Fred Bear World of Adventures Series: Kodiak Country
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- Hunting Kodiak bear with recurve bow in Alaska 1950ies.
Fred Bear World of Adventures Series by Fred Bear Sports Club.
Bear Archery, Gainesville Florida.
Bear Video Theater Subject 501: Kodiak Country.
(VHS-Video 1983, Time: 28:00)
Special: Last 2 minutes, Fred Bear speaks. 50ies car is passing behind. - Věda a technologie
Many years ago my wife and I were at the annual Shot Show which was held in Atlanta, GA. As we were walking down through the exhibits we saw a tall man sitting quietly in one of the booths. He was alone. I suppose most of the people were attending the lectures. I told my wife “that is Fred Bear”. She said “who”? We went over and talked to him about bow hunting and places he had been. He was a very humble, friendly person. When we left he gave me an autographed picture with a “Happy Hunting” along with his signature. I still have that picture. He died about a year later but I will always treasure the time I was fortunate to talk with a legend and the father of bow hunting.
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I would have loved to meet him. Hes the reason I shoot a recurve
My Grandpa used to take me to Fred’s archery shop every fall in Grayling before opening day beginning in 1972. In 1976 we arrived at Fred’s shop only to be greeted with the likes Jim Easton (Easton Archery,) Dick Mauch (NBEF Co-founder), Ben Pearson, Jr. (Pearson Archery,) Bob Munger, Gail & Terry Martin (Martin Archery,) Claude Pollington (Oneida-Eagle Bows,) Rollin Bohning (Bohning Archery,) and Cliff & Jack Zwickey (Zwickey Broadheads.)
Most of the Titans of 20th Century Archery all assembled in Fred’s little archery shop. As a 12 y.o. I knew of the exploits of most of these elder statesmen through magazine articles and books I had read about archery hunting, but I never dreamed I would be able to meet them outside of a bow hunting outdoors show. Every single one of those great men took the time to speak with me as though I were one of their peers. It was the best baptism-by-fire education on using a bow to hunt I could have ever dreamed of.
Along with my Grandpa, we all went out back of Fred’s shop and flung about two dozen arrows into targets Fred had set-up. I was using the Bear Kodak Cub Recurve Fred had given me two years earlier. After we finished, Fred took a new Kodak Recurve (not the Cub,) signed and numbered it ‘FB02’ and handed it to me. I still have the bow to this day.
After all of that, we were invited to have lunch with them at the Grayling Restaurant, which we happily accepted. During that luncheon, Fred invited my Grandpa and I to join him the following fall at Grousehaven for an opening day hunt. Unfortunately, my Grandpa passed away in Nov. of ‘76 so that hunt never came to fruition.
It was one of the best days of my life, and one I’ll never forget. Fred and Henrietta Bear were two of the kindest, most gracious people to have ever walked this planet. I will forever miss Fred, his warm smile and gracious demeanor. He taught me the true meaning of what it means to be a ‘sportsman.’
Thank you for including your great memories.
Fred Bear was born in 1902. He was in his fifties in this film, climbing over rocks and up mountains to hunt. What an inspiration he was, and still is. Thanks for sharing.
You’d be surprised what age really looks like if you don’t let yourself just fall apart like most people these days do lol
@@caseymoore4759 I have found the joints start going first then the muscle is soon to follow.
At 59 I just spent a week in the bush, sleeping at near freezing temps in a hammock, and twice a day hiking rough rocky trails, up and down small mountains for hours at a time.
Sit at a desk all day and even kids couldn’t have kept up with this guy. You gotta use what you’ve been given, but the stamina and recovery times do start to go down with age. I couldn’t keep up with me when I was 40, that’s for sure
I read the book of Fred’s field notes about these hunts, and I went through the museum in the late 90s, a museum worker told me to go through the bushes along the building to a certain window that was Fred’s office everything as Fred left it, mounted fish on the wall, and a clock that was stopped at the time Fred passed
As a kid I remember watching this at a school that held a movie night ! He was a great hunter to say the least ! RIP Fred !
