Just found a laminated duplicate of this snowy image. 8" x 10"

Free to the first person who posts the correct names of these three Bowmen in order and the year...


 

No clue as to who they are.. Great photo Wade...

Cody

A little closer shot of the faces...

Wade, Great pic!!

I am going to guess on the gentleman on the far right in the picture....Fred Bear?

John - You are correct.

The bowman on the far right is Fred Bear, glasses and turned down hat...

Now you need to name the other two bowmen and the year... and the snow storm image is yours...

the man on the left is Dan wright he live down the road from Fred growing up the man in the middle is Dan  youngest son the year was 1953  :D

Steve - Thanks for guessing.

Dan Wright is not in the photograph, and none of the bowmen are related.

Your guess on the year was in the wrong decade.

Nels Grumley, Ed Hinkel, Fred Bear 1948

Just guessing of course

Trap

Trap -

You are half right, Nels Grumley and Fred Bear.

The bowmen in the middle is not Ed Hinkel, but that is a good guess as the fellow looks something like Ed.

The year is not 1948. Look a little closer at those Grumley era bows. That will help you get close to the year...

The guy in the middle is Ray Stannard and the year is 1942.

How's that for sounding possibly positive  

Bernie

Bernie -

Sorry your guesses were not correct.

So far, you have guessed the closest on the year...

The fellow in the middle is from Michigan, but not as well known at Nels Grumley or Fred Bear.

Dangit,  I need more "Archery" magazines.  Mine don't go back far enough.    :(  

Trap

Forgot about magazines Trap, I was ripping through books! I would swear I have the guy's name right, but oh well, sure looks like Ray--even the same type of clothing.  Gotta love Wade's quizzes.

I hope I am online the moment Wade asks who is sitting next to a certain black bear in a certain picture that a certain Wade has that I am after!

Bernie

Trap - Yes, there is no substitute for documents from the era that the events took place. Although there are some errors in the original documents of the era, there are far more errors in accounts written 20 to 50 years or more after the events took place.

Bernie - What document are you referencing in which Ray looks like the bowman between Nels and Fred?

I am going by what Nels Grumley wrote on the back of his original photograph from his scrap book.

The date Nels wrote is confirmed by the bows.

Okay, another stab at this.

The archer in the Center is Bud Gray and the year is 1942.

Trap

Wade, I will chime in with Larry Whiffen as the gentleman in the middle.

Trap, great get on Nels. I would not have gotten that one in a million years.

Love the pic! Thanks for sharing Wade!!!

Trap - Another good guess. Although the bowman in the center does look something like Bud Gray, it is not Bud. The year is not 1942.

John - Larry Whiffen Sr. is another good guess, as Larry looked a lot like our mystery bowman. Glad you like the snowy image.

Cody - Your PM with Floyd Eccleston as a guess is a good one too. Our mystery bowman does resemble Floyd especially when Floyd worn his similar hat.

Nels Grumley, Barney Grenier and Fred Bear 1940

Trap

Trap - Boy, another good guess. Barney looks something like our mystery bowman but he is not Barney. I believe all of the hunting photographs of Barney that I have, he is always wearing a stocking cap. I'm sure there are lots of other hunting photographs of Barney that I don't have. Sorry, you missed the year again.

Bowdoc, Johnnyrazorhead and Grant Young  2009

Trap