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Title: Wards Bow?
Post by: Jon Stewart on September 02, 2009, 09:42:00 PM

Anyone know who made the Wards Westernfield Standard Hunter 58" Bow

Title: Re: Wards Bow?
Post by: PAPALAPIN on September 02, 2009, 10:36:00 PM

Ben Pearson?

I think that was the same thing as a Ben Pearson Hunter but with a less exotic wood in the riser.

Title: Re: Wards Bow?
Post by: Grant Young on September 03, 2009, 09:46:00 AM

I'm pretty sure Jack is right on this. Pearson and Bear each made bows for the larger chains. GY

Title: Re: Wards Bow?
Post by: jcar315 on September 03, 2009, 10:40:00 AM

Grant, is spot on. I had a bow with a Sears logo on it while at the same time having all the Bear logos too. Nice bow! I don't run across too many of these type though.

Title: Re: Wards Bow?
Post by: TonyW on September 03, 2009, 07:54:00 PM

i picked up a few Monkey Ward's Hunters and kept two.  Look for the 62" one, or what the boys at Monkeys label 5'2" and you have a nice collection. Not the Boardwalk or Park Place, but a step above Baltic Ave!
Great examples of solid  - made in the USA - mass production in the peak times before the wheel.

Title: Re: Wards Bow?
Post by: mwmwmb on September 03, 2009, 08:06:00 PM

my brother in law has a MW Bruin which seems like a Bear bow and shoots great.

Title: Re: Wards Bow?
Post by: wadde on September 04, 2009, 08:01:00 PM

Indian Archery also made bows for MW