New in the box 64 Kodiak

[Blackhawk]

That is   :cool:  

Actually, I think you should not shoot it    ...but if you send it to Washington I will.  :D

[RunninWild77]

Not shooting it is like having a great huntin knife and never usin it. I say give her what she wants.

[macclare]

I could not get a string on that bow fast enough. Go kill something with it.

[PAPALAPIN]

OK...shoot it a few times, then pick it up

There are thousands of '64 Kodiaks out there with bumps nd bruises.

How many do you think are around in that condition

I have a '63 dogleg in the same condition.  It is the only bow I store in a sleeve.

I agree that Bear made them to be shot.  They also made them to be dragged through the mud, across rocks, and take punishment.  However, I'll be damned if I would with that bow.

I have a '64 Kodiak that has been through the ringer.  I could send it to Bowdoc and have  it looking as good as yours, maybe better....but it wouldn't be the same.

[zepnut]

I my self would not shoot the bow. Simply said bows like that do not come around very often.

[reddogge]

I wouldn't shoot it but would find another '64 shooter somewhere to bang around.  It could bring a few bucks in that condition.  But that's the collector in me coming out.

[mullet]

Whooooaa, what a beauty. I'd shoot the crap out of it. But I'd watch what I set it on while I was pulling arrows. That's like buying a knife and never sharpening it.

[Jack Shanks]

While certainly not 64 Kodiaks, I recently sold two early seventies Bear bows still new in the box and unshot. For what I received for them I probably could have shot them and not suffered much financial loss. Myself, I didn't have the heart to shoot a 35 year old bow that had been preserved so well. I believe both the buyers that purchased them from me planned on shooting them though. Their money, their decision.

[reddogge]

That's like buying a knife and never sharpening it.  

Got a couple of them too.

[69RECURVE]

Decisions, decisions I think I'll do what PAPALAPIN suggested. Shoot it a few times and put her up. At least I won't drag it through the woods.

[PAPALAPIN]

Years from now you will be glad for that decision.

Now, get ready for the "THUNK"  Dstinctive sound to '64 Kodiaks.  

I can tell ya though...once you shoot it, you will want to shoot it more.  Very addictiong.  It'll be like a teenager saying he will try crystal Meth...just once.

[mullet]

Or sex!

[PAPALAPIN]

MULLET...Better analogy

[SERGIO VENNERI]

What Jack says!