I am 71 now many years ago in 1965 my brother and I were enrolled at an archery club to take lessons we were young but had been shooting a couple years respectively. It was our second weekend of lessons my brother and I were dropped of early as usual to get a little practice in before lessons. In those days hunting was part of life and a great part. We lived on a farm but dad was a avid bow hunter and would bring magazines home on hunting,trapping so we knew who Mr Bear was. That day while waiting for lessons to start a man with a brown hat walked in the door with our coach that man was Mr Fred Bear It turns out they wear boyhood friends. The coach called us over and introduce us The man we all looked up to. That day each of us were given a brand new bow Bear of course and a dozen arrows. I will never forget that day or the man and I still have that bow. Many years later I would meet the man in the brown hat when he came by invitation to the bow shop I then owned. He was a wonderful kind man. Thought I would share this story. Blessings
Cool story - I never met Fred Bear myself, but I knew who he was. I learned to shoot a bow with one of his recurves when I was around twelve. I still hunt with a Fred Bear recurve I inherited from my father that my grandfather bought for him. Fred Bear is the original Great White Hunter.
I’m 56yo and started shooting a bear grizzly in 1976, I was 12. I never got to meet Mr Bear but out of respect to him and what his products have mean to me, I was out shopping at a good will store and came upon an old end table that was from the early 60s. I opened the leaf lid and inside was an old Bear catalog from 1972. I bought and restored the table and restored the catalog, I just could not let someone throw that away.
That is so cool,. Fred bear hunting Curt Gowdy narrating. Brings back a lot of memories. We truly have the best country in the world. God bless the USA
Reading about Fred Bear in the 60's got me interested in bowhunting. My first bow was a Fred Bear Grizzly Recurve. That #55 pound bow allowed me to take my first doe at age 14. I had taken my first buck with a rifle at age 13. I hunted with a bow all my life until I had my stroke at age 55 and could no longer pull one back. But, videos like this one help me to remember all those great hunts and days in the field with good friends. Thanks Fred for a lifetime of memories. R.I.P. my friend.
Fred Bear was the greatest who ever lived. Yes imagine estimating distance in the arctic snow. No range finder back then no sight pins just a recurve .
Still, driving up to one on a snow sled only to walk and trot a little is not like walking 6 miles one way in the tundra to stalk a bull caribou.or walk up half a mountain side after sheep or goats.
This footage is from the 1950s you dope. There was no endangered species list then. Fred Baer (the legend) has been dead since 1988. He was 86. The best to ever do it. The definition of mans man.
Actually its more around 1966. The bow bear was using was a 64 or 65 kodiak with a 8 arrow quiver. Both spring arms are painted white. This show was made for the CBS show "the american sportsman" with Curt Goudy as commentator. Bear's arrows were in a green box. The change from white and blue to green and black was around 64.
Nope I hate those people, not to mention those are compound guys. No I hunt with a 1970 Kodiak Hunter. I've been so for the past 2 1/2 seasons. I always wanted to shoot trad ever since I was in the 3rd or 5th grade when I read Fred Bear's Field Notes. I'm more of a Fred Bear buff. If it wasn't for him; I wouldn't moved to trad. Additionally if it wasn't for him; nowhere near as many people would be into archery in general. Just look at my playlist of Fred Bear. Not all, but most have something to do with him in some way or another. I was always meaning to put a date to them and line them up chronologically.
Whats crazy to me is that Fred could actually estimate the distance in this arctic environment. LOL This would be hard enough with a 2016 modern compound system fitted with the finest accessories money could buy! ...... Yall who bow hunt know exactly what im talking about......Mad respect to ya Fred ...RIP
@Marbles McGee ... Yeaaaa,, Nobody denies that dumb ass... Thats not what he was saying.. He was highlighting the challenges of navigating optical illusions which comes from environments with few contrasting colors or ranging topography i,e Arctic and Desert, Ocean... "People have hunted with bows for thousands of years." And for thousands of years, people who hunted with bows were often killed or got lost and starved... It still does not take away the challenges and danger that Fred Bear experienced. Stupid comment
I’ve seen the mount for that bear in person when it was part of Fred’s trophy exhibit at the Gainesville, Florida factory. It’s paws were bigger than a pie plate...a very scary full body mount.
Sorta but not really traditional archery/hunting. Old school archers were true hunters who needed no guides...true bushmen that knew how to survive, trak, kill and keep surviving! I respect Fred Bear. He put in work. But i cant cosign on his greatness without acknowledging the fact that his great hunts were on the backs of anonymous local guides that kept everyone...imcluding the camera team alive!
@@icebergo6 yo dipshit .... That's hunters safety 101. Don't hunt alone. A logical idea is a local guide. It's commonplace for men to hunt in packs. You don't own the history of hunting.
