Happy Hunting!
Fred Bear
March 5, 1902 — April 27, 1988
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| Bowhunters in the U.S. and Canada now number more than 3-million. Not bad, when you consider what Fred Bear said when he started bowhunting in 1927 — that you could put "all of the bowhunters in the state of Michigan in the back of a Model-T Ford." |
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Fred
B. Bear Scholarship Fund
University of Florida
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SPECIAL REPORT
One of Fred Bear's Polar Bears Stolen!
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"Fred Bear showed me how" Pictured with Fred Bear is 15-yr. old Jim Benedict, son of R. H. Benedict, Jr. former president of Bear Archery Company. This photo first appeared in Boy's Life magazine and was used in others advertising the new Fred Bear magnesium handle Takedown bows. It was taken in Fred's backyard at his home in Grayling, MI. c1972 |
When you finish surfing this web site,
check out the web sites of some of Fred's closest friends:
Frank Scott worked for Fred Bear for more than 60
years. He was Fred Bear's best friend and curator of the Fred Bear Museum.
Charlie
Kroll, Fred's son-in-law and author of "Fred Bear: Biography of an Outdoorsman," passed away Feb. 14, 2005 in Grayling, MI.
Bob Munger author of "Trailing A Bear"
was Fred Bear's sidekick for twenty years.
Dick Lattimer was
Fred Bears alter ego for many years and authored books about him:
Fred Bear blazed the original trails of competitive, cutting edge product lines while making sure that Bear Archery worked with communities around the country promoting archery and conservation. Continuing in that legendary American tradition, today's Fred Bear Sportsman's Club recently completed another successful summer raising money to feed the hungry.
"Created to promote archery and bowhunting as a family-oriented sport"
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