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Offline wasapt

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can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« on: March 10, 2011, 09:57:00 PM »
I am hoping to get the year of this Kodiak identified, can you help? [/IMG]
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 10:00:00 PM »
try again
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 10:02:00 PM »
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Offline ahandle70

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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 10:11:00 PM »
1966...99.9% sure.
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Offline Ron Roehrick

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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 10:40:00 PM »
If the glass is green its a 1965 if its brown its a 1966. First Number looks like a six in the serial number that would make it a 1966.
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 11:08:00 PM »
Also the '65s used a diffent wood in the riser with more figure to it. Forgot the species though.
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Offline Wade Phillips

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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 11:11:00 PM »
wasapt -

It is easy to see the brown glass between the white overlays on the 1966 riser.

Nice grain in the riser wood on the belly side. So many of the 1966 Kodiaks have such plain grain they are not eye appealing.

Get an original string and you will really be in business for a 1966 re-enactment.
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2011, 01:56:00 AM »
Thanks y'all!
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2011, 02:52:00 AM »
Nice bow. Take great care of it and rent it to me in 2016 for my 50 year hunting please.

And btw, did you use a Bear Polar to shoot the Polar Bear?

DDave
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2011, 09:02:00 PM »
LOL on the play on words for the bear polar/ polar bear....I have not harvested any game with a vintage Bear bow yet, although it is a goal to do so.. except a whitetail with a 76er, back in 1976
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Offline vintage-bears

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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2011, 02:20:00 PM »
1966 Kodiak.
I traded a 65# for a #55 with Steve S.
Fantastic trade as both bows were gorgeous....
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Re: can you say what year this Bear Kodiak is?
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2011, 05:24:00 PM »
I am refinishing it's twin right now. 1966
Chuck
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