| From: the Black Spot
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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Trying to find which limbs for a bear whitetail hunter. I have searched but cant find anything. Looks to be a good candidate for a bowfishing rig. Thanks!
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| From: OldTimeArcher
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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Older Whitetail hunter ? while in Grayling ? you be better off finding a Polar or Polar LTD compound and using Sage and fleetwood limbs easy. Plus wouldn't have to play around sanding down limbs to fit into the early whitetail risers
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| From: Boker
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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I don’t think the white hunter is a good warf platform. Someone that knows for sure will be along soon.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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Measure the width of the limb pockets. There isn't anything specifically for any riser that you are going toturn into a Frankenbow. A WARF is a compound riser that is modified toacept ILF fittings.
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| From: OldTimeArcher
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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Boker. The whitetail is a bad bow to warf. I said that in my above post.... The old Polar compounds are the better then the whitetails
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| From: the Black Spot
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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Yep, this is an old compound riser. Slots are 1 and 11/16" across.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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It depends on how you want to put the bow together. Nearly any limb will fit in a 1 11/16" limb pocket. Then you need to decide whether you want to use bolt on limbs, ILF limbs converted to bolt on limbs (my preference), or have the riser converted to accept ILF fittings.
Then, you have the measurement of the distance from the bottom of the limb to the limb bolt hole. Will the limbs bolt up as they come from the factory, or will you need to grind somematerial off the bottom of the limb to get them to match up. And actually, there are several different measurements there, so it's hard to say what limb will for sure fit unless you talk to someone who has by chance already put one together.
Personally, if I had the itch to put together a Frankenbow or a WARF I'd get me a Black Bear riser and be done with it. That riser will work for either of the conversions mentioned and makes a fine platform to shoot from.
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| From: the Black Spot
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| Date: 03-Jun-20 |
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Thanks for the input. This was a bow i scrounged from the neighbors trash.
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 04-Jun-20 |
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You can make it work. I had one made from a Bear 76'er that was milled and reinforced on the limb butts. That bow is still shooting with 50# limbs....my granddaughter's boyfriend (well used to be) owns it now.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 04-Jun-20 |
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BigStriper, that bow has a little bit of an odd limb/riser match up. It is similar to the old Whitetail. Is yours the model with the limb carriages/metal brackets on it?
I think you can take the limbs off, and a set of bolt on limbs will bolt up to it, but would have to see it to be able to verify that.
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| From: loose arrow
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| Date: 04-Jun-20 |
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The Whitetail Hunter is a bad candidate for a recurve because the limb pad angles are very shallow and the riser is very long. I have not heard of anyone converting one which is why it is hard to find any info regarding the riser. Limb pads that shallow are mostly used for long bow limbs not recurve limbs. Best to shop your local Craigslist for Facebook Marketplace to find a Bear Black Bear, they can usually be found for a low price. Good luck with your search!
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 04-Jun-20 |
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Actually I like risers with shallow pad angles. It allows for a lower brace height as well as adding additional pre-load to the limbs.
Very similar to many of the older recurves that have very little deflex in the riser.
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