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Fred Bear (March 5, 1902 – April 27, 1988) was an American bow hunter and manufacturer. Although he did not start bow hunting until he was 29 and did not master the skill for many years, he is widely regarded as a pioneer in the bow hunting community. Bear was a world traveler, film producer, and the founder of Bear Archery.
Bow manufacturing changed from hand-made bows to mass production using fiberglass and other modern materials. Fred Bear sold the company to Victor Comptometer in 1968, [4] but remained the president of Bear Archery. The company was not one of the first compound bow manufacturers, but eventually found success with early models like the Whitetail ...
Patent Number Date Issued Improved Safety for breakdown guns Hopkinton, MA: 859477: July 9, 1907 Sight For Firearms Meriden, CT: 839535: December 25, 1906 Sight For Firearms Meriden, CT: 835091: November 6, 1906 Automatic Shell-Ejector for Firearms Meriden, CT: 887569: May 12, 1908 Fore-Stock Fastener for Firearms Meriden, CT: 887568: May 12 ...
Modern game archery owes much of its success to Fred Bear, an American bow hunter and bow manufacturer. [ 46 ] In 2021, five people were killed and three injured by an archer in Norway in the Kongsberg attack .
Ben Pearson was born November 16, 1898, in Paron, Arkansas. He made his first bow based on articles for Boy Scouts by Dan Beard. In 1926, Pearson entered the state championships using his own equipment; finishing second to last. He made new equipment, and in 1927. he became the Arkansas State Champion.
Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) [1] until the end of the 19th century, when bow and arrows was made functionally obsolete by the ...
J.C. Higgins Model 20 - 12 Gauge Shotgun - Originally sold by Sears J.C. Higgins bicycle on display at the Pioneer Auto Museum, Murdo, South Dakota.. From 1908 until 1962, Sears, Roebuck & Company sold a wide variety of sporting goods and recreational equipment, including bicycles, golf clubs, rifles, shotguns, and revolvers under the brand name "J. C. Higgins."
Grayson made his first bow from a lemonwood stave that he won selling tickets to a movie about Art Young's trek across Alaska. [2] In private practice in Sacramento, Grayson took up archery again. He became skilled in making various types of bows and became involved in local, regional, and national archery associations.