@@ritotron5752 "Yo Dipshit" That's not the point.. You can't call this shit"Traditional Archery" Back Before the white man showed up with their boom sticks and STDs, it was the native Indian who practiced what is called traditional Archery... yes they hunted in packs, But there weren't 5 Tribesmen covering the Archers six while he snuck up on a wild buffalo.... It was truly Man vs beast.. if their arrows didn't hit the mark, There wasn't someone ready to put 5 slugs into its head as it charged you... Arrows fail, only thing left is yer knife fighting skills... lmao
@@ritotron5752 Dont get me wrong, I have no problem with the hunting techniques shown in the video.... But he's never in any real danger... He's got way to much firepower behind him to call this shit "traditional"
In the early '80s my best friend Lloyd had a Fred Bear Alaskan compound and the limb broke. So we called the company and he talked to Fred himself and he had him a new bow within 3 days back then. Hey God bless Fred Bear a wonderful human being and a great american.
I’m 47 watched his hunts as a kid always been intrigued at how he was in tune as a hunter always watched old fishing shows too been an outdoors man all my lofe
Sheesh. . . 25 days?!?!?! I get a little bummed when I get skunked on a weekend hunt ;-) Fred Bear was the man, and way way tougher and more patient than I.
We cut our bow hunters teeth on those old Bear broadheads with the bleeder inserts. All we had back in the early to mid 1970’s was the recurve bow. I had and old Bear Grizzly. Wish Fred could see today the great sport that he started. Many thanks Mr. Bear.
I had a 20# Bear youth bow when I was around 5 or 6 and over the years spent hours and hours in my back yard shooting. Then years later when I was about 35 a man in my church took me deer hunting with a bow for the first time and loaned me a recurve. I went in the back yard and practiced and found that it is rather like riding a bike, but you still needed to practice. He loaned me a bow and some arrows and the broadheads were those very same Fred Bear broadheads shown on this video and I shot my very first deer that day in December around Nowata, Oklahoma. That started me on my journey to become a bow hunter. I shot that deer and many more later on with a Bear compound and I have gone full circle back to a recurve. Hope to get another one this year. Thanks Fred for the inspiration.
Polar Bear Hunting stopped up here in the late 70s. I work in Prudhoe not far from where they are at. It’s brutally cold in the winter and I work outside it that crap. Can’t imagine living outside in a tent for a month in it. Fred was the real deal.
What a Jewel of a classic Fred Bear hunting video that was preserved with good quality when you consider the cameras used in the 1950s. Like one mentioned below to want to hunt for 20 plus days in bitter cold to get a chance at a Polar Bear says a lot about how serious Fred was about his hunts, pappy he was successful.
I saw Fred bear when I was a young kid in the 60's doing a trick shooting competition and got hooked on Archery right then and loved it every since, I used compound, recurves and crossbows, all bear of course, I also hunt with rifles, shotguns and even pistols, bless my soul, I love it All!!
unreal. and the guy's at bear camp cry when it rain's or is too windy. and they have a warm cabin to go back to. and truck with heater's. Fred was a bad ass.
Skidoo tundra . In Alaska people still have those exact snow machines. They are easy to fix in the field and repair in the village and bullet proof. Although outdated. They still make a version of the tundra which is still very simple but reliable for tundra work compared to most sleds today.
Dave Alexander maybe I’m thinking skandic? Idk maybe I’m thinking earlier 2000s but many Alaskans still use those sleds. Also you can still work on new sleds my buddy works on his all the time and he has a summit 800. My sleds are 96 Indy sks and 600 triple zrt. Haven’t dropped the dough on a newer sled yet but I can tell you that 500 Indy motor is bullet proof. Just keeps going and going. Light enough to dig out and lift by one guy and nimble. Not fast like the Zrt but also doesn’t need the maintenance that a triple demands. I’m thinking 90sto early 2000s skandic or tundras are common in remote areas for utilitiy sleds. They also run other cheaper sleds like Yamaha bravo and Indy’s but I’d say the tundra is 75% and other brands models make up the rest. Now in town and city most guys around here run long track mountain sleds summit and Polaris 800 etc. guys with some money get those bearcats for utility sleds but they also seem to need more work to keep running also. Slide made a trailer that goes with the old tundras also I’ve seen a few of them around here also. It’s cool to see snowmachine aka snowmobile aka sno-go history up here with all the old sleds that aren’t around anymore in many places and they still run.
That would crazy too stalk a polar bear, those men have balls too be in those conditions for so long and too stalk a polar bear! Fred bears the man among men
They added fake bear growls in the screening room to make the bear sound more threatening. Sounded more like short snips of muffled lion bellowing. Polar Bears don't sound like that nor do they vocalize when still let alone while running. There vocalization is more of a heavy breath grunt. Polar Bears are generally silent as they need to be when stalking or sitting at a breathing hole.
Remember the show (American Sportsman) where Fred Bear missed the shot. The bear--a huge grizzly--suddenly stood up right in front of Fred and he let loose quicker than he wanted, I guess. The arrow flew right over the bear's head. Very suspenseful.
