Bear recurve and longbow shooters role call

[moleman]

Bear Archery has always been known for great traditional bows with a strong following, so chime in if your a Bear fan!
New, old , longbow, recurve, if its a Bear let it be known.
Thought it might be fun to see who's shootin'em.
Pics are great too.  

[Sean B]

'66 Kodiak 64" 50#

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Current bears I love

65 Grizzly 50@28
68 Grizzly 45@28
68 Tigercat 45@28
60 Kodiak 50@28

I own several others I am fond of but don't shoot as much.

[bearsfeet]

Ya buddy! My 65' bow listed below is one of the smoother bows I have ever shot! Not as fast as the blacktail I have but shoots just as nice

[BostonBowman]

I shoot a lot of 3d events. Always loved Bear bows. I grew up shooting a 1976 66" Patriot. For 3D i've been shooting the Hoyt Dorado. Had a great day in July shooting at Twin Oaks. The guys were teasing me about shooting a bow with no "soul"

So this year I'm taking my 1959 Grizzly 62" 48# off the wall and shoot it through the year

It always hits where i aim, you only live once. That Grizzly is full of soul!

[Medina1]

2011 bear grizzly 55@28

[NIGEL01]

1972 K-Mag, having a hard time finding a better bow.  Don't know why I'm bothering?

[Marc B.]

I've hunted a few this year,
62 Kodiak
Red Stripe TD
77 Kodiak Hunter

I have several more but these go to the woods.

[stalkin4elk]

64" Patriot Byron F. special 75@28. Got it from another member here a few months ago and really like it.

[ABDULLAH]

I have 2 1957 Polars, a 61 Kodiak, a 62 Grizzly, and a 77 Kodiak Magnum. Killed a deer w the K Mag this season w an old razorhead.

[soy]

65 Grizz 58" 55# zebra wood  

[ruger28]

2012  50# Bear Montana.

[dad]

Bear Super Kodiak, 43# Gray and brown 1997 production and 2011 Black and burgindy 50#. Couldn't be happier.

[motorhead7963]

I own 13 Trad bows all but one are Bears, the other is a Martin LB.

[Retnuh Wob]

I started trad archery a year ago with an old Indian Seneca. It didn't do it for me. I saw a Kodiak Magnum on Craigslist and responded to the ad. The Bow was at a pawn shop a couple of blocks from my house and I ended up buying it for $100. It turned out to be a 1965 KM 46# @28". This is my favorite Bear bow.  From all of the pictures of KMs I have seen I think KMs of this vintage are the prettiest. It has rosewood in the handle section, what I think is babinga in the back section with the three lam feature strip curving into the fadeouts. It is a fantastic shooter. It has a smooth draw out beyond 28" and is very accurate. It is just as fast as a 50# takedown I have and shoots a 507  gr. arrow @ 167 fps chronographed. This is one of my favorite bows to shoot.

My next favorite bow is a 45# at 28" 58" AMO Grizzly that I got from a Tradganger on this site. I believe it is a 1972 vintage bow and shoots almost as nice as the '65 KM.  

The other Bears I have is a near new condition 1970 50# KM I bought locally off of the original owner, and a very nice 1971 50# 28" 56" AMO Grizzly I bought recently off of a Tradganger on this site. I have only shot these bows a few times as the draw weight is just a little heavy for me and I don't shoot them as well as the other two.

These classic Bears are not quite as fast as some of the newer high tech recurves or RD longbows but they are nice shooters and I agree with BostonBowman that they have a quality about them.  Call it soul, class, charachter or whatever. The older bears are special.

I think Fred Bear as well as some of the other older bowyers, knew what they were doing.

[threeunder]

4 Bear Recurves for me.
2 K-Mags @ #45 and #55
1 Super K @ #50
1 Grizzly @ #45

My favorites of the bunch are the K-Mags.  Both are '70's models and are unbelievably smooth.

The Super K is probably one of the most accurate bows I've ever shot.

[Bud B.]

Grayling Super Grizzly 50#

Grayling Alaskan dual shelf 33#

Gainesville SuperMag 48 60#

Unfortunately they're seeing lots of shelf time for the time being (Howard Hill's fault...and Dave Johnson's). I do practice form with the Alaskan though..and stumpin'.

[DamselflyFarm]

Grizzly 50# @ 28"

[monk2015]

I got started in archery with a 72 Kodiak Hunter 45@28, still my go to bow

I have a fifties 70" 58 pound Kodiak special with four wood lams, I still use it for my winter bow when I need to wear heavy gloves. I bought it for $10 in 1972.