Some interesting Bear bows and misc.

[d. ward]

Good looken stuff there boy's real good looken stuff....bowdoc

[marlon]

Very Nice bows 123# and a lefty. Cheers Marlon

[johnnyrazorhead]

Hey Bowdoc.Sorry I missed your earlier question about me ever shooting those heavy weight bows.The answer is a resounding NO.I want to keep what's left of my nads right where they are.

[alaskabowhunter]

Trap, I am just ga-ga over the rosewood in your '62... that is some swirly grain....      

Merry Christmas

[d. ward]

interesting little archery trivia.Wally Johnson one of the greatest big game hunter to ever live and Fred..bd

[d. ward]

page 2 just thought you guy's would enjoy these.bd

[TRAP]

Great pics Doc.  looks like Wally borrowed Fred's shoes in that first photo    

Trap

[artifaker1]

Talk about a bunch of unicorns, nice bows.

[d. ward]

Massive cape.That boy had balls of steel.Wally backing him up.I love that book.bowdoc

[Bjorn]

Nice bows John!! When you think about the number of lefties-8.3% according to Google; combine that with how many can string and pull back 123#-how many people are we left with? That bow is truly one of a kind!

[marlon]

Im sure there are some people that can shoot that 123# bow.

[seboomook]

Good lord, those are sweet!
60lb wears me out pretty quickly, cant imagine doubling that poundage.

[johnnyrazorhead]

Bjorn.With those odds,it seems that it would be easy to find out who that 123# Kodiak was made for.Be interesting to know.

[TRAP]

I bet he or she was a big SOB

Trap

[d. ward]

Bear made several hundred of those in the 100# plus range in the late 1950's.Bill Neagley was big time into the 100 plus pounders and shot a 1958 Kodiak Special that was over 100#(maybe 123#).Many early hunters who trex to Africa shot super heavy weights.There's not lots and lots of them but there's quite a few around.One other thought also is not all of those old boy's packing a 125# was pulling it to 28" eather.Please not many hunting shafts from those days were 24"-26" go figuge 125# at 24" draw avrage 4.46 pounds of pull per inch of draw less 4" would be 17.84 so the old boy was still rippping her back to around 107.16...bd

[reddogge]

I saw on Tradional Bowhunter Magazine on the Tribute to Fred Bear series one of his workers said they made one 120# for a handicapped archer who used a prothesis and had an 11" draw.  I can't compute his draw weight though.

[Abear]

ONLY 107# I can draw that  :D    

[kurtbel5]

I can draw 107# with a paper and pencil

[TRAP]

I drew a 100 pound Jennings T Star 20 years ago    Still Hurts

Trap

[aromakr]

Don:
I saw Neagley's bow when I was at the PBS convention in San Antonio four years ago. Its on display at the Longhorn in the down town. The weight written on it was 102#.

Several years ago at the Mich espo some one had a early static tip Kodiak marked 115# it was brand new still in the box with all the papers, I've kicked my self several times for not buying it.
Bob