Super Kodiak old-new

[jackdaw]

Oh yeah....Hobow, I think you nailed it right on top of the noggin' with your analogy !!!!! Let's hope the new Bear's don't go the way of the GTO...great point!

[Hobow]

It seems that Bear is listening since they have brought back some of the classic style.  I hope they listen and address the minor detail changes that we would like to see.

I believe that with some minor refinement they can build a bow with the level of finish of the classics.  The finish sheen is my biggest gripe, I'd love to see a 2012 Super Kodiak with a gloss finish to make that green glass pop!

Thanks for the kind words and keep supporting the masses favorite bow company!

Brad

[William F. Adams]

I'd dearly love to buy a new Bear bow for my son who is about to out grow his 48" 20# @ 24" Little Bear (just like the one I had at his age)

But I'm not seeing anything in their line up which is the 50--56" 30# @ 26" I believe would be suitable. Am I missing something?

[Hobow]

I think that the only bow that would meet all of your criteria would be a Kodiak Magnum, 52" and 35# @ 28" which should scale real close to 30# @ 26".

There is the 48" Kodiak Cub @ 30# and the 58" Grizzly at 30 & 35#'s.  

I think that is it in the recurve line but I'm not positive...

[Warchild]

The old bows were a much better product as they were UNION made. Like everything these days, it seems that even Bear archery was not immune to corporate America's race to the bottom. The company paid $7.00 total package to their union workers and discovered that the workers in the South would do it for $4.00. Sadly they scabbed on the founders of this great company, the workers that built the ultimate hunting bow.

[jeff w]

I thought the union issue is what sent Bear to Florida--that Bear wasn't union but the union wanted in?  In short, the old bows were not made by a union work force.   Not taking sides but it seems counter to everything I have read/heard.

[Orion]

I'd have no compunction about buying a new Bear, but picked up a 66 Kodiak a few weeks ago, and I must say I'm impressed.  As quick as any custom bow in the same category today, and very quiet.