PAPA BEAR: The Tax On Archery
One of the most propitious moments of all of my years spent quietly working in Washington, D.C. for our sports...
One of the most propitious moments of all of my years spent quietly working in Washington, D.C. for our sports...
Fred Bear shared with us bits of advice, wisdom, books, newsletters or articles that he felt were worth our time...
Dick Latimer heard the soft chuckle from just outside his office door and knew he had "been had" again. Papa...
No book about Fred Bear could be complete without mentioning the man who probably had the most to do, next...
In the meantime, we had a plant to design and build in Gainesville and a huge job ahead of us...
In 1978 Bear Archery decided to move to Florida. This is the story behind the scenes
Why the strikers targeted Fred Bear and the museum is beyond me, even now, more than a quarter-of-a-century later. Fred...
"Bear Archery has won. The 180 strikers who had walked the picket line daily for more than 400 days have...
In 1976 BEAR ARCHERY was struck by the UAW. "Up until that time the strikers had been our fellow co-workers,...
Fred Bear and I first headed for the woods near camp to get some photos of him drawing and shooting...
An unusual-looking bow sat in the corner of Fred Bear’s office in Grayling. He had taken one look at it...
Immediately following the deaths of the Challenger astronauts I wrote a resolution for the American Archery Council. This resolution passed...
Once the trade show opened in Houston, our Bear Archery booth was awash in young astronauts, the very men who...
One day I jokingly said to Fred Bear that we needed a sign at Grousehaven proclaiming it as the "Bear...
The Bear Archery Getaway - We had groups in for a week at a time, and Bear Archery would spend...
The grossly biased and totally unfair report on "The Guns of Autumn" sparked a battle between anti hunters and hunters...
Our lead article was titled: “WHY YOUR HUNTING IS IN DANGER,” and the issue featured a piece by Gary Sitton....
Anti gun sentiment took hold. Many parents applauded the Kent State killing of “hippie students” and told their youngsters that...
Dick Lattimer and Fred Bear worked with NRA to pass “Two-Season Hunting,” whereby a hunter could harvest a deer with...
In 1979 Gordon and Mimi Bentley and Fred and Henrietta Bear traveled to Washington, D.C. to represent The American Archery...