I found myself with some time on my hands in late August and started a collection of old Bears. I got it in my head to get a bunch of the late 50's Bears and hunt with each of them for 2-3 years before moving on to the next. I even sold off a few of my nice custom bows to fund what is quickly becoming an obsession.
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From left to right: a 46# 1955 Cub, 54# '56 Grizzly, 51# '58 Grizz, 53# '59 Grizz, 48# '62 Grizz, 52# '57 Kodiak and a 53# '56 Kodiak Special. All are 62" with the exception of the Kodiak (60") and the KSpecial (64").
There's also a 56# '58 Alaskan I showed pix of before and I'm STILL waiting (and waiting) for a 50# '59 Alaskan :mad:
So who sees something I'm missing? :bigsmyl:
Nice looking collection there,,I love bear bows,,nothing wrong with'em,,J
Great bows and I would love to hunt with #4, that 53# Grizz would be sweet to hunt with!! Shawn
NIce collection there!!!
Gil
Looks like a good start to a nice collecton. :thumbsup:
No Super Kodiaks Jeremy?
very nice collection and cool idea
Nice bows...I could swear you were a LB man though...so which one ya hunting with this year? Good Luck.
What no Polar. I have a couple bear bows right in that range too. Great shooting bows. It's amazing to me how these bows have held up over the years.
Jamie, I am a longbow man! :) That's what the 58 and 59 Alaskan are for. They're dead-ringers for a few "modern" r/d hybrids. As long as that 59 shows up I'll be a happy man... if'n it don't get here soon though I'm gonna need a tall tree and a short rope! :mad:
If I get out hunting this fall it'll be with my Horne Brushbow. These all started arriving a few weeks before the season so I've refrained from shooting them too much.
Shawn, the '59 Grizz is one of my favorites, though the '58 may have it beat for the shear coolness factor - the tips on the '58 are narrower than any longbow I've owned!
Vman, there's plenty of room for more on the new rack in my man cave :) I'm keeping an eye out for a few more ;)
When does your season end Jeremy?
End of January :D Never if the crop damage permits are approved again for next year.
I'm sure I'll get out in the woods a few times, but right now a few things are more important to me - the little guy is growing fast and I don't get to see him during the week much anymore.
Maybe we can do a late season hunt and I could kidnap Doc on my way south.
Yep..Vermonster beat me to it. A couple of late model Super K's will round out your new obsession ,I mean collection, nicely. Just for the record, those early 60's Grizzlys are among my favorite Bear bows.
Yep the old Polars look like Cubs and Griz. have a nice double shelf in the 50+ range.
Nice collection going on there!!! Jeremy glad ya got your mancave. A guy just needs his own place!
:thumbsup: Brent
Are going to meet at Sweat 08? Only 4 months off!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fliksr/Random/Alaskans.jpg)
A 50# '60 Alaskan on top of a 56# '58 Alaskan
I think I found a decent Polar to add to the rack... :)
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That's the profile on the '58. Even if you aren't a longbow fan, ya gotta admit, those are some nice lines ;)
I'm really digging this new high speed internet at home!! :) :D
Watch out Jeremy! I started with one Kodiak and ended up with every year...then I went on to Wings, Hoyts, etc :scared: Doc
Brent, I'd love to go to Sweat this year (especially after last year's MESS) but with a new baby that's not in the cards. Hopefully I'll be able to get an invite again after the Mrs. clears me for travel... or kicks me out! :)
That's a real nice collection of some outstanding pieces of archery history Jeremy. Glad that '59 Griz is getting out.
Now I ask you, how many risers are prettier than this?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fliksr/Random/59KS.jpg)
That beauty is 64" and 53# :)
Also added to the rack this week was a 51# '57 Cub. I really liked the way my 46# Cub shot and "needed" a heavier one for deer. The tips on the 51#er are significantly wider than on the earlier model... is that common to the '57 Cub?
Coming in next week will be a 53# '55('54?) Polar and if I can talk *someone* out of it a '57 Kodiak Special ;) :D
Jeremy....
Actual wernt some of those old Bears what they called longcurves,because after they where strung the string didn't touch the bow....?
You need a 52,nice year the year I was poped out....
