Wow got lucky and I found the pic again..what the hell ??????????????????? bd  

Thats a bear man, NOt a sheep.    
strange things afoot at BQIII

Thought I'd bring this thread up from way back on page 4. Deer seasons are starting up and hopefully we'll see some more posts.

added a 59 Grizzly to my list today. Need to shoot it this week-end and hunt with it this fall.

doug77

Here's Doug's Grizzly







Nice bow Doug    

Trap

Hmmm. Nice Grizzly you got there Doug. It might be a 1960 though. Are the tips fiberglass? If so I am sorry to say it's not a 1959. The sight window on my 59 Griz is dark rosewood and on my 1960 Griz, it's like yours, a much lighter redish brown. Great shooters and lookers for sure.

Simon

Simon, I think Doug's Griz is Bubinga site window. That's what mine has. However, you can't see the bottom of the riser to see if 1 or 2 chevrons. Also hard to tell in the pic if the tips are paper or glass.

I bet it shoots good and it's quiet as a mouse, whichever it is.  

Trap

I'm heading up to Seboomook point on Moosehead lake in northern Maine next month. Wanted to show off my resurected '59 60x46 Kodiak.
Holding the tape on quiver with thin rubber tourniquets like the lab tech uses for a blood draw. The stretchy rubber holds great, but will need some camo tape to cover.
The arrows are homemade, my first batch, not pretty but they fly well. I think Fred would understand my slight digression from all '59 gear
Really looking forward to this years hunt.

Cool!!!!!  Thanks for sharing Brad    

Good Luck all you 59ers

Trap

good looking set up.  

Took "Old Spot" out of retirement for his 50th Birthday celebration. We started the party in Wyoming last week...  

Doc's file and Grant's glove both worked great.

It was great to get back in our old camp in the badlands of Wyoming. "Old Spot" did his normal magic for me. A mule deer and two antelope somehow managed to get in the way of three of my normally mis-directed arrows.

   

I just can not say enough good about Grant's remake of Fred Bear's personal shooting glove. It works!!! Has to be a combination of Fred's great design, a mental thing about the glove, and Grant's expertise in leather workmanship.  

 

Even made up one special arrow for the trip. Spray painted one shaft and broadhead black, fletched it with 3 black feathers, black nock, and inscribed it in white "THE BLACK ARROW - ITS RESULTS ARE ALWAYS FINAL. ROBIN HOOD 1938"... Actually the results were final, just like in the 1938 movie, "The Adventures of Robin Hood".  

Well Done Wade!!

I agree, Well done    

Looks like the "old friends" were up to the task.  

Thanks for sharing Wade, Trap

Great job Wade!

What a way to celebrate the big 5-0.  How the heck did you get two antelope close enough?!

Congrats....

Bernie

I agree Bernie,  I think a short (or long story for that matter) story is in order.

Trap

Bernie -

I started bow hunting in 1958 as an 11 year old youngster, and started bow hunting antelope in 1975 as a 28 year old kid.  The first 11 antelope I killed were all by stalking. I could run over the hills all day long as a lean 160 pound kid. Then finally, the years caught up to me, my knees gave out, and I got old, and fat. So I realized that had to either change my strategy or stay home. Staying at home wasn't an option, so I started hunting antelope mostly from a blind. Five of the last six antelope I have killed were shot from blinds at waterholes. I try to set up the blinds so the shots are pretty close. Only one of the five shot from blinds was over 20 yards.

In my very limited experience of killing only 17 antelope, the 12 taken by stalking mean a lot more to me then the 5 taken at waterholes, simply because I worked a lot harder for those by stalking and it was always a lot more fun to run over the hills, then it is now to set in a blind.

Hour per hour blind hunting over water holes for antelope is far more productive, if the conditions are right. Last year in camp, it rained like hell 9 of the first 10 days we were there. Far from ideal conditions for blind hunting over water holes... Fortunately, last year, I hunted for 3 continuous weeks in Wyoming and the weather got a little better later on.  

I still hunt mule deer by stalking, but now in my old age, I know enough about the haunts they frequent in our area that I don't have to cover a fraction of the miles I did 30 years ago to get close to them.

Trap and Bernie -

I guess the best advise I could give anyone about getting close to an antelope is set up a well concealed blind at a small water hole that antelope are known to frequent, and wait for as long as it takes for one to get close to you.

Nicely done Wade.You still got what it takes for an old man.LOL  What a beautiful set of items.

Good job Wade!