New bow with a cool story!

[GOSHENGRUNTER]

My mom called me today and told me her fiance had something for me. Apparently, fiances' grandpa used to be part of 'some archery club' . A guy he shot with gave him a bow. The bow laid around the house for years. No one after grandpa ever hunted or shot any archery so it sat as a decor piece. Fiance thought I might want it since it was 'hunting related'.

Further digging into the story and my mom tells me the guy was...and i quote... "I guess some kind of famous archer. Bear somebody?"

I go to pick it up tonight to find a 1956 Bear Kodiak in excellent shape. It has a little grip wear and the string is toast. Otherwise its in good shape. Needs a cleaning and a new string and I'll be stalking whitetails with it here at home!



Im trying to dig ad find out little more. The family may possibly have more items from the grandpa, they are gonna look for me

 

[ivorytip]

keep us posted, that is so awesome! nice find

 

[CrossCreeks]

What a find and what treasure !

 

[NE69]

That would be amazing. I saw Fred Bear about 1980 in Denver at CBA as their guest speaker. He was an amazing person and Bowhunter. Great speaker also.

 

[ElkTrout]

That is awesome!


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[GOSHENGRUNTER]

Update:

The family doesn't seem to realize what a big deal this is and i'm a hard gathering info. BUT i found out today that the "Bear something" guy gave him this bow because grandpa has been making "tips" for "Bear something's" arrows. I desperately want to scavenge this guys garage!!!!

 

[Work2hunt]

Awesome. Sounds like some interesting history.

 

[micropterus79]

What a cool story! That bow definitely has some history and probably good juju! Killer find.

 

[marcusvdk]

Thats so cool happy researching

 

[NE69]

So maybe Grandpa was making "tips" for Fred, and there might be some in his garage? Can I tag along and see?

 

[BossBrott]

Damn, what a cool gift!!

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I remember "way back when", my Dad took me to an outdoor show in Los Angeles, guess I was about 10 or so back in the 50's. We saw a presentation by Fred Bear about bow hunting in Alaska. My Dad was so impressed he bought a Bear bow on the spot...looked a lot like what you have. I shot several deer with it and I really don't have a clue what happened to it.

I also remember an early outdoor hunting show on tv (could have been American Sportsman) where Bear was polar bear hunting. He wrapped up in a seal skin and laid on the snow/ice so he would look like a seal, which polar bears feed on. One stalked him and was going to catch the "seal" for a meal. Bear shot him, while his guide was backup with a rifle. Pretty exciting.

Great find.......

 

[Colorado T]

That would be awesome!!! Congratulations on an incredible find!!

 

[GOSHENGRUNTER]

UPDATE
I have the name of Grandpa. Last name is Mathews (no relation to the bow) but, he worked for a company called Crescent Manufacturing and helped FB design and machine broadheads in the 50's

 

[kiwi]

Great story, thanks.

 

[Kevin Root]

Some cool history and a great find. Thanks for sharing the find and story here.

 

[missjordan]

What an awesome find, would love to know the stories behind that particular bow!