Ive been an on and mostly "off" again Bear collector. A few years ago I found a walnut riser Compass Kodiak in an antiques store for $20! What was your best find? It doesnt have to be a Bear item, either something rare, or that you got dirt cheap.
Hello Sean B
One time I bought a bunch of arrows (http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/New%20arrows/IMAG4073.jpg) in the bunch I found some wrapped in paper with a rubber band. The rubber band was deteriorated to the point it broke as soon as I tried to remove it. (http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/New%20arrows/IMAG4074.jpg) I almost through away the paper, but unrolled it instead and this is what I found. (http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/New%20arrows/IMAG4082.jpg)
Mid 70's Bear K-hunter 45#, for $40 in a gun shop.Real nice shape....I hunted it for 2-3 years traded it a couple of times and sold it twice. My shooting buddy still has it.
Lots Great RH Bear bows as many of you now own them.
My first Really neat Left Hand Score...
I just Bought a Jack Howard Gamemaster Jet LEFT HAND 64" 44# in the box with bow sock, 5 feather rest, 5 strings, Jack's bow stringer and the original paperwork..should be here first of the week....
Mine is Tradgang,
This site is full of folks thats spent many yrs in traditional archery. Even a computer idiot like myself can get info or see bows a archer would never know exsisted or let alone see. Its my greatest find...Thanks to All on here
I found a brand new never been shot still in the box of the original owner a 1964 Kodiak at 58#.
Needless to say it has now been shot.
#1 Shakespeare recurve for a quarter (.25) at a yard sale. Made a string for it and shot a grey fox that year with it.
#2 Bear Kodiak Mag, 35#, factory camo with the 4 arrow, leather bottom bolt on quiver for $10.00. My wife bow hunts with this one.
Stamped Grumley Deerslayer $29!
Mint Drake Recurve, garage sale, $15
A signed copy of "Hunting Rutting Whitetails" by Gene Wensel....$.50 at a yard sale.
1962 73# LH Bear Kodiak Wedgie $65.00 at pawn shop
Actually, this one found me........
Near mint '59 Bear Kodiak LH 65# from original owner - FREE
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QuoteOriginally posted by hayslope:
Actually, this one found me........
Near mint '59 Bear Kodiak LH 65# from original owner - FREE
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Nice!!!
got a B takedown in 78 on trade for $75, sold it a month later for $375, big money in those day,s
Wish I still owned it now.
WOW, You guys got some great stuff!!
A 1962 Kodiak for $65.00 at a trapper gathering. . .
That bow kick-started my collection. It gets kind of addicting.
Trap
I got a Black Widow X-85 for free at a flea market about 10 years ago. The guy threw in the bow for free after I bought the assorted archery stuff he had for sale.
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1959 56" Maple site window
$152
Alex B
1955 Kodiak Special.
Free from the original owner. I passed it onto my best shooting partner, my wife! Its her Fav!
Browning cobra, $30 at a pawn shop
Trap and I had a great find with some help from the bowdoc and Wade Phillips:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=003322
Have a look
u guys are sick, but I luv u
Great Thread Bjorn!
What a once in a lifetime find.......
What ever happened to the Display?
Hi Larry, the display is right here in my bow room; Trap made the display. In the meantime I found a DVD-one of the Bear series-Morley is singing songs and playing guitar around a campfire, entertaining the crew and cooking for them too. I'll dig it up and ID the crew as best I can.
Very Neat!
Really enjoyed the post.
THANKS...........
My cheapest good find would have to be the limited edition signed Fred Bear, and Bob Munger Arctic Caribou picture by CharlesDenault; I picked up from Ben Lee Jr. Given to his dad by Fred Bear.
The next in line would be a 16 MM Grayling Bear Archery Film called Mozambique Game trails. I don't think there are many of those out in the general public. Neither of which do I have a clue on the monetary value, but could only guess.
Have to keep asking at yard sales. Picked up a Browning Wasp Friday by just asking "any archery equipment". $5.00 for the Wasp in 8 out of 10 shape, 47# draw weight.
66 Kodiak 48#,
In the process of refinishing it.
Reverse wood grayling B handle , has blond caps. black tigerwood maple center.. I was so excited LOL , denton hill 5-6 years ago .
Browning Wasp thursday, 47#, $5.00. An 8 out of 10. first time I had drawn a Browning bow and it draws real smooth.
found a "Bear grizzly" covered with old paint and camo tape....came with 6 Bear arrows and razorheads....took it home and cleaned it up over the next few days.....new, mint condition under all that "protection".....paid $20.00 for it ....
Not long ago I was in a pawn shop with a friend and saw a recurve for sale labeled "Vintage Bear Bow." I was (and still am) very new to trad archery. The bow had a $125 price tag on it, so I worked a little bit of overtime to justify it then went down and picked it up for $100. My wife and I were about two months off from our first child arriving, and she was pretty upset with me for going out and spending $100 on an old stickbow. I started doing some research, and determined it to be a '69 Bear Takedown (A riser). Once I saw how much they sold for I began to get pretty excited! I traded it just a few days later for a '73 Kodiak 45# (for the wife) and a 52# longbow, plus a little cash to boot. Needless to say, she is no longer upset with me about the "investment!"
Morning all
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Ben Pearson Deerslayer on deep sale at an antique place. Bought it on a whim because it was 29 smackers and totally wrapped in old brittle camo tape. Got it home, cleaned it up and started shootin arras with it. The string sucked, so I got SBD to make me a new one. Shot some more arras, liked it even more. I don't know what year it is, but it's legal for moose in my state, and any weapon that I payed 29 for that can kill a moose after a bit of elbow grease is OK by me.
Or wait a minute, no it must be the Bear Temujin that I got on ***y for 150 bucks because it didn't have a sight plate and someone had stripped off the finish. I refinished it with Birchwood Casey and bought a sight plate. Still don't have a brush rest and don't know how to make one, but patience is a virtue, grasshopper. I have seen this same bow go for 850 on ***y, so I have to say it's probably my best find - although somewhat impersonal.
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This was my all time best find.
My best find in a long time.
Cleverly hidden under camo paint for 45+ years.
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......Philip
Philip
That ol' girl ranks as one of the best "one of a kind" finds!
QuoteOriginally posted by OldSkoolArcher:
I don't think I would classify it as my best but it is my most current "best find"...
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My only "find" since someone told me about it & I drove 25 miles to check on it : '67 Kod Mag. R/H, 55#. Included extra strings, [1 new in tube], more 2 dz. Bear cedar arrows [55/60 #], 12/ Razorheads, & a wall display rack.