Young man looking for info regarding bear archery.

[Kip]

I have a 1971 or 70 K.hunter in the class. ads.If he needs mine I will send it to him to use till he finds what he wants. Send it back when he is finished with it.It is 46@28".Let me know what he wants.I got this bow from another collage bound bow hunter and told him anytime he wanted back it was free to him I have not heard from him in a few years so I would like to keep it moving for young bowhunters to try.Kip

[Whip]

Nice gesture Kip! But of course, knowing you, that doesn't surprise me at all.

[woodchucker]

Sooner or later, someone was going to step up... Hey, this is TradGang!!! We're "family" and I wouldn't expect anything less!!! Way to go, Kip!!!

[Producer]

I like Bear bows but as many have said before me I would buy used unless you can get a new one at a decent discount. Many of the models they make can be matched by some of the custom bow makers on this site at the same or near to same price as Bears retail.Just to mention just one, Brian Mcbroom starts his magnificent bows out at a little over $400 to start. There are others also. Some of the Bear bows run over $800 list. they may be as good as the Graying models as some say but that is still a lot of money.

[ghost rob]

I bought a leftover 2014 Kodiak Magnum from Big Jim for 299.99 shipped.It's 45 lbs and it came with a warranty which you wont get with a used bow. I draw 29 " with no problem and when I go stumping It's the bow I take and the Widows stay home cause it's a blast to shoot, and the Bubinga in the riser is very nice. If I could only own one bow this one would be in the running. I did make a string for it out of my stock of old fast flight material. it shoots fast and hard. Love it!

[Bowwild]

I've owned 3-4 of the new bears. I owned two back in the 1970s. I think the new are as good as the old ones.

I think the old B and A mags with a set of #1 limbs are pretty reasonably priced (used of course) and fairly common.

If a person wanted a new one I'd try to get a "Blem". I've seen three bless and the error is very minor. Mine simply had a quiver insert drilled in the wrong place. Others have a slight cosmetic issues. I've talked to Bear about these. They wouldn't sell them if integrity was an issue.

Lots of great bows out there and the classifieds here are a super place to find one.