Guessing this is 1940s? Fred looks young and film is silent. Films from the 1950's had sound and maybe a little better quality. Fred was one of my inspirations for archery and bowhunting growing up. Got my first bow when I was six. Been shooting them for 51 years now. Never gets old. Still shooting Bear recurves to this day. One of my recurves is from 1963, bought from the original owner that bought it new.
My question would be, wouldn't the scent of fresh meat draw grizzly bears to camp? I see the meat cache, but fish guts and skins or the remnants will definitely draw bears. Don't ask me how I know that.
No. He hit them perfectly every time and they were just laying dead not too far away. Never had any blood trail problems or anything. Yep. Amazing ain’t it. 😂🤣😂
What do you mean "just for the trophy"? They packed all of the meat out from what was seen and/or narrated. If you mean older animals as "trophys", they are the best and most logical animals to remove from a population as opposed to juvenile or sub-adult. Not a thing wrong with "trophy hunting" as long as the meat is used.
He obviously didnt shoot the sheep with a bow it was like 200 yards away, also the hole in the thing was obviously a bullet hole. Sorry not tryin to take anything away from him cause he is a great hunter
Wrong......there are few kill shots on film in Fred's movies. He obviously didn't shoot at 200 yds. Sounds like you're just looking for something to complain about bowhunting......wrong hunter to be trying that with. You want a kill shot on video. Look up his kill on a brown bear from 20 ft. Best filmed kill sequence of a bow killed brown bear to this day.
@@bruceyoung8036 I’d agree with that. Bear had mentioned how annoying it was to film hunts. It was his means of advertising his company but he just wasn’t concerned with kill shots. Society was different, its was the world of the gentlemen hunter. Not about getting in a treestand with the excessive interviews and the “smoked him” and “I got the swamp donkey”. And honestly his impact shots are inconsistent. It makes me think he was on the fence about shooting animals get shot to the general public because that could turn potential future bow hunters off. Like we all know hunting you’re going to shoot an animal, do we REALLY have to SEE the shot? And what kind of image does that project to the non hunting audience? Tom Miranda had state police roll up to his house because ESPN got a voice mail with a death threat. And that was the 90s. It wouldn’t surprise me that Bear left some impact shots on the cutting room floor because they weren’t good enough, were just boring, too graphic, or they weren’t captured due to the hunt, cameraman, or technical limitations. He was more concerned with actually hunting and the films were second. If anything his films are more realistic because its was about the experience of the hunt, not the horn porn of today. Really it’s obvious some of the scenes are probably taken after the shot such as the nice stalking and draw back shots. That’s where Bear really put quality in the film at those dramatic moments. You also had a technology challenge shooting all of this on 8mm film and carrying ALL that gear. And it only got worse when he had to do some work with ABC and the American Sportsman. Boy he has a story with the grizzly he shot in 65.
I get they were good hunters but was it that hard ? All they did is walk around on horses and spot wild game then stalk on them. Also no hunting pressure back then...
I love these old Mr.Bear videos lord what a man, a man's man.
The golden age of bow hunting!
The MAN, Fred Bear
Thank you for posting these.
Thanks Fred! I Love the Stone Ram!
Guessing this is 1940s? Fred looks young and film is silent. Films from the 1950's had sound and maybe a little better quality. Fred was one of my inspirations for archery and bowhunting growing up. Got my first bow when I was six. Been shooting them for 51 years now. Never gets old. Still shooting Bear recurves to this day. One of my recurves is from 1963, bought from the original owner that bought it new.
The first hunt was September 7 to October 1957 in British Columbia
The second Grubstake was in Alaska August 16 to September 30 1958
@@Sonicguy95 Fred got around good in rough terrain for that age. 50's.
The good old days, lots of hunting pressure up in that area now
Those were the days! Wish I had met Fred.
Yup
Mike Misch ;me too, or even Howard Hill
Godfather of bowhunting
Modern father of bow hunting
I love these old movies! merry christmas all!
Ah the good old days
freds guide was my grandpa charels quock coldfishlake is where he lived an where mother was born
That’s amazing.
Is the hunting still good there?
Hunting is still good it a park but there is leh now
That's great sure wish I could have been there with them.
Would have been a great experience
Love these I’d like to say it’s all new to me but I watched all these many times 😂
a master of the art
great stuff,thank you.
Great videos.
Fantastic!!!
