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Offline highpoint forge

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Bear Target recurve find.......
« on: October 20, 2009, 11:18:00 PM »
I was told by a buddy that he had some old recurves laying around and he and I frequently hit his private club/lake to fish and hunt hogs or deer, usually midweek for a day or so as it's really close to Dallas. So he brings out this old Bear 64" bow for me last time. Can someone ID it for me and estimate its value? I need to string it and clean it up of course.....

 

 

 
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 12:32:00 AM »
Well actually, he brought out a Ben Pearson bow with a Bear brush rest on it.  Any photos of the inside upper limb?  Or the catalog number on the side of the riser?  It looks like a Palomino, but may be another model.
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Offline highpoint forge

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 12:53:00 AM »
Hey George I could not find a single mark on it. I will re-inspect.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 12:58:00 AM »
Maybe it was refinished at one time....it's definitely a Ben Pearson, and I would almost bet it's the Palomino model.  Let us know if you can see any marks at all.  They are sweet shooters, by the way...not a bad find at all.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 01:04:00 AM »
Here's a 1962 Palomino.

 
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Offline wollelybugger

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 11:10:00 AM »
Some of the old bear target bows had sights built in the riser.
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Offline jhg

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 01:42:00 PM »
Its a Palomino, 99% for sure. The white wood in the riser is holly and if its yellowed its the finish, not the wood itself. The other wood is walnut.
The Palomino was Pearson bowyer Ben Mullikin's favorite Pearson bow.

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Offline Dano

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 07:14:00 PM »
I'm pretty sure George is dead on, I know I've never seen a Bear like that.
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Offline Migra Bill

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2009, 09:04:00 PM »
Definately NOT a Bear. If you couldn't find any markings on it, why did you say it was a Bear?
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Offline highpoint forge

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2009, 09:24:00 PM »
No markings at all. Bear brush rest. Resembles a target model they made, I'm told. There is NO writing on this bow.
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Offline Jeremy

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2009, 09:25:00 PM »
It has the Bear brush rest on it.  Lots of "Bear" bows I've seen advertised elsewhere have just had a rest or some other Bear product on them.

Nice Palomino!  :)
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Offline ckruse

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2009, 09:54:00 PM »
It's for sure a Pearson. It may be a Golden Sovereign. It resembles my 61 Golden Conqueror a bit more than my 62 Pearson Palomino. CKruse
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Offline d. ward

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2009, 07:26:00 AM »
George nailed it.bd
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Offline PAPALAPIN

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Re: Bear Target recurve find.......
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2009, 12:09:00 AM »
I'm with Cameron on this one.

I was going to sugest a Golden Sovereign until I got to the bottom ans saw that Cameon already had.
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