I put this one also in the bowhunting part. I know its long as well i think we all should thank him for making bowhunting as popular as it is today
I forgot to add this one to the article last time but it took me 20 minutes to do all that so my fingers were kinda tired lol. here is a two part second half. Hope you like it. Its just smaller article from the one previous written and by another one which was authered by Fred Bear Sports Club Press and by Charles M. Kroll
Inspiring Awe
In remembering Fred Bear, his hunts stand out as a focial point. He was a master bowhunter and wil probably be remembered most for that. Many of his trips in quest of a game were classic hunts. The taking of his stone sheep was a prime example.
Fred Bear traveled the world in search of game. Many of his trips were made to field-test prototype bows, broadheads and other equiment in the developmental stage. His hunts were conducted with the utmost determination to succeed. But always, clean and quick kills, coupled with fair chase, were uppermost in mind.
For Fred, a great hunt also included great companions with whom to share it, along with camp comfort in a scenic, picturesque region. For that reason the hunts he shared in the little Delta River region of Alaska meant so much to him and his companions. Those 1958 and 1959 hunts stand out. In his 1959 hunt there, Fred took a barren-ground caribou that esttablished a new bowhunting world' s record. It was downed with an experimental 1 1/2-inch-wide-version of the famed Bear Razorhead.
Fred' s bear hunt thrilled millions and inspired awe. His long quest for a bow-killed polar bear was finally realized on his third trip to the artic ice fields. It was taken with a single arrow while being filmed by " American Sportsman" TV crew. Then, Life Magazine (November 8, 1963) featured Fred in an article titled " An Archer Stalks the Mighty Grizzly." His bowhunting brown beas were examples of raw courage and added testimony to his extaordinary prowess with bow and arrow.
His African safaris included a bull elephant taken with a single arrow in Mozambique in 1964* He also took an African Lionand two Cape buffalo on another safari. Excellent trophies of lesser game was also taken.
His trip to India in 1963 culuminated in his taking a ti ger with a bow. He also took a blue bull, sambar and spotted deer on that hunt. One writer, commenting on Fred Bear' s hunting, said " Some hunters pray for luck while Fred makes his."
On his trips Fred collected archery memorabilia from around the world, which can be viewed at the Fred Bear Musuem.
Did you know?
Here is a list of trivia related to Freds Life. The sources is the book Fred Bear, The Biography of an Outdoorsman by Charles Kroll.
1. Bear Archery, the company Fred founded, is 70 years old this year.
2. Fred Bear shot his first deer with a firearm and did it when he was 14 in 1916.
3. Fred' s first serious job was as a pattern maker for Carlisle Frog & Switch Company in Carlisie, Pennsylvania. He earned 17.5 cents per hour.
4. Fred met bowhunter Art Young (of Pop & Young) after moving to Detriot. They made archery equipment in Fred' s basement and shot bows together.
5. Fred Bear went bowhunting for the first time in 1929. It was six years before he shot is first deer, from a Michigan cedar swamp.
6. Bear Archery produced more then just archery equipment. As late as 1948 the company was producing TV and record cabinets for Admiral Corp.
7. Fred Bear didnt start hunting the west until 1951, 22 years after he started bowhunting.
8. In 1954 Fred produced the first working recurve bow.
9. The popluar Bear Razorhead was introduced in 1956.
10. In 1957 Fred Bear shot the world-record stone sheep in Britsh Columbia by lobbing an arrow from him partially drawn bow over a ridgeline that separted Fred from the ram.
11. In 1960 Fred took the world-record Kodiak brown bear in Alaska. It helod for the top spot for 25 years.
12. In 1966 Fred appeared on ' The Tonight Show.'
13. Fred sold Bear Archery in 1968 to Victor Comptometer Corporation, a fairly large publicly traded company owning Daisy Air Rifles, Heddon Fishing Tackle and PGA Gold Company, among others.
14. At least a portion of Fred' s take in selling the company was in Victor Comptometer stock. Within a short time of the sale, the stock prices plumeted from $84 to $4 per share.
15. The number of bows produced by Bear Archery rose steadily from 7500 in 1947 to its peak 360,000 by 1976.
16. Fred Bear died in 1988 at the age of 86.
*Red Hawk' s notes
The Bull elephant weight at 4 tons; brought down by a single arrow from a 75-pound bow
Fred Bear Article Part 2
