just bought a ben pearson cougar at an auction this past weekend. have shot it several times already and was really surprised how well it shot! what years did they make this bow does anyone know? the only markings on it are 50# at 28 and 7050. also got a browning nomad 62# @28. both great looking and shooting bows!

Can't help you with dates, but I was given one in the 1970's (45# @ 28) and passed it on to my grandson about 10 years ago. I loved shooting it.

I just bought a pearson cougar on Sunday. The kid i bought it from refinished it himself....poorly. all the writing and decals except for the pearson logo was sanded off so I had no idea on draw weight. I asked the Kid to string it for me. His dad grabbed one limb and he grabbed the other and after alot of effort... and cringing on my part they got it strung. Part of the problem I realized after bringing the bow bow home was the string was actually for a 60 inch bow not a 62.

After this stringing performance I decided that I had to make a low ball offer to justify buying a bow with problems. Both top and bottom limbs are warped but I now know how to fix them.

Shot the bow a bunch now and really like it. 45 lbs at 28 on my bow scale. Now I'm in the process of sanding the bow down getting ready for some tru oil.

Sorry to hijack your original post. I just needed to share this story. It's amazing what a bow can go through and still function.

Hey Gerald. Pears started naming their bows in 1958 and that is when the Cougar showed up in 64". The model numbers went to 4 digits in the late 60's and the Cougar went to 62", 7050 in 1968 or 69. So your bow is post 1968.

i had one too; 40#@62",,,,7050 ...cool bow..i put some bocote tips on it,....gave it too my friends son,..he pretty much just hung it on wall...wish i had it back....sweet shooters...jeff/snake

thanks guys for the comments. jamie , sounds like your bow was pushed to the limits! i had an idea it was made in the 60's, thanks george! my old hunting buddy shot his first deer in 1962 with a pearson. so shooting this bow brings back some great memories!

Gerald, I also killed my first deer with a Pearson bow...49 years ago. I imagine there were a lot of first deer taken with one of Ben's weapons. In their heyday they were turning out over 4000 bows a week.

One of my favorite bows of all. Not the fastest, not the prettiest, but good, sold, stable shooters.

in the early 60's bow shooting a deer in our neck of the woods was quite an accomplishment! i only knew just a few guys from that time period that ever shot a deer with a bow ! well we hardly ever even saw a deer but they did start to multiply in the following years.

The four digit number was only used from 1968 on. They can be dated into two year groups by the logo.

I always liked the 1958 cougar. It had the iconic recurve shape. Straight grip, double shelf and D shape with recurve tips.

Looked for a long time and finally found a 58 model on the big auction. But when I got it, it was badly warped.

Today, I set up a jig to straighten it out. Before dinner, I got out half the warp, and now got it back in the jig and trying to take out the remainder of the warp.

But even shooting after I straightened out the warp a little, I was keeping them in a six inch group at 20 yards, so I have hope in this one yet.

From the 1958 catalog

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