ORIGINAL: Buster T
bigcountry I ask questions, I get answers ......... but is getting more and morerarethat someone who gives an answer knows WHY they believe as they do. Politics especially. Abortion is the best, or worst depending on how you look at it. People will proudly declare they are pro-choice ....... but when asked why, they really don't know why. When faced with having to lay out step by step why, they most often get mad, a sure indication lemmingism, or they withdraw from the debate saying this or that etc.
Its actually quite diffcult to prove ones point on a forum. The lack of facial expressions and tones of voice do not help. But also it enables a person to type out clearly a step by step on why a belief is held.
So to say that traditional archery is ______________ or a good shot is defined as ______________ .......... naturally the followup on WHY do you believe that is going to follow, you know ?
And so we come back to WHY Fred Bear might have taken the shots he did, vs me taking the shots I do, or didn't. Of course its all speculation on Fred, but seeing as how he was a great shooter, a great bowhunters etc, its a good thing to contemplate why or why not I think.
Good mind stuff IMO
I have to disagree there. I think its not so much its rare you get answers from people who know why they believe what they do, but its extremely apparent to me, its answers you don't like to hear. Or you can't understand them and need more detail. I see you especially do this on political matters. Somebody will reply back to you, and you bombard them with more and more of your rants saying they dance around an issue, when thier answer makes total sense to me and should have been very sufficient to answer your question.
To answer your question, in detail, I feel Fred Bear was a great guy in bowhunting. He paved the way. But I feel he took negligent shots, so did Saxon Pope and Art Young. I can't say I have seen in video Howard missing very much. sometimes we put people on pedistals, to knock them off. For instance, I saw Brian Ferg miss several targets at a show. I read his books, I took direction about his form. I thought of the guy as a legend. But after i saw him shoot, I was disappointed. Now, everybody has an off day. Just the way it is. I expected more more out of Brian, and I shouldn't have done that. He's still incredible. But has faults and bad days. Same with Fred Bear, I am sure he has taken poor shots, maybe behind the scenes, unethical shots. But he had a reputation to uphold. I am sure we don't know all the dirt on him.