A side bar to this film; the Valient Maid, the ship in this film, made its way to Hawaii in the early 70's contracted out as a research vessel for the U of Hawaii's marine biology program. For a time she regularly tied up at the harbor in Haleiwa. I lived across the street at the time and remember she was painted blue then.
Thanks for posting this!
Beautifully written program, not an endless rolling commercial like todays hunting shows.
You must’ve missed the product placement of Bear arrows when they were boarding.
Also missing the tattooed newbie hunter podcasters explaining to all us long term hunters what we already know about harvesting our own meat and conservation made possible through hunting fees
Guy with the M1 carbine blasting bottles like clays was impressive.
They were likely wwll kids
always good to remind these youngins where Bear Archery comes from , God bless Fred Bear may his legacy continue
Fred Bear was one of the best hunters and best of shooting the recurve bow. He was in the top five of all times. He forgot more than any of us will ever know.
I grew up in the Rockies of Idaho watching these reruns; these and Marty Stouffers Wild America. It's amazing to reflect on the impact these simple shows had on my life. This still makes for wonderful and nostalgic viewing. Thank you for the upload!
I grew up just outside of Lowman Idaho. I watched all of these and outdoor Idaho.
I read this as wild.... America hearing his voice.. man brings back memories
Because of Fred bear, I walk these trails again
What a great adventure. I remember watching these films and ones like them when I was just a kid. Fredd Bear was great, a real sportsman and outdoors man. These people that make hunting films and tv shows today about hunting could sure learn a lot from those old timers.
I know it’s Fred Bear but I hit the d key twice. Lol
I've got a Fred Bear Kodak Magnum bow signed by him he gave it to me in 1982.
That is awsome
@@sarabrown2082 It was awesome, It was at an archery shop called arrowhead archery in Green Bay Wisconsin. I was 17 years old. I was afraid to go up and speak with him. But I did... He gave me the bow, one of the first compound bows made. Hangs on the wall beside me now.
@@overthehills_faraway8320 You sir,are one lucky duck.
THAT'S WHERE I MET HIM TOO!
A treasure.
Fred Was a legend in the bow world...he reminds me of a show called The American Sportsman I used to love to watch...wish it was on dvd
Love these shows from back in the day. The narration was so cool.
This man was amazing with a bow !! If you can shoot a flushing quail with a bow you are the GOAT !! I’m 65 and got my first Bear Bow when I was 10. I won the summer Boy Scout Camp 3 years in a row with it. But lost I interest when football came into my life . I wish I would have stayed with it. My first bow deer hunt I used that same bow and took a nice doe with it. I still have it but have long switched to compound. I never missed an episode of Mr Bear and was always amazed. The pioneer of hunting with a bow !
@@roughcountry9202 WRONG ! not even close ! Tim wells shoots an Oneida compound bow with fiberglass arrows ! Fred Bear shot a stick and string with wooden arrows !! Tim wells couldn’t pull his bow back fast enough to shoot a flushing quail ! You ask him he’d laugh in your face !!
Fred was one special hunter and true gentleman and were all amazed on his courage and traditional bow hunting skills and we all want to be like him,,let's just say he's are bow hunting traditional archery hero,,to all,,thanks Fred God rest his soul
My father in law, Leo Baldwin of Wellesville,NY was a friend of Fred's. My ex wife has been to his home and saw a stuffed Kodiak so big it frightend her. Her dad was also a pro archer and coach
Staff shooter for bear archery for 4 yr.s remember watching his videos on American sportsman. He was a great promoter for archery hunting that we enjoy today
No way ro overestimate the contribution of Fred Bear to the sport of archery.
That kid was lucky to have Fred as a teacher! Love those recurve bows.
Absolutely gorgeous cinematography -- will have to rewatch this one.
I like these old movies of Fred Bear now. Great videos. Fred was a great out doors man.
What an amazing way to have a hunting trip. Beautiful. Blessed hunters for sure.
Traditional equipment. No pulleys, cams, sights, or metal bows. Luv it.
