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Offline Bud B.

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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2011, 07:52:00 PM »
I bought this Grayling Bear Super Grizzly new in 1981 at a salvage place in Kernersville, NC. My guess is they bought out an archery shop that went out of business or from an insurance company after a claim from a wrecked delivery truck. I promptly took it home and drilled holes in the riser for the quiver mount. Then I bought flat paint and camo'd it up. It really doesn't matter 'cause it'll be with me 'til the end. I'm 46 now and took my first trad deer with it opening day this year.

 
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2011, 09:11:00 PM »
The bow I’m using is as old as I am it’s a 1968 Shakespeare Super Necedah, 54” long and 45#’s @ 28”. It was my late father’s bow. Next year will be the first year I get to hunt big game with it and it will get a lot of practice between now and then.  The bow truly is in near mint condition, currently its sporting wife made camo limb covers, and it has a matching set in white for winter shooting and a kind of golden color for hunting in fall’s dead tall weed fields. I just change the limb covers to match the terrain I’m in.

 
 
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Offline Bert Frelink

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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2011, 10:00:00 PM »
1952 Bear Grizzly Static Recurve.
 
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2011, 06:56:00 AM »
WOW Bert! That's a brute!!
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2011, 10:11:00 PM »
Bert thats awesome.
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2011, 11:27:00 PM »
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1952 Bear Grizzly Static Recurve.
 
That's a blast from the past for sure. I have a sales paper with a bow on it just like yours. It is from the year the grizzly first hit the market.
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2011, 11:39:00 PM »
Here's my Martin Bushmaster (mid 90's)  Still a great shooter but still young...
 
 
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2011, 12:42:00 AM »
DON'T LIGHT THAT FIRE !!!!!  :campfire:    :nono:
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Offline Bert Frelink

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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2011, 12:55:00 AM »
Thanks guys, I shot that Deer a couple of years ago, I guess a guy get's sentimental in his old age, that bow is the same age as me, I thought it would be kinda nice to hunt with a bow that was build in the same year I was born.
Take care all.
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Bert.  :archer2:
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Offline GingivitisKahn

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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2011, 07:47:00 AM »
My Hill Halfbreed is getting older and is certainly a user.  It's collecting a few scuffs and the leather is really starting to show its age.

 

Should fit in well on this thread - good idea!
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Offline Hatrick

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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2011, 08:12:00 AM »
This picture is from 2 years ago with with my 1968 Howatt Monterey. I'm still taking it to the woods.

 
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #31 on: November 29, 2011, 11:10:00 AM »
I don't have a photo but I'm taking my 67 Bear Kodiak and some cedars for a scouting trip this afternoon.....even though it's gun season!!
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #32 on: November 29, 2011, 01:20:00 PM »
Bert I know that 1952 was the year they quit making those bows with the alluminum lamination. Does your bow have alluminum in it or not?
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #33 on: November 29, 2011, 08:52:00 PM »
Nice Photo Hatrick!
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #34 on: November 29, 2011, 08:55:00 PM »
Great Thread!!!!!!
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #35 on: November 29, 2011, 09:18:00 PM »
My grandpa gave me this unmarked recurve this thanksgiving. He does not remember what company made it.But it has a stamp for 50# at 28" on it. That is all. He asked me to carry on our family tradition with it. To say the least it was a very emotional moment. As far as the age of this bow.. He guessed it was anywhere between 30 to 40 years old.
 
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #36 on: November 29, 2011, 09:55:00 PM »
That's a pricelss pic of you and your grandpa.  It's on you to carry on the tradition, I'm sure you will.  Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #37 on: November 29, 2011, 09:57:00 PM »
love this thread.... keep it going!!!
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #38 on: November 29, 2011, 10:02:00 PM »
From back in the day.....1980's Bear Green Striper with old school green tip limbs.

 
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Re: Old but still hunting ,bow picture thread( Non glam bows)
« Reply #39 on: November 30, 2011, 02:13:00 AM »
John,did you skinned those limbs' They look great!
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