Yup, both the Alaskans I have were called "semirecurves" as were the mid-fifties Cub and Polar (I think Panda too). Deep down I'm a longbow man, so those "low end" Bears really interest me! It's hard to deny the '59 Grizzly and Kodiak Specials are some damn fine looking bows though!
Funny thing you should mention a '52... :D
Jeremy, Looks like you got it bad. I just got a 1969 Kodiak Magnum 52" 50# that is going to be my turkey bow this spring. I shoot my 1966 Grizzly as well as any bow I own. Have fun with them.
Bob
Nice collection! I picked up a '55 Kodiak 47# 64" with double shelf off the auction site last spring and can't put it down. Smooth, whisper quiet and fast. My excuse was to learn to shoot on my dominant eye side (L) and to try tip overlay repair since it was missing one (and therefore cheap). Turned out to be about as nice a glass bow as I've ever shot. Its going out first this season to work the does in a city hunt. Then back to the osage I promise - don't sick the Ferret on me!
jeremy, sounds like you been a busy man in more ways than one.... :)
I'm all for a late season hunt if I can horn in on vermonster and jeff :)
if we do, I grab my brothers later model (mid late 70's ish I think) grizzly and we can make it a 'bear' hunt....
Whadduya' mean "talk someone out of it" ? I thought I already offered you that fabulously wonderful shooting 1957 KS. LOL!
Whadduya know, *someone* just showed up! LOL :D I'll drop you a line tomorrow and see what you think about something.
Bob, compared to some guys I haven't even started yet!
Hick (and Dave and Doc and anyone else) you're all more than welcome. I talked to a friend and I think I can even get everyone in on a nice piece of private land - "You can kill anything with those sticks anyway."! Getting a tag in CT is by mail only and you need a valid **Bowhunter Ed course certificate** or a recent CT archery permit.
I'll see if I can get a Turkey tomorrow morning - first time going after a critter since last year's JLMBH in Feb, even if it is just in the back woods and my wife can open the door and call me in... it counts, right?
2 grizzlys,1 polar and 1 tigercat. Not much of a collection here but love shootin em.
I love to look at them too. Thanks!
God bless, Mudd
unfortunately, I've still got my four CT deer tags burnin holes in my pocket, and I just got fall turkey tags last weekend. I'm rarin to go...
I got my turkey tags yesterday and was hoping to fill one or both this morning. You can set your watch by the turkeys that come through my property every day. The first flock was around 30 yards out from me this morning when the neighbor let his dog out! Another few minutes and the lead bird would have been at about 10 yards!! Well, there's always Monday.
That '59 KSpecial sure does shoot NICE! 11 of my first 12 shots were in the kill zone from 15 to 30 yards (guess what distance wasn't "in there") LOL
went to hang a stand in some oaks that are torn up midday yesterday so I swung by and picked up my brother to help. grabbed his grizz while I was there. gotta take the weather rest off and put on some rugs before I can shoot it.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fliksr/5455Polar.jpg)
Here's the latest addition that showed up today: a 1954-55 64" 53# Polar.
I took a break from working on knives to set it up and shoot a bit. With a bare string and a brace of 7-1/4" she's dead in the hand and whisper quiet.
It's gonna be REAL hard to choose what bow to hunt with next year!!
That will be even more true when you start showing off your Damascus skills! :goldtooth:
missing a 59 Kodiak.
KPaul
I know it aint a 1950's model...but...
heres the grizzly I picked up from my brother over the weekend (he hasn't shot it in years)
I spun up a new string for it while watching the SOX give an old fashion arse whopping to the indians last night.....decided to give the new string I made for it a stretchin' when I got home from work. :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/hickstick/grizz.jpg)
(sorry for the low res. cell phone pic)
not bad for new string, no nock point, not entirely matched (to the bow) arrows, and only the second group outta the bow (theres almost a doz. arrows in there). I'm really gonna need to add some mass to this thing if I'm gonna shoot it much...pretty 'alive' in the hand, its marked 58" amo and 50#@28 so I figure I'm probably only pulling about 47-48 pounds or so...
Jeremy your bows look great, and the knife looks as good as ever,thanks. :thumbsup: