I recently inherited a Bear Black Bear compound bow that my Dad used and have been working to get it ready to use it for deer this season. With a new rest and sights, it shoots great out to about 25 yards but when I got the string replaced to be safe the archery shop made a big deal about it not having a cable guard (they kept asking why it was taken off) which the bow did not come with when it was bought new.

The bow has killed deer before without one, all I have noticed is it folds the vane over a little after a lot of shooting. I tried finding one to work with this bow but the threaded area where it could possibly go is around 3/4" and no aftermarket one fits. Also originals from later versions seem to be hard to come by. Is it a major problem that it does not have one?

If anyone has one laying around I would be interested in this part as well.

I have just gotten into bow hunting and am looking forward to our season starting on Labor Day, the old bow is hitting six inch groups at thirty yards and 5 inch at 20 yards. I really don't want to get a new bow because of sentimental reasons and it fits me extremely well.