Raw strength
That was before people needed training wheels on the bow to shoot it.
Steven Johnson they also didn’t need a tiny TV on their phone to pass the time, and yet...here you are. Your statements as dumb as someone saying “that was before people needed binoculars attached to their rifle to kill a whitetail.” No shit. They would’ve used it had the technology been developed though. Why aren’t you chipping your arrows from flint, like real men like me, you boomer.
Russell whatever dude off here talking shit on the internet if you were a real man you would tell it to his face before he knocks you the fuck out bitch.
I can kick Freds ass with my modern bow.I have shot it out too 125 yards keeing a 6 inch group.No trad bow will do that.
Fred bear the father of all of us bow hunters ,without him it would have never been what it is . Papa Bear !
Let me recant that statement since your splitting hairs he and Sexton and pope are the fathers of modern bow hunting
Who is Sexton?
Fred Bear was the father of archery you know how to hunt took a lot of game you respected every one of them
In 1978 I went to the Fred Bear museum in Grayling,Michigan.
There was every animal from a huge bear standing upright, a balooga whale,Elepgant and you could watch the movie of each hunt depending on what day you were there..I was so excited as I had gotten a Whitetail hunter a couple years earlier and hunted Whitetail deer in Texas.Getting laughed at too..
That was back when archery was not that popular in South East Texas..
I was visiting Kalkaska ,Michigan..
The whole trip was cool the Fred Bear museum was awesome.
I remember going there in 1975 I believe, I would have been 9years old.It was very educational ,beautiful animals.
Bear razor heads with the bleeder blades have taken more than their share of big game over the years.
to this day,they cant be beat>but allso love Nugent"s 2 blade head.
yes they were the best.Ted Nugent"s 2 blade is a great bleeder all so.
I grew up on that broadhead. Sucks that I can't find them now, even secondhand.
@@NoGoodLyingSnake No idea. Maybe check Ebay.
Them king crab are huge. So beautiful up there.
You could pay 1 dollar per crab at the Kodiak docks. 1967
Make note and share : You heard the name Glenn StCharles mentioned, among others > Remember those names, because they are the people you can thank for the privilege to Bow Hunt !! Bowhunting wasn't allowed in the U.S. Until Glenn and his friends proved to congress that you could successfully Harvest Big Game with Archery equipment. We have them to thank !! You can learn more and enjoy a good read " Bows on the Little Delta" written By Glenn StCharles !! Thanks to them, I harvested my first 20+ Whitetails with a Bear Grizzly Recurve, way before Allen invented the Compound !! Thanks to Glenn and all his friends, I bowhunted for 69 Seasons, 17 States and 5 foreign countries !! Thanks Glenn, Thanks Fred, Thank you all !!
I have an old recurb bow and my dad told me about this guy, I LOVE IT!!!
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Fred Bear and Howard Hill were my childhood heroes.
Niel Rossouw my self and family grew up int same small town of wilsonville alabama. that howard hill and his family did. i was the age of his great nephews jerry and jonathon hill.. Jerry senior still made Howard hill bows at that time and i use to play in the bow shop, and shot often at Howard hill archery club in wilsonville
@@thespiritof76..
My father gave me a book written by Howard Hill - "Hunting the hard way" when I was seven years old. I fell in love with his adventures and hunted many smaller animals on the family farm in South Africa using bows I made myself using his methods. Best time of my life.
It must have been awesome growing up in his backyard!
Niel Rossouw My grandfather Is the one who grew up watching in person a Giant of a man close to seven feet put on exhibitions at the ball field-shooting aspirins out of the air that were smaller than his arrow. Not to mention his long bow that had a pull of 120 pounds at about 4ft... My papa is 92 years old now. I got to see a few of his bows and arrows spending the night with his great nephew and playing in HH younger brothers barn
howard hill archery club is still going strong in Wilsonville Al to this day.
@@thespiritof76..
A visit to the USA to bow hunt there is still on my bucket list. Its a pity our currency is so weak otherwise I would have been there many times.
Great teacher.
Smooth snap shooting style.
