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Offline Swampman

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Pawn Shops
« on: March 30, 2013, 12:47:02 PM »
Today I was in a pawn shop in Pensacola, FL.  They had a Bear static recurve for $159.95 and an Indian Archery 20# recurve that would be great for a kid.  I noticed an autographed picture of Fred Bear with his lion.  I asked if it was for sale, and the owner said no but he let me examine it.  It turns out his father was one of a few that got to hunt with Fred on St. Vincent's Island in the early 1970s.  He had a copy of the newspaper article with the picture.  This hunt is on the Fred Bear DVD series.  Very cool stuff.
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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2013, 12:51:31 PM »
I spent a lot of cold winter nights thumbing through the Bear Archery catalogue. Somehow I ran across one of the films Fred Bear made, that sure made an impression on a teenage boy.


Truthfully I haven't been right in the head ever since. ;D 
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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2013, 02:05:21 PM »
yet to see a traditional bow
in a pawn shop in these parts,
and i've been a pawn-shopper
for decades.
got my last hoyt for 24.00+ change
looked like it just came out of the
box. sheer luck. right place. right time.
lots of diamonds to be had, but a
lot of manure has to be sorted through.
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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2013, 11:54:27 AM »
When Fred first moved his bear archery south to Gainesville, fl I visited the museum in the factory. Wow what a treat. After that every time I went home to visit in Florida I tried to stop by.  :)

You ever get to visit there Swampy? It's not there any more. Last time I stopped in it was gone.

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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2013, 12:32:26 PM »
They moved it to Bass Pro Shop Headquarters in Springfield, MO.  I've never seen it but I would love to.  Bear was really letting the collection go to crap.  Stuff was being stolen.
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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2013, 03:15:21 PM »
it's a shame they would let mementoes
of the figurehead of modern archery go
to pot. i've not seen it, but i'm no less
saddened by it.


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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2013, 12:36:15 AM »
Got the chance to visit the archery museum at bass pro a few months ago while I was in Missouri. It is defiantly something a true trad nut needs to see. Lots of very nice old bows from earl hours collection in there as well as a lot of good trad history.
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Re: Pawn Shops
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2013, 09:01:54 AM »
I'm jealous. I never see any nice traditional archery tackle at the local shop, in fact the coolest thing I ever see there is usually one or more of my rifles as I am taking them out of pawn  :-[
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