Ok, a week ago i had to go to the ER because i had been feeling real bad and then was having chest pains too.So while they did several tests,EKG,blood tests and was asking me lots of questions, the doc says he better do a chest Xray.Well, back when i was a teen i was working on a farm and had to knock some molded soybeans off the walls of a grain bin and clean it out.The dusk and mold made me very sick and i ran a high fever and coughed up blood for a few days. Because of that i have always had some bad scar tisue on the limph nodes in my lungs that shows up on an xray.Well the xray last week showed a change for the first time so they think it has turned to cancer now.Anyhow,,i have always thought it would be cool to have a 59 bear kodiak because that was the year i was born.As luck would have it, the 59 model is the most sought after collectors bow so they are way beyond my reach.So for my bucket list wish i was wondering from those who have shot them, would a bear polar 59 model shoot good like the 59 kodiak? The polar is something i would much sooner be able to scratch up the money for and i thought i could put a leather grip wrap and the grooved leather side plate and feather rest and it would even somewhat look like a kodiak.
Sorry to hear this bud. I wish you the best in obtaining your long sought after bow and the days of your life be filled with joy and wonderful times.
God Bless
Best wishes in locating that bow. Praying for you
Really sorry to hear of your health struggles, and pray that it all turns out ok for you.
I haven't owned one (or a 59 Polar), but I would think a closer substitute to the Kodiak would be a 59 Grizzly. The Grizzlys were 62", and have more reflexed tips than the Polar.
Go to the History/Collectors forum and do a search for 59 Grizzly - lots of information there and a bunch of people that could give a better answer to your question.
Good luck both with the bow and your health!
I sure wish I could help with the Bear but I think what I have was made after that but I'll get Trap to look at it and if it's what you need, it's yours.
I'll be praying for you as well.
God bless, Mudd
Thanks everyone.I am only 52 years old but i have had a full life in many ways.I could sit up all night around a camp fire telling hunting stories, camping trips,3 day canoe trips,flyfishing in the mountains,,,and still never tell them all.I have 7 kids and 6 grandkids too so i have always had company in my outdoor adventures.
Mudd, does your bow have roughly the same profile as a 59 model? Someone has a bunch of bear bows for sell in the classifieds and if you look at the pics he has of two 59 kodiaks, a 59 grizzly, and a 59 polar, the polar comes the clossest to the kodiaks.The grizzly has a much longer riser.I have been looking at old bear bows for sale on several other sites for a long time but most times they dont have listed what year they are.My first two real bows i had as a kid were a pearson hunter and a bear grizzly.I think the grizz was a late 60's bow but not sure.I remember my hubting buddy back then had one just like it.They shot great but we always drooled over the sexy pics of kodiaks in the hunting magazines,lol.There was an old man that owned a hardware store in Macon ,MS where i lived.His store was full of stuff and lots of old stuff, very old.He had hundreds of boxes of paper hull shotgun shells, old Peters brand.They smoked a good bit compared to modern shells, not black powder,and had a distinct smell.I can still smell it when i think of it.He had old cane fly rods, silk lines,,you name it.That is where i bought my bows at too.I can remeber like yesterday the first deer i took with that bow.I was kneeling on the ground in a thick palmetto patch and a doe stepped into view at around 30 yards.I aimed behind his should and let the arrow fly.I could see the arrow like in slow motion as it headed perfectly for my aim spot but just before the arrow got there the deer swapped ends in his tracks and the arrow struck her head on in the chest and burried to the feathers.I watched the deer run about 20 yards and crash.In our community back then shooting a deer with a bow was a rare thing so i was a famous person that year,lol.Aahhh, i think i need to get up with a bunch of you guys and sit up all night swappin huntin and fishin tales,,,it dont get much better than that.
Matthew,
I can't help with the bow, but I will add you to my Prayers for a positive outcome with the health issue.
Sounds like you would be great company at the campfire. I'm adding a few nights around the fire with you on 'MY' Bucket list. You're now top of the list, in front of a longbow Turkey and a Hog.
Please visit the "Prayers/Concerns..." forum.
Dan
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Dan I'll take a picture of it and send it to you but I think it's a 70's model.
It doesn't matter to me, if it'll fill the bill on your bucket list I'll send it to you in a heart beat.
After you look at the pictures of it just say the word.
God bless,Mudd
You're in my prayers also.
My first real bow was also a Pearson Cougar. Killed the first live deer I ever saw with it when I was 16. My second real bow was a 56" Grizzly. Those were righties. I'm a lefty these days.