Truly "instinctual shooting ".
Fred was and is my mentor and reason I got the bow hunting bug, 45 years ago.
I never met fred bear. But it is because of him that I am a bow hunter to this day. I love these old fred bear hunting videos. We need to get back to times like in this video. Much simpler but better.
This Kodiak is on display at Fred bears bow factory in Gainsville, fl inside the museum.
Oh wow that is very cool and it was this EXACT KODIAK, eh?!
Thank you Mr Bear for your contribution to a spot i love so much.People please get the youngsters out of the house and hunting
Amen
The hat brings back a lot of memories from my childhood fred was A Real Man who live Free 😁
Yes my friend I'm afraid it will only be getting worse : (
What a great hunt and what a great teacher he would have been if only I had got to meet him
I count myself lucky to have seen this and remember times like it when I was young. PC has just about killed this these days.
I would have loved to be able to follow him or Ben Pearson around back in the day ,they are the reason I love to bowhunt
This was a great TV Show. Fred Bear is a LEGEND!!!
Very cool memories, I used to watch these films when I was a kid at the local theater circa 1963-1967(56 years ago). Thanks
My grandpa was Fred’s mailman and use to chew the cud a lot with him. He told many stories of trap shooting with Fred and archery shoots. Fred taught my grandfather how to shoot a recurve very well and my grandfather taught Fred how to shoot trap very well. My gramps was a national champion a few times in the 70’s
Wow. I remember this guy. His bow was he first one I ever bought
amazing m-1 shooting.
When you step off a skiff and into the alders on the shores of Kodiak Island... you will feel more alive than you have ever felt. Didn’t do any bear hunting there but saw some bears fishing for salmon. Did eat a bunch of clams roasted over coals though.
Amazing country.
Kevin I agree with you but any longtime Alaskan knows you never step foot in thick alders, you can’t see, plus that’s where those big browns get out of the sun to sleep!😉😳👍
Troy, amen. I certainly never became a long time Alaskan but was fortunate enough to spend about five months up there in the mid 80s... just before the big oil spill. I got to hang out with some guys that knew the country and managed to learn enough to keep from getting killed. Oddly enough my only close call was a party that got out of hand in Chignik. Fortunately the guy with the knife was too drunk to catch me.😃. The first thing I learned was that your sense of hearing can not be relied upon. There is always too much wind noise, to much rain noise, or too much noise from running water to hear big bears. We did a lot of fishing and the bears tended to be where the fish were. We typically had a couple guys fishing and a guy watching. What a great place! If you live there you are fortunate.👍
@@KDOG9720 , glad you got a glimpse of our Alaska! I am lucky enough to spend all summer salmon fishing and sharing rivers with these great, huge Kodiak browns! By the way, unfortunately I worked with a local Cordova fishermen who had a contract with Exxon for the use of his boat as a water taxi to take around cleanup workers and media during the prince William sound oil spill. It still hurts thinking about that tragedy for us longtime Alaskan’s! By the way that happened in late March of 1989.
Well I guess I was up there’s from May through August of 88’ A buddy that I went up with stayed up there and ended up cleaning up oil for a year or so. I know he stayed in Cordova. I spent a decent amount of time there as well. Caught a lot of nice halibut. I always thought I would get back up there but never have. The older I get.... the more I like Florida. Going down next month for a couple weeks of fishing in the Tampa area.😃 Great to visit with you.
Great classic! Thanks for uploading it. It would be great to get a lesson from the man himself. Hopefully, the kid took it as a lifetime activity.
Thanks for this. Brings back memories.
I knew it. I was born fifty years too late.
A GREAT AMERICAN, WE LOVE YOU FRED!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
When I was a kid growing up in Ontario my father bought me a subscription to Oudoor Life and I remember admiring Fred Bear’s adventures and his bow ads. He was quite the Sportsman in his day and great business man too! I miss those simpler times when you could dream of a moose close to home…now it’s all about money, stupid lotteries, bureaucratic red tape galore, group hunt and regulations up the ying yang….
Fred Bear was my hero still is in my memories.
