RIP Mr Owen

[Brock]

Learned today that a man that got me started in traditional bowhunting...that I had pleasure of buying my first bow from personally...that came to shoots and shot with me when I lived in Sumter...passed today.  Mr Owen Jeffery was one of the original bowyers for Fred Bear before going to work for Shakespeare and eventually buying the equipment and starting his own bow company.

I visited with him first at his old shop on Pepper Street in Columbia SC.  The man loved to hunt some hogs...and was a hell of a shot into his 80s.

Many do not realize his impact to Fred Bear and his bows....olympic archery...hollywood movie props...and just influencing the sport we all love.

RIP Mr. Own,

Keep em sharp....

[atatarpm]

Rest well

[Matty]

Sorry to hear that man.. REST...

[Brock]

He was an unsung hero of archery for sure...

Cant remember where I got this but reposting a short bio someone provided. This was 7 or 8 years ago if not mistaken when written:

Owen Jeffery worked for Hoyt Archery from 1942 - 1956 in building and designing bows that has won National & World titles. He was the head of the Shakespeare Archery Division for 7 years, President of manufacturing for 12 years for Fred Bear, and was Fred's hunting and fishing buddy. He designed the well known Fred Bear takedown, Super Kodiak and the Kodiak Magnum. Mr. Jeffery started his own bow building business (Jeffery's Archery in Columbia, S.C) in 1976. He has built over 50,000 bows. Owen is an accomplished archer as well, having won the Missouri State Champion six times and was Midwestern Champion, National Broadhead Champion, and Southern Regional Champion. He also taught Olympic shooters for the U.S., Russians, Japanese, French and Austrians. Jeffery is an avid bowhunter too; he took a world record whitetail buck that hung in the Fred Bear Museum. Although 84 years old, Owen Jeffery took 35 hogs last year with his bow!"

[Duckbutt]

Very sad to hear.  Got my first recurve from Owen when I was in college in about 92 or so.  He probably spent 4 hours with me teaching me to shoot, telling me stories and answering all of my newbie questions.  

Glad I still have a few of his bows.  What a great man.

[EWill]

Sorry to hear that. My first recurve, that I still own and shoot, is a Heritage Raven, good shooting bow.

[longbow fanatic 1]

What an amazing man and amazing life! Sorry for the loss of your friend.

[Anointed Archer]

RIP Owen!

[frank bullitt]

If he's not in the hall of fame, he should be!
Great impact on archery, for sure.

RIP

[MR BILL SHORTY]

God Speed Owen!  

[Ric O'Shay]

Owen Jeffery - a name and a man that is almost synonymous with archery. Truly a huge loss for the archery family. He will be greatly missed.

[MCNSC]

Sorry to hear this. Didn't know him well but met him a couple times.  I just picked up a Jeffery Archery Royal Hunter of Trad Gang a few weeks ago.  Great shooting bow.
Prayers sent for Mr Owens friends and family.

[ron w]

RIP........  

[bluemoonrising]

RIP!

[Mudd]

Prayers for those experiencing this tremendous loss.

God bless,Mudd

[damascusdave]

RIP Mr. Owen

DDave

[Caughtandhobble]

RIP Owen Jeffery

[cacciatore]

RIP Owen, you are with the Greats of our sport

[Cyclic-Rivers]

RIP Mr Jeffery.  Thank you for all your years promoting this passion of mine.

[Burly]

RIP Mr.Jeffery