Hysterical. Those snowmobiles look like Tonka Toys. Guessing maybe this is from an episode of American Sportsman with Curt Gowdy. American Sportsman was am incredible show.
Hunted for 25 days straight in conditions like that before they ever saw any bear sign. Wow.. Now that's MEN ladies and gentlemen. They don't make them like that anymore.
@ronald filkins So what about the seals that the bear eats? I'm not exactly saying I would hunt just for sport but I don't know if I can say this is shameful.
Dorsal Fin - don't know what you think of Rush Limbaugh but YEARS/decades ago I heard him say "if you want to guarantee the survival of anything, figure out how to make money with it." Wise words to live by as deer and Turkey were a RARE commodity when I was a kid but the resurgence of hunting for sport has contributed to a huge comeback. I'm glad you see the benefits.
Howard Hill was the KING of bow hunters. Founded the 1 shot club, did the stunt shooting in Robin Hood(Errol Flynn), and has the longest recorded elk bow kill(125yrds) Also Look up Bill Moomy
Most of the comments I am seeing are from the younger brainwashed ECO kids that have no idea what life was like in the first half of the twentieth century. Everyone had toys of cowboys shooting at indians. We had hunts and guns and wars and things were bad and people and animals died. That was the way it was. Every kid had a rifle or a bb gun as a present at some point. This was only a half century after the last indian slaughter recorded as wounded knee. People didn't think like they think now. You can't blame this man for doing this 60 years ago. He didn't know that a bunch of wimpy people would be offended in 60 years. He would laugh in your face and send you out to pet the bear first I would imagine. Use a little common sense when it comes to historical films like this. It was not shot yesterday for crying out loud!
it's not the video that disturbs me it's all the comments and insults at everyone passes to each other that disturbs me the man was hunting legally on an animal at the time was not portrayed as that threatened another on the threatened list it was still illegal for him to hunt that and therefore it should be not even up to debate on whether it's right or wrong we do not judge you on your hobbies so why judge the hunter on his most hunters Goodwill in the creative make the suffering very little make the death quick and collect your prize what is hunting for your family to put food on the table or hunting for that one trophy that you've always on the take it's just like the car guy always seeking the shoebox Ford where the motorcyclist seeking the knucklehead or that plant collector who's always looking for the rarest of plants everyone has their own Hobbies so I don't us who choose not to hunt step off and leave the hunters who choose to alone
How do you know that Fred didn't give the bear meat to the local inuit? The pelt definitely wasn't wasted. The animal was killed quickly and painlessly, I do not see how this is any more unethical than a farmer killing a cow. The only argument you can make is that the species is vulnerable, but hunting with a limited license addresses this.
:) classic bow hunts for sure :) , also classic set up scripts :) just the way it was, and i watched many of em. my grandpa was the spittin image of fred, except 11`` shorter and right-handed.
I've had several recurves, my first one was when I was eight years old it was a Ted Williams 35lb.pull. Anyway I actually use a Bear nowadays. I've never been polar bear hunting or hunting in Africa for big game. I've been fortunate enough to kill lots of deer on our gorgeous Eastern Shore of Virginia. I'm not a big turkey hunter although I've killed probably 15 or twenty turkeys over the years. My friend has a crossbow and after I shot it it wasn't much different between a rifle and the crossbow in my eyes. He has a scope mounted on it and it's easy to load. I'll stick with my recurve. My hat is definitely off to Fread Bear,a great sportsman. I think 35 yards is definitely my Max. I can normally hit my mark the size of a quarter everytime but I've been doing this for 45years.
"Hey Fred, we made it" Fred: "Huh!?" "Hey Fred, I'm rich and stupid" Fred: "Huh!?" "Hey Fred, I stay at camp, you go hunt and II take your trophy home" Fred: "Huh!?"
Man. I'd love to bow hunt a polar bear!That pelt would look great in my den , draped over the Coca Cola cooler I keep down there!I could post the picture on Facebook with the saying;"See kids?This is what drinking Coke will do to ya!
Number one way to get a polar bear quick.Cut a hole in the ice.Then place pea,s all the way around the hole.Wait until the bear come,s to take a pea.Then as quickly as possible,kick him in the ice hole.Worked like a charm for me,didn,t have to hunt but a couple of hour,s,and the shot was less than 2 feet max.
I love Fred Bear since I was a kid…but he should have gone to Churchill, Manitoba and set up at the municipal garbage dump! He would have bagged a bear in 25 minutes rather than busting his bottom in that cold for 25 days!
a lot of you are wrong....fred bear was the grandfather of modern traditional archery back then US citizens were aloud to import them back to the US not any more americans can go to Canada or another country that is in the artic but none of the polar bear is aloud back into the us..
