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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Sean B on May 31, 2012, 02:37:00 PM
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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....
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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
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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.
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#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.
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Stamped Grumley Deerslayer $29!
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Mint Drake Recurve, garage sale, $15
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A signed copy of "Hunting Rutting Whitetails" by Gene Wensel....$.50 at a yard sale.
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1962 73# LH Bear Kodiak Wedgie $65.00 at pawn shop
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Actually, this one found me........
Near mint '59 Bear Kodiak LH 65# from original owner - FREE
(http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac44/hayslope1/Bows/DSC_0237.jpg)
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Originally posted by hayslope:
Actually, this one found me........
Near mint '59 Bear Kodiak LH 65# from original owner - FREE
(http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac44/hayslope1/Bows/DSC_0237.jpg)
Nice!!!
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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.
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WOW, You guys got some great stuff!!
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A 1962 Kodiak for $65.00 at a trapper gathering. . .
That bow kick-started my collection. It gets kind of addicting.
Trap
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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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(http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x480/AlexBeer/IMG_8906.jpg)
1959 56" Maple site window
$152
Alex B
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1955 Kodiak Special.
Free from the original owner. I passed it onto my best shooting partner, my wife! Its her Fav!
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Browning cobra, $30 at a pawn shop
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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
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u guys are sick, but I luv u
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Great Thread Bjorn!
What a once in a lifetime find.......
What ever happened to the Display?
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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.
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Very Neat!
Really enjoyed the post.
THANKS...........
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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.
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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.
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66 Kodiak 48#,
In the process of refinishing it.
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Reverse wood grayling B handle , has blond caps. black tigerwood maple center.. I was so excited LOL , denton hill 5-6 years ago .
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Browning Wasp thursday, 47#, $5.00. An 8 out of 10. first time I had drawn a Browning bow and it draws real smooth.
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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 ....
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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!"
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Morning all
(http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac60/Pack-animal/IMAG4701.jpg)
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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.
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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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(http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac18/Warberg/2011-07-31174040-2.jpg)
This was my all time best find.
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My best find in a long time.
Cleverly hidden under camo paint for 45+ years.
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/bear66exp1.jpg)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/6713.jpg)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/rare008.jpg)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/rare004.jpg)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt247/87philip/67kodiak4.jpg)
......Philip
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Philip
That ol' girl ranks as one of the best "one of a kind" finds!
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Originally posted by OldSkoolArcher:
I don't think I would classify it as my best but it is my most current "best find"...
Crack in Limb = The Stress Crack Shown
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:goldtooth:
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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.