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since i wasn't allowed to vote for myself. i must admit i voted for uncle ted. he is a little "over the top" at times, but the message he is trying to get out is a good one. i've never been big on watching hunting shows until recently. now i watch spirit of the wild almost religously. no matter what you put in that mans hands he can shoot it. besides i'm a huge fan of his music.

sex, guns and rock-n-roll. can't hardly beat that.

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Fred Bear and Chuck Adams, but no bow hunting servay is complete without the names of.... Jim Dougherty and Jack Frost... two of the greatest bowhunters of our time.

Someone said something about Chuck Adams and guides, all the great bow hunters use guides. Maybe not in a tree stand in say IL or IA but in Alaska, the Yukon, and places like that they all have guides.

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I'm becoming a big fan of the Wensel Brothers. They really seem to get "it".

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Wensel brothers are great! I really like those guys and they are fun to be around but this is a pull about legendary bowhunters, not whitetail hunters. The Wensel brothers would win that ones hands down in my book. Yeah I think Jim Dougherty should be on the list. But I'm kinda partial...LOL But seriously if you want to look at the guys who have done the most for bowhunting you would look at Fred Bear, Ben Pearson, Howard Hill, Jim Dougherty and maybe put a Chuck Adams in there. These guys not only lived bowhunting but they also promoted the sport better then anyone else has. They didn't try to get rich off of it like most of the guys today are doing. They did it because they loved it and would do lot's of things for free because they wanted to give back to the sport.

Darrall Dougherty

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First Fred then my dad.

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Howard Hill

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Don't know about hunting but archery and exhibition shooting

Ron Laclare and Byron Ferguson are awesome. Byron can shoot asprin out of the air and shoot the wick off a candle at a good distance. Both shoot Trad and are very impressive. I don't think Ron does many shows, if any, anymore. But the Videos I have seen of him are incredible. Plus hes seems like a great guy. (Talked with him on another site)

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Fred Bear was the only real hard core bow hunter that ever lived. IMO A man that would stick a big old brown bear with a recurve at a few feet with no gun back up gets my vote.

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For me it would be Fred Bear also. Fred would not be as successfull today though if it weren't for the effort of Ishi showing Saxton Pope and Art Young the basics of bowhunting. After all of these guys I just listed I also gotta give allot of praise to Gene and Barry Wensel, they were true bow hunters! They aren't into the big advertising like what some of you call a legend in Chuck Adams, he don't belong in the same list as these guys are in!!!!