I think your hung up on a name stealth. You have been told worship this guy Fred Bear since you came into bow hunting. You have been told he is the greatest. He has paved the way for alot of us, no doubt. But thats it.

If he wounded the animals you say he did, because of reckless shots, then shame on him. I won't take a shot unless I am 90% sure that when I let it fly, its going to hit vitals. Thats my rule. Thats love for hunting and animals. Thats my love for animals.

You keep asking these questions trying to trap someone for whatever reason. Like "What was so dumb and stupid with Fred Bear and people like that" or "are you saying Fred Bear wasn't traditional". Why? I can only guess you have such reverence for people like him. Sure they are interesting and fun to read about. But there's was only one human that deserves respect and fame that walked the Earth. And thats Jesus Christ.

Its not so much that Fred Bear is dumb, but we as hunters have gotten little smarter.And have changed our mindset on hunting.We don't count on our game as life and death.And again, you might not be able to grasp this, but "traditional is a state of mind". Someone can't look at you and tell you a bow you consider to be traditional is not tradtional. Its your choice.All they can do is tell you, "they don't consider that bow for themselves to be traditional." all you can do is respect thier opinion and not worry about getting validated or convincing them otherwise.

But what you fail to understand, is you shouldn't try to follow so many people in your life. You should follow your own way. Only follow Jesus. Thats the reason I refuse to ever ask for someone's autograph. I have met several famous people. And they ask me if I want an autograph. I always say, "no but you can have mine if you want".