older compound shooters ?

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I still have a Bear Polar LTD, one of the first compounds put out by Fred Bear & Co.  I bought it new in 1974? or somewhere around then.  Still shoots good.

Has it got the light gray riser or the darker gray and lighter gray "granite looking" finish? I owned both of those styles about that time. I want to say the darker one was roughly '80 the lighter I bought in '76 probably.  The older one delaminated at about a year old, Bear replaced the limbs with newer styled ones. I outgrew that bow and bought the second one. I believe one of those was called a Polar II, the more I think about it. The older I believe.


I would like to track those bows down, mostly the second one as it killed my first deer.

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Some people think they need a new bow every year or so. If you ever saw an old poster of Chuck Adams with about 15 animals he had taken; notice all the bows at the time used are ancient by todays standards. The point is; they worked fine. If you can shoot the bow good, keep using it and save your money for other things.

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Some people think they need a new bow every year or so. If you ever saw an old poster of Chuck Adams with about 15 animals he had taken; notice all the bows at the time used are ancient by todays standards. The point is; they worked fine. If you can shoot the bow good, keep using it and save your money for other things.

I was never able to swing a new bow till the old one was broken. Two reasons.


First of all I really could not afford one. Secondly SWMBO would always ask why I needed a new one as the old one was still killing deer. I am certainly glad that gun manufacturers had enough foresight to market guns in such a way that they are perceived as good for only one species. Otherwise I would never have had more than two of them.


More to your point, I can't seem to be able to find a compound long enough to make finger shooting seem doable. An older bow may be the only choice.

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Yup Got a $36 dollar ( recent aquire ) Alpine Rebel from the 80's, Shoots great , Sadly though the fiberglass on the inside of the limbs is raising up .. I sanded and used devcon on them just for some extra reassurance this hunting season but Santa is bringing me a new bow, went with the 2011 Martin Ridge Hunter 70# left hand .. Was going to get a 2010 Bengal but the bow was bought in store before my order processed.. So the Alpine as much as I would like to keep it shooting/hunting , I dont feel the risk to my person is worth it....   My hope is that this new Martin bow will be with me till a thread pops up like this 20 years from now 
 
 On another note , The ancient bows still working ? I carve bows out of wood , run my own string and have a friendly wager with a die hard traditional bow hunter at work that if he uses the Osage bow he made , Then I will use a bow I made .. And we can see who gets the first deer    this should be interesting..
 
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I still have and use my 1990 Browning Xcellerator III(please no exploder jokes, it never has) and enjoy shooting it,smooth,quiet,accurate and I really like the laminated wood riser compared to todays all metal bows.