I've been parting with so many bows lately the wall is looking thin. A few have been replaced with new stuff to play with, including my first adventure with a recurve. Last night I got a wild hair and suddenly realized that I have never owned a Bear bow. I know tha folks collect and treasure them. My foster son has a Kodiak Magnum he bought back in his teens and won't part with (He's 60). So this morning I got up early and went Bear hunting. I took a shot at a 43# Kodiak Magnum.... Darn! Missed... at the last second. I think it jumped my string. Continued hunting and about 40 minutes later came on another Bear... a 45# Kodiak Hunter. I stalked it carefully and got real close. Just as it diasppeared behind a giant stopwatch, I fired... and hit! The trophy is mine! My very first Bear. Of course, it'll take a while to get it out of the "woods" and home, but this is a case of the anticipation after the hunt being almost as good as before.
Dick in Seattle
:bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
Dont ya just love it :)
I just bought my first Bear to use bowfishing, it's a 70's grizzly 45#
Nice hunting story. :)
I have been on the same hunt this off season. I am happy to report that my stable is growing.
I call Man Law once you get it!
Dan
Good for you Dick.
Congrats on your "trophy" :thumbsup:
Don't you just love the "stalk" Dick. If you blow it there's always another chance right around the corner. Congrats on the Bear!
Richard,
That 43# went for $237.50, it was way too much for that bow, I think you were also bidding on the one that you'll see on the classifieds here on TRAD. It's a 42#, I have it up for sale, but all of this " BEAR " talk, is making me have second thoughts, maybe I should tolerate the stacking, I have 29 1/2" draw, I'm going to try some things, and see if they work, maybe I'll just pull it off the classifieds, but, I have learned in the past, the right equipment, works wonders !
Enjoy your " BEAR "
Carl
Broken Arrow... and you other long draw guys...
I guess it's a good news/bad news thing... the good news is that with a 25" draw, I rarely encounter stacking. The bad news is that I often find myself buying bows tillered for 28" that simply don't have enough zip when 3" underdrawn and then have to move them on again. Sometimes though, i get lucky and even underdrawn, they do great. I have several 28" bows that even at 25" are among the fastest I've had... just seems to depend on the tillering.