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Offline portugeejn

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Fred Bear history question
« on: June 14, 2008, 09:37:00 AM »
I have read about the occasional person who is right handed but shoots a left handed bow (because it works better for them).  I have seen this myself some when working with Boy Scouts who have been trained to be right handed, but were left eye dominant.

So the question.  Was Fred Bear left handed, or did he just shoot left handed?  Just curious.

Ron

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2008, 11:03:00 AM »
From his autobiography I recall that his sister helped him cut off the outer part of his right ring finger when both were kids. This made a left hand shooter out of a right handed person ...

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2008, 11:29:00 AM »
Fred Bear and Glenn St. Charles both started out as righties and became lefties later. I heard they joined a mysterious cult called 'Los Sinisteros'.

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2008, 11:53:00 AM »
"You ask if I am right- or left-handed. I am left-handed. I don’t quite know why. I shoot a bow left-handed. I throw a ball left-handed. I bat left-handed. I play golf left-handed. But I do everything else right-handed, including the shooting of a gun. And one of the interesting things in this connection is that my right eye is my master eye, although I do shoot a bow with the left hand"
Fred Bear (I Remember Papa Bear)

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2008, 12:39:00 PM »
Tony you rock! Nice find; and it proves my theory about the secret society too.........'cause Fred never mentioned it!

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 01:36:00 PM »
:biglaugh:
"If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less" Gen. Eric Shinsheki

"If you laugh, and you think, and you cry, that's a full day, that's a heck of a day." Jim Valvano.

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 05:06:00 PM »
Hey!! family site, no shooting both ways

Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 06:10:00 PM »
I have had TP since the early 60's. I now shoot left hand and i still have it.. Oh well we just fight it off a shoot the best we can and have fun.  Mike
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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2008, 07:11:00 PM »
I'm with you Mike, Is there really such thing as shooting without target panic??? I have fought it since day one.

Never have had a problem shooting at game or stump shooting but I loathe shooting at a target.  

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"If you laugh, and you think, and you cry, that's a full day, that's a heck of a day." Jim Valvano.

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2008, 07:17:00 PM »
Mine comes and goes I get around targets and it comes!

Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2008, 08:01:00 PM »
I drilled last years deer at 4 yards ..No time for target panic     :)
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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2008, 08:43:00 PM »
They told you if you dont stop that you will go blind!   :saywhat:
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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2008, 02:48:00 AM »
lets guess the bow I say 58 kodiak
bezaleel bow works
schafer
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Re: Fred Bear history question
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2008, 06:03:00 PM »
Thanks!

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