As long as you thoroughly inspect your weapon before and after every hunt looking for the usual suspects such as Cracking on the limbs/risers, Fraying or damaged String.. Just Keep your string waxed and you shouldn't have any issues Shooting a LB in sub-zero temps... With that said, its actually the Heat that you need to worry about... The #1 mistake people make with LBs and really any type of bow... Their ignorance when it comes to Bow storage in the off season. just toss it in the shed, or in the back of a trunk, Few 100°+ weeks go by and they nearly shit themselves when a bomb goes off in their trunk... High heat+bowstrings under high pressure= Ticking time bomb....
Disclaimer- it is rare for any bow to blow up from just heat alone, many factors can come into play..Sure it may not blow up in your trunk, All I'm insinuating is it's not a great choice for storing your beautiful bow...
I am 71 now many years ago in 1965 my brother and I were enrolled at an archery club to take lessons we were young but had been shooting a couple years respectively. It was our second weekend of lessons my brother and I were dropped of early as usual to get a little practice in before lessons. In those days hunting was part of life and a great part. We lived on a farm but dad was a avid bow hunter and would bring magazines home on hunting,trapping so we knew who Mr Bear was. That day while waiting for lessons to start a man with a brown hat walked in the door with our coach that man was Mr Fred Bear It turns out they wear boyhood friends. The coach called us over and introduce us The man we all looked up to. That day each of us were given a brand new bow Bear of course and a dozen arrows. I will never forget that day or the man and I still have that bow. Many years later I would meet the man in the brown hat when he came by invitation to the
bow shop I then owned. He was a wonderful kind man. Thought I would share this story. Blessings
Dave Alexander So glad your still shooting that was an awesome story. I wish the old days were still here God Bless
Be blessed and thank you for sharing your experiences with this truly legendary Bow master.
Very kool great sport loved it for over 50 years
Cool story - I never met Fred Bear myself, but I knew who he was. I learned to shoot a bow with one of his recurves when I was around twelve. I still hunt with a Fred Bear recurve I inherited from my father that my grandfather bought for him. Fred Bear is the original Great White Hunter.
I’m 56yo and started shooting a bear grizzly in 1976, I was 12. I never got to meet Mr Bear but out of respect to him and what his products have mean to me, I was out shopping at a good will store and came upon an old end table that was from the early 60s. I opened the leaf lid and inside was an old Bear catalog from 1972. I bought and restored the table and restored the catalog, I just could not let someone throw that away.
That is so cool,. Fred bear hunting Curt Gowdy narrating. Brings back a lot of memories. We truly have the best country in the world. God bless the USA
It makes the Artic the best country in the word.
The best country in the world died when America was born.
@@Firstthunder you mean Arctic
@@breakfast917 I did. Thanks.
Joe Biden and the democraps are destroying USA now.
At Cabela's in Dundee, Michigan. They have a Polar bear mount that was shot by Fred Bear.
THE MAN,THE MYTH,THE LEGEND!!!!
Reading about Fred Bear in the 60's got me interested in bowhunting. My first bow was a Fred Bear Grizzly Recurve. That #55 pound bow allowed me to take my first doe at age 14. I had taken my first buck with a rifle at age 13. I hunted with a bow all my life until I had my stroke at age 55 and could no longer pull one back. But, videos like this one help me to remember all those great hunts and days in the field with good friends. Thanks Fred for a lifetime of memories. R.I.P. my friend.
Get a crossbow
Whats amazing to me is that they actually got the shot on film. Much respect to the camera operator.
It's not hard when you bait it.
Yea and you could be the Bait !
Love the vernacular of the time!
“Gee Fred, that’s an awfully sharp tip.”
“Well sure that’s the key to the whole thing.”
😏
Fred Bear was the greatest who ever lived.
Yes imagine estimating distance in the arctic snow.
No range finder back then no sight pins just a recurve .
Fred motivated a lot of us in a very positive way. You won’t find liars, crooks or dope heads among Fred’s disciples.
not exactly tree stand hunting,this is real adventure.almost a month in the arctic would test ones endurance and tenacity to the limit.
Still, driving up to one on a snow sled only to walk and trot a little is not like walking 6 miles one way in the tundra to stalk a bull caribou.or walk up half a mountain side after sheep or goats.
For many years I've been an admirer of Mr. Bear, an honorable hunter.a roll model of my youth.
This footage is from the 1950s you dope. There was no endangered species list then. Fred Baer (the legend) has been dead since 1988. He was 86. The best to ever do it. The definition of mans man.
Actually its more around 1966. The bow bear was using was a 64 or 65 kodiak with a 8 arrow quiver. Both spring arms are painted white. This show was made for the CBS show "the american sportsman" with Curt Goudy as commentator. Bear's arrows were in a green box. The change from white and blue to green and black was around 64.
Sonicguy95 Bow buff spotted! You sound like one of those guys who buys the latest bow each season.
Nope I hate those people, not to mention those are compound guys.