Prayers sent Matthew. Wish I had the bow your longing for!!!
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If this will help fill your bucket list brother just send me your mailing address.
God bless,Mudd
Mudd....I used to have a Kodiak Hunter like that, I'm pretty sure thats a 70-72 model.
I will be happy if it will work out to fill the desire regardless of the year.
God bless, Mudd
Its great Mudd! Thanks so much and thanks too for all the prayers everyone.
I will return messages as soon as i can.I took my neurontin and then forgot it and took another a few minits later and my head is spinning so bad its hard for me to concentrate. I hate that stuff but i dont have a lot of choice but take it.
Thanks,
Matt
I'll get it out to you ASAP!
Take care of yourself, like getting your meds on time...lol
God bless,Mudd
PS: The spirit of Christmas is alive every day.
Mudd, I've watched your generosity the past couple years, and I tip my hat to you, and you are making a difference, God bless you.
Mudd,
When i tell people about this site, and how much i love it and the amazing people that are on it, you are always in my mind when im explaining it. You are an amazing person and we are privilaged to have you here, although i have only talked to once or twice on here i read most of the posts, and i look up to you simply based on your actions, which of course are all that matters.
To the OP, i wish i had that bow to give ya, and prayers for your health to improve.
I love this site, you are all amazing
Fin
It is headed to the P.O. this afternoon, I will PM you the tracking number.
Praying that 2012 will be a year of many rich blessings for you!
May every day for the rest of your life be a CHRISTmas day for you!
Happy New Year and God bless, Mudd
PS: Thanks guys for the kind words.
Warm fuzzies. :campfire:
I have to agree with Whip, the 59 Grizzly is nice.
Matthew, prayers are with you, hope that 2012 brings you good health and happiness. People like Mudd and many others on this site amaze me more every day, thank you all for every thing you do. I don't have a bow to offer to help but am always willing to help someone in need if I have anything they need.
Shoot Straight,
Scott
Mudd,you never fail to amaze me with your kindness and generosity,you're a credit to traditional archery but most of all to our lord and savior Jesus Christ,God Bless you.
Matt,you're in our prayers,By Gods grace I beat cancer and I believe you can too.
Thanks again Mudd and everyone else for your prayers.Whatever comes of this i am at peace with it.When i had my hip replacment four years ago,i had complications and was in recovery for 12 hours before i was stable enough to move to the ICU.Durring most of that time i was aware of what was going on in the room and could hear the doctors and nurses talking.At one point one of the doctors told the nurse that had been putting big surenges of meds in my IV to bring my blood pressure up,,that she could stop, that was all that could be done for me.It was not scary at all, in fact it was the most peacefull feeling i have ever felt but i kept thinking, my wife must be really upset by now not getting to come back here.I think it was that one thing, knowing my wife needed me,,that kept me here.Truth is we all know we wont live forever and i have had a full life.I was reading last night in the prayer section of the young man that had a bad home life and his struggles with doughts and growing up.I had a much worse, very abusive childhood so i know how he felt and went through the same doughts about life as he does.My stepdad that raised me was one of the scientists that worked with the nazi doctors of project paper clip.Prolly not many here know what that is but it was a Gov sponsered mind control project.My father sold me into that in a round about way, at the age of 4 years old.Because of the horrors of what i went through with that , and this by my parents who were the ones i should have been able to look up to for protection and security,well life has been anything but fun.In the early 70's there was a investigation into the CIA's involvement in illeagle experiments and the head of the CIA shredded most of the documents and sent most of the scientists into hideing.Thats when my father left Huntsville where he was working with the Germans and we moved to miss and actually joined a mennonite church.So here i was thrown into a deeply relious group, mixed with my fathers former nazi influence clashing together witch really made me question god and religion for years.Way too much to go into here but you get the idea.I have been on disability now for close to 30 years with PTSD and MPD as a result of what was done to me, and partly because of some of the things i saw and was forced to participate in.So when i read things like the young man was writing in the prayer section here, i can really feel for him.That young man is who needs our prayers , not just him but all our youth.These are the important ones that still have their life before them.I know im rambling but one thing i have learned in life that stops the pain of my past is,,When i see others that are in pain,helping, or trying to help them,,makes my pain feel not so bad after all.This all may not seem like it has anything to do with Trad bow hunting, but it does,,when we are in the woods we see reality all around us,,gods creation , not all of mans BS and hurt. Trad bow hunting in its simplicity mixed with nature, reminds or helps to,what is real and good in life.
Thank you all again.