Funny reading all these comments . As a young man, I got to meet Fred Bear in Kodiak in about 1962. He was a guest speaker at a Kodiak Outdoorsman club meeting. he showed a film like this.Talked about his products, New typesof bows, arrow points,, This could even be the trip he's on to bag this trophyl. Even the natives don't eat Kodiak bears, to fishey and full of worms. I'm also of native heritage. My family was from Afognak. My grandmother and grandfather moved into the town of Kodiak in 1926 the year my mother was born. She just passed away July 3rd 2023 at 97. I also met Lenard Sly AKA Roy Rogers in 1956-57 on his quest to bag his Kodiak cept he was using a big rifle not no sliver of wood with razor blades on the points.
Great video to put on You Tube . Thank you for the replay of a great hunter, and video maker among the very first.
James King
17 minutes ago we watched it together.
That looks like the trip of a lifetime 👍
I love the fact that they were boarding the boat in suits.
It was a better time in history. The greatest generation ran the show then. Sure went to hell since then.
@@markburrell2778 agreed, when men were men.
Thank you Fred Bear!
Just simply amazing!!!
A great video for sure. I can set and watch these videos like this one all day.
I enjoy watching the older videos, brings back memories of my Grandfather hunting & fishing
Grandpa brought back squirrel, rabbits, fish and large turtles. Grandma would cook it and we enjoyed eating it. They have long since passed, but I will never forget those days. Precious memories that I long for today. Tears in my eyes remembering my childhood days. Miss them so much!
Brenda Havel brings memories of me and my dad hunting and fishing to.
Brenda Havel I know exactly what you mean. My dads been gone since 84. Where he was I was there to. You very seldom seen one without the other one there or very close. Thank you for sharing your story. GOD BLESS you Amen
Randle Richardson i guess the older we get, we reminisce. I had to stop watching to have a good cry.
Nice old pictures Fred. Way to go !!
I remember watching these.
Lived on Kodiak 1967-68. Only saw a stuffed Kodiak bear in the Navy exchange on Coast Guard base. However, If your dog went missing, you would go to Kodiak dump and look for the log with chains attached to it. mTheir if you dog was found alive yuou would go the city hall and pay a fee for the key that would unlock your animal. You had only until dark to release your animal or the native wildlife would dine well on your animal. I witnessed the after remains. Alaske Fast and Efficient. Extreme wilderness territority.
reminds me of the 1970s back when we had freedoms, in austrealia the goverenment and greenies are trying to end our way of life and are wining, the old days we were so free, unlike now.
my pop talked about swan shoots, wet cartridges that swelled up, black powder shells that once you shot, you had to wait for the smoke to clear to see if you got the duck.
america fight to stay free, the guys living back in freds day are so lucky, the young ones dont know what they have lost.
im getting my grand kids into bows, its a pure natural thing, fun too.
we cant have silencers on guns here, but the bow is silent still.
Fred Bear and Ben Pearson were my boyhood heroes
Hey Fred, you forgot your new digital camo, scent killer, camo socks and handkerchief. How are you ever going to harvest anything 😬
Classy men. No fist pumps, no hand bumps, no chest thumps
Golden age
Yep, this is how it's supposed to be. The hootin and hollerin we see on shows and videos after a kill is a sad example of what our world has become. Fred was a great man, one that earned and deserved respect, but never sought out attention. Guys these days ram it down your throat how great a hunter they are.
@@bruceyoung8036 there's still men like that. You just don't hear about them because they aren't on the internet bragging about how great they are!
We are being constantly subjected to ghettoization. Resist everywhere you can.
Awesome, thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.
Born and raised in southern Michigan Fred bear along with uncle Ted Nugent were huge names frequently around town. Obviously those two were good friends, and I'd see Ted downtown in my hometown at the sporting goods store on Saturday mornings!!🤘🤘🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Them Kodiak bears get to be huge animals I’m wanting to take one with my bow one day.