No I hunt with a 1970 Kodiak Hunter. I've been so for the past 2 1/2 seasons. I always wanted to shoot trad ever since I was in the 3rd or 5th grade when I read Fred Bear's Field Notes.
I'm more of a Fred Bear buff. If it wasn't for him; I wouldn't moved to trad. Additionally if it wasn't for him; nowhere near as many people would be into archery in general.
Just look at my playlist of Fred Bear. Not all, but most have something to do with him in some way or another. I was always meaning to put a date to them and line them up chronologically.
Sonicguy95 Not only are those bows traditional, but personally I think they are much more beautiful than the compounds.
Wyatt Collins Hell of a lot harder to shoot too. But also more fun and artistic almost.
Whats crazy to me is that Fred could actually estimate the distance in this arctic environment. LOL This would be hard enough with a 2016 modern compound system fitted with the finest accessories money could buy! ...... Yall who bow hunt know exactly what im talking about......Mad respect to ya Fred ...RIP
People have hunted with bows for thousands of years. All of them estimated the distance the game was at. Fred is no better than any of them.
@Marbles McGee ... Yeaaaa,, Nobody denies that dumb ass... Thats not what he was saying.. He was highlighting the challenges of navigating optical illusions which comes from environments with few contrasting colors or ranging topography i,e Arctic and Desert, Ocean...
"People have hunted with bows for thousands of years."
And for thousands of years, people who hunted with bows were often killed or got lost and starved... It still does not take away the challenges and danger that Fred Bear experienced.
Stupid comment
@@tc1817 he isnt better than all of them but id bet money hes better than some of them
@warshipsatin8764 well no shit
I’ve seen the mount for that bear in person when it was part of Fred’s trophy exhibit at the Gainesville, Florida factory. It’s paws were bigger than a pie plate...a very scary full body mount.
I saw it in Grayling , Mi before they moved to FLA. It was large!
Great to hear Curt Gowdy's voice again.
That wasn’t curt Gowdy voice.
@@cappystrano1 Yes it is.
No rangefinder, not sight pins, no compound let-off. This is traditional archery.
Randy Sandberg Just how I like it.
Sorta but not really traditional archery/hunting. Old school archers were true hunters who needed no guides...true bushmen that knew how to survive, trak, kill and keep surviving! I respect Fred Bear. He put in work. But i cant cosign on his greatness without acknowledging the fact that his great hunts were on the backs of anonymous local guides that kept everyone...imcluding the camera team alive!
@@icebergo6 yo dipshit .... That's hunters safety 101. Don't hunt alone. A logical idea is a local guide.
It's commonplace for men to hunt in packs.
You don't own the history of hunting.
@@ritotron5752 "Yo Dipshit" That's not the point.. You can't call this shit"Traditional Archery" Back Before the white man showed up with their boom sticks and STDs, it was the native Indian who practiced what is called traditional Archery... yes they hunted in packs, But there weren't 5 Tribesmen covering the Archers six while he snuck up on a wild buffalo.... It was truly Man vs beast.. if their arrows didn't hit the mark, There wasn't someone ready to put 5 slugs into its head as it charged you... Arrows fail, only thing left is yer knife fighting skills... lmao
@@ritotron5752 Dont get me wrong, I have no problem with the hunting techniques shown in the video.... But he's never in any real danger... He's got way to much firepower behind him to call this shit "traditional"
Tough, brave dudes! Super video from the 1960's. Very cool.
Sounds like Curt Gowdy narrates this. He used to host "American Sportsman" I used to watch it every sunday.
Great shows
In the early '80s my best friend Lloyd had a Fred Bear Alaskan compound and the limb broke. So we called the company and he talked to Fred himself and he had him a new bow within 3 days back then. Hey God bless Fred Bear a wonderful human being and a great american.
I love his shooting style. So fluid and natural.
I’m 47 watched his hunts as a kid always been intrigued at how he was in tune as a hunter always watched old fishing shows too been an outdoors man all my lofe
Sheesh. . . 25 days?!?!?! I get a little bummed when I get skunked on a weekend hunt ;-) Fred Bear was the man, and way way tougher and more patient than I.
Fred bear was bad ass
Understatement!
The lion noises were a great touch. What badass dudes.
He was a truly amazing man. I can't even begin to imagine.
We cut our bow hunters teeth on those old Bear broadheads with the bleeder inserts. All we had back in the early to mid 1970’s was the recurve bow. I had and old Bear Grizzly. Wish Fred could see today the great sport that he started. Many thanks Mr. Bear.
Mad respect to Fred Bear, this is probably the ultimate hunting challenge
25 days out there until they found a bear track. -35 degrees.. Holy shit. That is some serious dedication.
Clay Robert -35 not counting wind chill!!