Fred Bear is one of the best there ever in my opinion
Ahhhh back when these hunts didn’t cost you $30,000
1958 -the grubsteak bowhunt.
Good job
I love how these guys just send arrow at 50-60 yards!
None of these guys wore camouflage back then, and they did just fine,
Damn that was a 60yd shot on the caribou
My grand father was his guide
Do you still live around Coldfishlake?
القوس والسهم ..احبهما حتى الجنون
My question would be, wouldn't the scent of fresh meat draw grizzly bears to camp? I see the meat cache, but fish guts and skins or the remnants will definitely draw bears. Don't ask me how I know that.
What happened to the volume?
Back when men were men and hunted with real bows!
For your viewing pleasure.
I was going to say I wonder how many of these were shot with rifles they didn't get too many killshots I don't think shooting that far away
I guess you aren't familiar with Fred Bear, or what a 65lb recurve is capable of in the right hands.
I seriously doubt any of the animals in Fred's videos were shot with a Rifle he had a Rifle back up when he shot lrg. Dangerous Game. Cheers
@@robertmclean9737 pretty much standard for all guides in Africa regardless if its bow or gun. Fred was a master with the bow
@@mexicois No Kiddin
No. He hit them perfectly every time and they were just laying dead not too far away. Never had any blood trail problems or anything. Yep. Amazing ain’t it. 😂🤣😂
Love hunting, especially with a bow, but i really don't like hunting just for the trophy... If you don't wanna eat it, let it live 🤔
What do you mean "just for the trophy"? They packed all of the meat out from what was seen and/or narrated. If you mean older animals as "trophys", they are the best and most logical animals to remove from a population as opposed to juvenile or sub-adult. Not a thing wrong with "trophy hunting" as long as the meat is used.
My dad killed over 100 mule Deer in 2 States and wore a Red Flannel shirt w/ a recurve. Love Fred's old Videos. Cheers
The proper narrative for th emarmot fight is "Stay away form my botches, BITCH!"
My grandfather had the privilege to shoot with Fred bear on a hunt in the pole
Took out a maaaassive polar bear
He’s what got me into archery
Their too detailed nowadays, here they leave something for the imagination.
a hurt animal always seeks water if it is close.
He's lime Trudeau
He obviously didnt shoot the sheep with a bow it was like 200 yards away, also the hole in the thing was obviously a bullet hole. Sorry not tryin to take anything away from him cause he is a great hunter
Wrong......there are few kill shots on film in Fred's movies. He obviously didn't shoot at 200 yds. Sounds like you're just looking for something to complain about bowhunting......wrong hunter to be trying that with. You want a kill shot on video. Look up his kill on a brown bear from 20 ft. Best filmed kill sequence of a bow killed brown bear to this day.
@@bruceyoung8036 I’d agree with that. Bear had mentioned how annoying it was to film hunts. It was his means of advertising his company but he just wasn’t concerned with kill shots. Society was different, its was the world of the gentlemen hunter. Not about getting in a treestand with the excessive interviews and the “smoked him” and “I got the swamp donkey”. And honestly his impact shots are inconsistent. It makes me think he was on the fence about shooting animals get shot to the general public because that could turn potential future bow hunters off. Like we all know hunting you’re going to shoot an animal, do we REALLY have to SEE the shot? And what kind of image does that project to the non hunting audience?
Tom Miranda had state police roll up to his house because ESPN got a voice mail with a death threat. And that was the 90s. It wouldn’t surprise me that Bear left some impact shots on the cutting room floor because they weren’t good enough, were just boring, too graphic, or they weren’t captured due to the hunt, cameraman, or technical limitations.
He was more concerned with actually hunting and the films were second. If anything his films are more realistic because its was about the experience of the hunt, not the horn porn of today.
Really it’s obvious some of the scenes are probably taken after the shot such as the nice stalking and draw back shots. That’s where Bear really put quality in the film at those dramatic moments.
You also had a technology challenge shooting all of this on 8mm film and carrying ALL that gear. And it only got worse when he had to do some work with ABC and the American Sportsman. Boy he has a story with the grizzly he shot in 65.
I get they were good hunters but was it that hard ? All they did is walk around on horses and spot wild game then stalk on them. Also no hunting pressure back then...
The good old days…plenty of wild unspoiled places to hunt full of game and no big game lotteries with worse odds than power ball!