Fred Bear Vids- form??

[KSdan]

Hey guys-

Was watching the old Fred Bear archives- Curt Gowdy days etc.  Just awesome and bring back memories as I grew up around Grayling/Gaylord area. Any guys younger than 40 really should see what many of us grew up on.

With that- has anyone really watched his form when he shoots at game?  Instead of watching the animal I watched his form in slow-mo. I know he shot a 65-70# bow- but he short draws even 2-3" less than 28" from what I can see.

I am not even being critical- just interesting as we all try so hard to get perfect form and his was less than text book.  He also took shots that we typically do not advocate.

Just interesting. . .

Dan

[joevan125]

Yea i have also noticed how he short draws and never seems to come to anchor and he also snap shoots in a lot of the videos i have watched.

Fred may not have been the best shot during his time but he sure could get close to the animals he was hunting.

Theres something to be said about getting up close and personal to the game you are hunting.

[John3]

I slow moe'd as well.. I could never see a definite anchor with Fred's shooting...  Did you notice the poison pod "powder" fly off his arrows?  

I just watched Rural Route One this afternoon...
One of my favorite Bear videos.

John III

[OkKeith]

I got the whole set from 3Rivers for Christmas. Nearly wore them out already. I have a little TV in the room where I work on bow stuff and tie flies. Its what is usually playing while I am in there.

In one portion of my videos, Mr. Bear admits to having bad habits because he taught himself to shoot. He claims himself to be a "Snap Shooter". He goes on to say that the only way he knows how to correct for a short shot, is to pull the bow back farther. This was why he didn't ever shoot a compound.

He shot his Indian Tiger at about 100 yards. The old film really plays up the excitment of the hunt. In a late in life piece of video included in my collection, Mr. Bear admits that he was really trying to shoot past the tiger and spook it closer to him. He hit it and killed it. At least he was honest about it. He went on to say that close shoots are best and more ethical.

He was an interesting fellow. There are several pieces of video from late in his life where he recounts some of the history of Bear Bows and how some of the developments were made. Bows were a side bussiness for quite a while before they really took off.

Like I said, quite a guy. Can't recommend the videos enough.

OkKeith

[Missouri Bowman]

No anchor on his face that's for sure.

[Gary Logsdon]

Fred told me that he was a "controlled snap shooter", referring to the fact that his "anchor" and release were relatively quick but not a concern. He practiced his version of the push-pull method, pulling through he shot if-you-will.  I asked Fred what his most memorable shot was, and although he'd obviously launched a load of arrows in his time he immediately said "The shot on that big Stone Sheep! His chest was hidden by the rocks so I had to short draw my shot so the arrow would arch over and clear them."  When speaking of Papa Bear I always tell people about the most impressive thing I remember of him; every time I was around Fred he ALWAYS was more interested in how your last hunt had gone rather than going on about something he exceptional he had done.  Something we seem to be missing from a lot of our well known hunters today - don't you think?  I had a lot of respect for the man.

[motorhead7963]

I bought the set of videos for myself for christmas, and I too have just about worn them out. I watched a short video on the old videos that have never been published, Bass Pro Shops has control of them now. I called and talked to someone there and the person that I talked to didn't know anything about those videos. Anybody know anything??