No gortex or fancy outfits either. Dude was dedicated for real
Man crazy
I had a snow Mobile not much newer then that ski door, I bought it used an some one painted (mean bitch) on it an it was lol
I had a 20# Bear youth bow when I was around 5 or 6 and over the years spent hours and hours in my back yard shooting. Then years later when I was about 35 a man in my church took me deer hunting with a bow for the first time and loaned me a recurve. I went in the back yard and practiced and found that it is rather like riding a bike, but you still needed to practice. He loaned me a bow and some arrows and the broadheads were those very same Fred Bear broadheads shown on this video and I shot my very first deer that day in December around Nowata, Oklahoma. That started me on my journey to become a bow hunter. I shot that deer and many more later on with a Bear compound and I have gone full circle back to a recurve. Hope to get another one this year. Thanks Fred for the inspiration.
Wow I'm glad to here your story, I thought that the man from church was going to be a molester sorry
Polar Bear Hunting stopped up here in the late 70s. I work in Prudhoe not far from where they are at. It’s brutally cold in the winter and I work outside it that crap. Can’t imagine living outside in a tent for a month in it. Fred was the real deal.
What a Jewel of a classic Fred Bear hunting video that was preserved with good quality when you consider the cameras used in the 1950s. Like one mentioned below to want to hunt for 20 plus days in bitter cold to get a chance at a Polar Bear says a lot about how serious Fred was about his hunts, pappy he was successful.
-35 isn't bitter cold, up there it's spring time.
Fred Bear is the reason I shoot traditional archery. Would have given anything to meet him
I saw Fred bear when I was a young kid in the 60's doing a trick shooting competition and got hooked on Archery right then and loved it every since, I used compound, recurves and crossbows, all bear of course, I also hunt with rifles, shotguns and even pistols, bless my soul, I love it All!!
I'm close to 80years old, I've heard of and read, and seen pictures of Fred Bear. But this was the first time seeing him in action. Very impressive.
The guide and Fred were the bait. Tbey just needed to find a hungry bear..... downwind of em..
Go get em Fred!!!
Love those old snowmobiles. Those were the days.
unreal. and the guy's at bear camp cry when it rain's or is too windy. and they have a warm cabin to go back to. and truck with heater's. Fred was a bad ass.
8 horse power sleds ? wow
LMAO that's what I said.
Skidoo tundra . In Alaska people still have those exact snow machines. They are easy to fix in the field and repair in the village and bullet proof. Although outdated. They still make a version of the tundra which is still very simple but reliable for tundra work compared to most sleds today.
Dave Alexander maybe I’m thinking skandic? Idk maybe I’m thinking earlier 2000s but many Alaskans still use those sleds. Also you can still work on new sleds my buddy works on his all the time and he has a summit 800. My sleds are 96 Indy sks and 600 triple zrt. Haven’t dropped the dough on a newer sled yet but I can tell you that 500 Indy motor is bullet proof. Just keeps going and going. Light enough to dig out and lift by one guy and nimble. Not fast like the Zrt but also doesn’t need the maintenance that a triple demands. I’m thinking 90sto early 2000s skandic or tundras are common in remote areas for utilitiy sleds. They also run other cheaper sleds like Yamaha bravo and Indy’s but I’d say the tundra is 75% and other brands models make up the rest. Now in town and city most guys around here run long track mountain sleds summit and Polaris 800 etc. guys with some money get those bearcats for utility sleds but they also seem to need more work to keep running also. Slide made a trailer that goes with the old tundras also I’ve seen a few of them around here also. It’s cool to see snowmachine aka snowmobile aka sno-go history up here with all the old sleds that aren’t around anymore in many places and they still run.
Chad Klaren braap.
Looks like my old skidoo some one painted mean bitch on it an it was lol
I remember watching this on the old American Sportsman TV show
Bear versus Bear. Bear wins.
+Florin M But wich one i have read this comment for ten months and still cant figure out witch one bear or bear
bear.
It was bear
CURT GOWDY is the best narrator of all time, AMERICAN SPORTSMAN WAS HIS BEST WORK , never see another like him !!!!
That would crazy too stalk a polar bear, those men have balls too be in those conditions for so long and too stalk a polar bear! Fred bears the man among men
They added fake bear growls in the screening room to make the bear sound more threatening. Sounded more like short snips of muffled lion bellowing. Polar Bears don't sound like that nor do they vocalize when still let alone while running. There vocalization is more of a heavy breath grunt. Polar Bears are generally silent as they need to be when stalking or sitting at a breathing hole.
I was going to comment this, I wish the big fucks would make some/any noise.
Remember the show (American Sportsman) where Fred Bear missed the shot. The bear--a huge grizzly--suddenly stood up right in front of Fred and he let loose quicker than he wanted, I guess. The arrow flew right over the bear's head. Very suspenseful.
Hysterical. Those snowmobiles look like Tonka Toys. Guessing maybe this is from an episode of American Sportsman with Curt Gowdy. American Sportsman was am incredible show.
