First, Last, and ALWAYS... Fred Bear, was my childhood hero!!
My Grandpa made me bows out of split saplings about the time I learned to walk.
For my 5th Christmas, I got my first "real" bow, a Bear "Red Bear" recurve...
That started my journey, and brought me to where I am today.
My first hunting bow, was a 50# Bear "Alaskan" with yellow and lime green limbs.
Cloth limb covers, then camo tape, and finally camo paint, helped it blend in...
I killed my first 2 deer with that bow, in 1976 & 77. They were both does.
I hunted with that bow, untill about 1985? All of my friends had already switched to compounds.
I had continued to use my old Bear recurve. I put a Bear Weatherest on it, and shot Easton Gamegetters with plastic vanes and screw in Razorheads.
I bought a compound, a Bear "Whitetail Hunter" because I couldn't find a badly needed new string for my recurve.
I shot without sights, and my 3 fingers... I could hold my own against any other shooters.
A few years later, I bought another compound, a split limb Bear "Whitetail II"
It was supposed to be "better" "faster"... etc. My friends were buying a new bow every year or two...
I became disenchanted with the whole compound thing, and gave up bowhunting....
I had a friend, who was hell-bent on getting me back into bowhunting....
I told him, "Bob, IF I ever bowhunt again, it will be with a recurve & wood arrows..."
Early 2000's I found a local guy who sold traditional equipment out of his basement.
His name was Joe Skipp, and he used to be a member here....
A used Bear Kodiak Mag, a dozen cedar arrows, and a Berlin deerskin glove... It was 1976 again!!!
20 years later.... Here I am!!!
Folks here chide me, (good naturedly) when I post "Fred Bear did this" LOL
I get comments like "Well, you're not him and niether are we" and "Well, if he was here today..."
We must remember... We have a HISTORY!!! It's up to us to pass it along!!
For if we don't, it will all be lost....
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