the opinions I've seen here. How does it differ from the '63? Obviously it doesn't have the Dogleg riser design, but what else?
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Interesting discussion. I have just begun spending some time shooting the 18 or so Bear recurves I bought over the last year. I have among them, 2 Kodiak Hunters - one a 43# and the other a 50#. They seem to be the best shooters of the bunch, at this point.
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Love collecting and shooting old Bears and other vintage bows. Have extensively shot these Bear Kodiaks (57,59,62,64,65)all between 42 & 50 lbs. Personally I like the '64.
A couple (OK 3) unmentioned darkhorses: 1962 Grizzly (I-beam, 62", white glass); 1966 Alaskan (66", target style); and 1968 Kodiak Hunter(58", deep grip, one of my favorite bows for ground blinds & still hunting).
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Daryl..I don't junp as good as I did when I was young. Sue's bow is real fast and she hits what she is shooting at!I think I will ask her nicely if it's ok to buy Jack's bow ![[pray]](graemlins/xxwpray.gif)
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That "hits what she is shooting at" part would kinda scare me.
