Quotes by Fred Bear…..I like #3

[James Harvey]

#42919

Those are great Steve, thanks for sharing them.

Jim

[Stephen Graf]

#42971

One of Fred’s habits was to keep copies of A Sand County Almanac handy and give them to folks who he thought might benefit from it.

I thought that sounded like a good idea so I’ve been doing the same thing for 10 years now. I am sure many of the copies I have given away have not been read, or had no impact. But those books will endure until they are destroyed and so there is always the chance that someone will pick a copy up, and see the world in a new and better way.

[Tom Winter]

#145915

Shooting my Bear Polar, I took a break and searched “Bear Polar” and got to the quotes above. Neat. My Polar is the pride of my collection. Ambidextrous (I prefer shooting left handed) and 53# draw. None of my bows are wheel and pulley jobs.
I also have three self longbows made in the 40’s by an industrial arts teacher. D section. Backed with Bow-Tuff, so help me! Is Bow Tuff artificial sinew still around?  The stuff worked: two of the three are still functional. The third has the beginnings of a shear which came to a stop at a grain layer, and must never be fired again. It was that way when I acquired it. Display only!
With old wood bows, you just never know. Depends on how they’ve been stored, I think.
The bows made by the Shop schoolteacher make my home made ones look like mine were made by a neanderthal! All for now. Other bows await their dose of exercise.

[Raymond Coffman]

#145925

Hi Tom

Sounds like you are enjoying your bear polar . A shootable collectable.

3 rivers still sells bow tuff under the Gordon brand . Havn’t used it so can’t comnent on it.

Scout aka Ray

[Tom Winter]

#145928

Today was the turn of the Bear 76er takedown. I see I can post pictures. BRB!
Top: home-made yew bow — we had a yew bush in the yard.

D-section longbow made by Neil Munson, Industrial Arts Teacher.

Bear Polar 53#

Bear 76er, 45#

Ben Pearson model 304, takedown, also 45#

Black Hawk Short Bee, 37# And at upper right is my dog Freckles, Australian Shepherd.

Pandemic time at home is a great opportunity to tune up my shooting!

[Raymond Coffman]

#145939

Tom

Interesting and varied collection. I would go out and shoot them all this week – haha. With the pandemic – we all ought to be quite accurate by deer hunting season.  Not sure whats going to happen in NM — so far Spring Turkey is open.  I read in WA state they ( ” they , they ,  who the hell is they ” — finish the quote for the gold star )  postponed the spring turkey and bear season!?

Scout aka Ray

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