A lot of those old sleds still run, to this day. Say the same about any modern sled in 50 years? I doubt it.
Hunted for 25 days straight in conditions like that before they ever saw any bear sign. Wow.. Now that's MEN ladies and gentlemen. They don't make them like that anymore.
@ronald filkins So what about the seals that the bear eats? I'm not exactly saying I would hunt just for sport but I don't know if I can say this is shameful.
Yeah he was humble and cool..a rare thing in 2021
Fred Bear once tried to hunt Chuck Norris in the Arctic But Chuck stayed under the ice flow 25 days to elude Fred.
Underrated comment. 💯💯💯
On the 26th day Chuck rose from the ice...and Fred was gone
And this was good
I'm a vegan but i support sustainable hunting
Dorsal Fin heck I’m a hunter and I support and understand vegans !👍😃
Thank u for being open minded
How do you know if someone is vegan or into CrossFit? Don't worry they'll tell you 😁😬
What about gummy bears?
Dorsal Fin - don't know what you think of Rush Limbaugh but YEARS/decades ago I heard him say "if you want to guarantee the survival of anything, figure out how to make money with it." Wise words to live by as deer and Turkey were a RARE commodity when I was a kid but the resurgence of hunting for sport has contributed to a huge comeback. I'm glad you see the benefits.
Imagine that -35 degree air burning ur lungs when ur trying to stalk... I get winded otw back to my truck lol
Yea Fred. My boyhood hero, still.
Men of men. An extremely rare breed.
A true legend !
Fred Bear was my hero he was a bunch of people’s hero
Great bear noises they added in.
I thought they were lion or tiger roars...lol
Fred Bear was a badass! Long before under armor
Nice to see the new sleds are out.
Not shocked it’s Fred. Dude is a straight beast.
I had a Fred bear #55 pound bow in the 60s, also the great true hunter
Fred bear was not just any Hunter he was a one in a billion hunter
Nothing but a legend.
Crazy cool! I have a picture of me in my teens standing in front of one of Fred’s polar bears taken many many years ago
Thanks for posting
Howard Hill was the KING of bow hunters. Founded the 1 shot club, did the stunt shooting in Robin Hood(Errol Flynn), and has the longest recorded elk bow kill(125yrds) Also Look up Bill Moomy
@mtman2 Also Glenn St Charles, a Seattle legend and contemporary of Bear.
Most of the comments I am seeing are from the younger brainwashed ECO kids that have no idea what life was like in the first half of the twentieth century. Everyone had toys of cowboys shooting at indians. We had hunts and guns and wars and things were bad and people and animals died. That was the way it was. Every kid had a rifle or a bb gun as a present at some point. This was only a half century after the last indian slaughter recorded as wounded knee. People didn't think like they think now. You can't blame this man for doing this 60 years ago. He didn't know that a bunch of wimpy people would be offended in 60 years. He would laugh in your face and send you out to pet the bear first I would imagine. Use a little common sense when it comes to historical films like this. It was not shot yesterday for crying out loud!
Yup. Society has degraded at a horrific level since those golden years. This generation is a bunch of politically correct pansies.
You are both goofs
LOL
@@DutchKingVanDERhorn you're a drama queen loser.
8:58 check out exemplary safe firearm handling techniques. 🤣🤣🤣 Fred Bear was lucky he wasn’t Fred Meat with that dude behind him.
I thought the same thing,His Mama didn,t teach hin very well,not to ever point a barrel in any one,s direction.
Lol no doubt
@Dave Alexander I doubt they were running around in that country without a shell in the chamber,
They look like aliens hunting on the earth
I like the bear growls sounds like a lion
it's not the video that disturbs me it's all the comments and insults at everyone passes to each other that disturbs me the man was hunting legally on an animal at the time was not portrayed as that threatened another on the threatened list it was still illegal for him to hunt that and therefore it should be not even up to debate on whether it's right or wrong we do not judge you on your hobbies so why judge the hunter on his most hunters Goodwill in the creative make the suffering very little make the death quick and collect your prize what is hunting for your family to put food on the table or hunting for that one trophy that you've always on the take it's just like the car guy always seeking the shoebox Ford where the motorcyclist seeking the knucklehead or that plant collector who's always looking for the rarest of plants everyone has their own Hobbies so I don't us who choose not to hunt step off and leave the hunters who choose to alone
it was legal for him to hunt that my phone is very buggy and so is typing the wrong words
How do you know that Fred didn't give the bear meat to the local inuit? The pelt definitely wasn't wasted. The animal was killed quickly and painlessly, I do not see how this is any more unethical than a farmer killing a cow. The only argument you can make is that the species is vulnerable, but hunting with a limited license addresses this.
You said nothing in your comment Carson.
Hell with the ignorant snowflakes
Well said bro
:) classic bow hunts for sure :) , also classic set up scripts :) just the way it was, and i watched many of em. my grandpa was the spittin image of fred, except 11`` shorter and right-handed.
