| From: ny yankee
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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Did Fred ever hunt much with a longbow? I'm curious as to why they kept longbows in the lineup?
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| From: PECO
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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"I don't believe Fred hunted with a compound, but Bear makes and sells a lot of them."
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| From: PECO
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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"I don't believe Fred hunted with a compound, but Bear makes and sells a lot of them."
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| From: Mountain Man
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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Fred didnt like compounds neither did Howard Hill,,,,but they both knew they were the future of archer And Fred from begining to end was all about promoting archer To sell bows and to further the spot,,thank God for Fred Bear we wouldnt be here without him and many great archers like him
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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To answer you question, Fred did shoot longbows, back when that's all there was. Like many forward thinking entrepreneurs back then, they were always looking to advance design...hence the working recurve of the early 50's. For many years, though, Bear didn't offer a longbow in their lineup. That came about later when folks started taking to the weapon.
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| From: Kodiak
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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Off the top of my head but I think the 1953 Polar was the last longbow they made for decades...that's if we're if not considering semi-recurves as longbows.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 27-May-18 |
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Fred had to shoot longbows since he was involved in archery long before recurves were mainstream.
Frd was a business man, not a romantic. He would shoot and or promote whatever he needed to to keep his business profitable.
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