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  2. Fred Bear - Wikipedia

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    Bow hunter, bowyer. Fred Bear (March 5, 1902 – April 27, 1988) was an American bow hunter and manufacturer. Although he did not start bow hunting until he was 29 and did not master the skill for many years, he is widely regarded as a pioneer in the bow hunting community. Bear was a world traveler, film producer, and the founder of Bear Archery.

  3. Bear Archery - Wikipedia

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    The archery business was named Bear Archery. In 1947 the company moved to a new facility in Grayling, Michigan. The Grayling plant focused on making and marketing recurve bows and longbows in a growing archery market. Bow manufacturing changed from hand-made bows to mass production using fiberglass and other modern materials.

  4. Ben Pearson (bowyer) - Wikipedia

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    Ben Pearson was born November 16, 1898, in Paron, Arkansas. He made his first bow based on articles for Boy Scouts by Dan Beard. In 1926, Pearson entered the state championships using his own equipment; finishing second to last. He made new equipment, and in 1927. he became the Arkansas State Champion. Pearson continued in competitive archery ...

  5. Howard Hill - Wikipedia

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    Howard Hill (born Lemuel Howard Hill and later cited Howard H. Hill; [2] November 13, 1899 – February 4, 1975) was an expert bowman who for over two decades, from the early 1930s into the 1950s, was often introduced or billed as "The World's Greatest Archer". He established the record for winning the most bow-and-arrow field tournaments in ...

  6. History of archery - Wikipedia

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    Longbowmen archers of the Middle Ages.. Archery, or the use of bow and arrows, was probably developed in Africa by the later Middle Stone Age (approx. 70,000 years ago). It is documented as part of warfare and hunting from the classical period (where it figures in the mythologies of many cultures) until the end of the 19th century, when it was made obsolete by the invention and spread of ...

  7. Eskimo archery - Wikipedia

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    Eskimo archery. Traditional Inuit hunters lack the more elastic timbers used to make bows in temperate and tropical parts of the world. Using sinew cords for the back of the bow, and spruce timber or antler for the belly, however, they build very effective weapons. When hunting polar bears, the bows used are powerful enough, if they do not hit ...

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