Hopefully we're in camp together
Wonderful actuall hunting without politics ❤
I met him years ago. He wasn't a great target shooter, but sprinkle a little hair on it he'd hit it every time. He was also a true instinctive shooter. He did not use point of aim or walk the string.
What did what year did you meet Fred Bear I knew him when I was 10 years old I used to have breakfast with him at Ellen Jesse's Restaurant in Grayling Michigan my parents used to work for a Bear archery Fred was a cool man
@@dannywojkiewicz503 gosh I'm guessing late 70s to mid eighties. I had just purchased a golden eagle hunter if that helps ???
Actually Fred was a good target archer. Early on he competed in field and target archery winning several tournaments. He also did trick shooting exhibitions at outdoor shows to promote archery and his company. I went to a couple events where he appeared he was older then and never bragged on his shooting prowess but those that knew him said he was an excellent shot.
My dad was the same way he couldn't hit a target to save his life but u put whitetail in front of him, watch out
I love Fred bear
The REAL Deal , FRED BEAR ♥️♥️♥️
Love how they advertised Fred Bear arrows. Looks like something uncle Ted would do.
Ham, Ted nugent has come to Alaska for years, he always says it his favorite place and people!
Luv his shows when was kid
Fred Bear is a legend
There will never be another Papa Bear
Its amazing, congrats from Brazil, thanks for sharing
Bear , Hill , Jennings , Hoyt , Pearson . All old tyme legends !
I still have my Bear Kodiak recurve that I bought in 1960.
Fred Bear is my first choice for "If you could meet any 3 people from the past or present, who would they be?"
I remember back when I was a kid, the sportsmans club had a meeting once a month, and after the meeting we always had a movie FB was always y favorite
My hero!
Saw this in the early 60s with my dad...Juneau AK
True American !! Great show
If the music, narration style and image quality didn't tell you this is from decades ago, it would be obvious simply because Fred Bear and the guys in this video didn't all weigh 250 pounds or more. This is a reminder that obesity did not used to be "normal".
Coming from a fat guy, is that all you seriously took from the video?
@@dublelung1 I don't think he implied that was all he took from the video. Writing about one thought does not preclude you from having more thoughts
Eric L nice name.
@@dublelung1 Do you seriously believe that we should come away from any video like this with just ONE point? Some here noticed the distinct music, and I noticed that the guys in the video were actually of a healthy weight instead of being enormous, and it's crazy how rare that is nowadays, especially among people who hunt and fish (I look at a lot of fishing videos on CZcams, and most of the video posters are seriously obese, to the point that they wouldn't even be able to use the tiny car-top-able boats that a lot of us used back in the 60s and 70s).
Want to sell it ?
Recurve is only bow I can trust with accuracy and lethality !
Old school and never learned on a compound
Fred bear is a hulk. I have a 55lb kodiak and that's plenty heavy draw for me. He made it look so easy poking that bear with his 65lb bow. Wow!!
I've shot nothing but Fred Bear Recurve Bows since 1967!
The first bow was a Bear 50 pound recurve. That was 50 years ago, and I wished I still had it. I kept it for many many years and for the life of me I don’t know what happened to it.
I've owned several bear bows
"that certainly would be no spot for a land lover..." hahahaha love it! when men were men.
Now THIS is real hunting!
‘Ol Fred got the goodie out of this country!
I bet that adrenaline was pumping with the bear coming around that boulder.
That’s a giant of a Kodiak now.
I Man hunting Bear with a bow and arrow what a legend what a great picture of how to hunt.
I like them baby seals
Hi new fredbear 1964 I live in Grayling Michigan my dad worked for Bear Archery where I got my first bow I learn to bow hunt so it's really cool we used to go to Alan Jesse's Restaurant in Grayling Michigan and fredbear used to buy me chocolate Cokes good time my life he taught me how to shoot a bow his little house it's right next to the business it was just a tiny home he lived in what Memories so cool I new of Ted Nugent he shook fredbear's hand in front of the company I was there it was so cool to know two famous people at one time and didn't even realize
He just had to pick up that egg! Lol.
За Фреда подпишусь! !!!👍👍👍