Bear Whitetail Hunter

[hntrGuy]

Anybody have any info on this dinosaur of a bow? I've been deer hunting with it for around 2 years. Just new to archery to lengthen my deer season. It's old but with a new string it still shoots good. I'll probably upgrade next year. I've had two shots at deer but the arrow fell off the rest (spooked 'em). Tapped a hole and put on a whisker biscuit (problem solved. Just interested in the background of this bow. Any positive feedback would be appreciated.

 

[adamsoa]

Holy Cow that is an old bow. I learned to shoot with an old bear whitetail II about 20 yrs ago. I killed my first deer with one and had a lot of fun shooting it. Good Luck!

Andy

 

[ToddT]

"Any positive feedback would be appreciated." Well in the early seventies this bow was state of the art, that would be in the positive category, huh. I can remember as a child ooohing and aaawing over the Bear Whitetail hunter. Depending on the shape it is in, I would put it up after retiring it. It would probably bring $20 or less for practical use, but may someday be a collectors item - IMO, that bow is truly a part of archery history. Also, are you positive it is a whitetail hunter, bear made a Polar LTD, prior to the whitetail hunter with nearly the same look, but I believe it was introduced in the late sixties. As I wasn't born until the early seventies maybe some who ventured through that time period searching for new gadgets and watching the archery market can provide more help.

 

[hntrGuy]

LAST EDITED ON Feb-11-05 AT 09:23AM (MST)[p]Yeah, it's a Whitetail Hunter. It still has the whitetail deer logo and Whitetail Hunter underneath the logo on the limb of the bow. It's in pretty good shape. There was a little surface rust on certain areas. Nothing a little steel wool didn't take care of, though.

 

[berto]

i had one of those...bright, shiny, brown metal limbs just above the grip on mine. last shot it about 14 years ago. probably will be a collector's item in 10 more years...save your money and upgrade soon, you'll be blown away by the performance of the new era bows.