I've had several recurves, my first one was when I was eight years old it was a Ted Williams 35lb.pull. Anyway I actually use a Bear nowadays. I've never been polar bear hunting or hunting in Africa for big game. I've been fortunate enough to kill lots of deer on our gorgeous Eastern Shore of Virginia. I'm not a big turkey hunter although I've killed probably 15 or twenty turkeys over the years. My friend has a crossbow and after I shot it it wasn't much different between a rifle and the crossbow in my eyes. He has a scope mounted on it and it's easy to load. I'll stick with my recurve. My hat is definitely off to Fread Bear,a great sportsman. I think 35 yards is definitely my Max. I can normally hit my mark the size of a quarter everytime but I've been doing this for 45years.
So you want a cookie or some shit
How many people can afford to take a month long expedition to do any type of hunting? Lucky Bastards!
I’m just now going back to a recurve bow want to get back to my roots
Awesome!!!
I think this was from the American Sportsman TV series about 1966.
Very unusual looking snow mobiles
"Hey Fred, we made it"
Fred: "Huh!?"
"Hey Fred, I'm rich and stupid"
Fred: "Huh!?"
"Hey Fred, I stay at camp, you go hunt and II take your trophy home"
Fred: "Huh!?"
It is an amazing product
Lord. And I thought setting my deer camp tent up in some wind next to a corn field was tough.
Check out those canvas pup tents , we had the same exact tent growing up . Cool hunt under tough conditions
Man. I'd love to bow hunt a polar bear!That pelt would look great in my den , draped over the Coca Cola cooler I keep down there!I could post the picture on Facebook with the saying;"See kids?This is what drinking Coke will do to ya!
In about 1995 I shot a Timberwolf with a bow near Gunflint trail on the Canada US border
Craziness! Bear Fever.? Its always great when a man gets to do something he is truly passionate about. Like hunting.
Fred was good! He didn't make mistakes!
That's Chuck Norris carrying Fred's arrows.
I had Broad heads like these....
I have woody's with them on them an 2 dozen extras, all hand made, with real feathers
My first bow was a bear
Way too cold for me. LOL 😂
Go fred
Number one way to get a polar bear quick.Cut a hole in the ice.Then place pea,s all the way around the hole.Wait until the bear come,s to take a pea.Then as quickly as possible,kick him in the ice hole.Worked like a charm for me,didn,t have to hunt but a couple of hour,s,and the shot was less than 2 feet max.
I love Fred Bear since I was a kid…but he should have gone to Churchill, Manitoba and set up at the municipal garbage dump! He would have bagged a bear in 25 minutes rather than busting his bottom in that cold for 25 days!
a lot of you are wrong....fred bear was the grandfather of modern traditional archery back then US citizens were aloud to import them back to the US not any more americans can go to Canada or another country that is in the artic but none of the polar bear is aloud back into the us..
Fred bear makes steve rinella look like a punk
Whitetail and mule deer
that bear is in the airport in anchorage alaska
Looks like a 1961-65 Ski-Doo Chalet. Don't think they had that model in the 50s.
Where, in the name of God, did Fred Bear find a Crystal Iceberg in the same sea that Nansen wound up in?
absolute chad
It must have been awesome when hunting was a right not a privilege.
Killing an innocent animals can give joy only to inhuman monsters..not to real human
@@nipponmukherjee8609 ya I'm sure you would rather have them starve to death instead because there population is too high for their environment.
@@trevorlarson5333 really?? That's why they are endangered now??
Been shooting Fred Bear recurves since the mid 1960's. No compounds.
In reality, without the backup guns, Fred probably would have been eaten on the first attempt
They used to get hunted with spears if you can believe it. One even got a Darwin death by not being able to breathe through a mitten.
I've always wondered if shooting my longbow throughout the winter was hard on it but these guys are doing it without worry
As long as you thoroughly inspect your weapon before and after every hunt looking for the usual suspects such as Cracking on the limbs/risers, Fraying or damaged String.. Just Keep your string waxed and you shouldn't have any issues Shooting a LB in sub-zero temps...
With that said, its actually the Heat that you need to worry about...
The #1 mistake people make with LBs and really any type of bow... Their ignorance when it comes to Bow storage in the off season. just toss it in the shed, or in the back of a trunk, Few 100°+ weeks go by and they nearly shit themselves when a bomb goes off in their trunk... High heat+bowstrings under high pressure= Ticking time bomb....
Disclaimer- it is rare for any bow to blow up from just heat alone, many factors can come into play..Sure it may not blow up in your trunk, All I'm insinuating is it's not a great choice for storing your beautiful bow...
The string would be my worry
@@robertswenson6009 to date the coldest I've shot was -20 Celsius. It was with a 43# chek-mate crusader made of yew with a bamboo core.
I have shot my compound bow at under 32 farenheit no problem but if string is not waxed well an get wet it will break