Advice on how to hunt from Fred Bear

[Grouse]

[Jeremy K]

He certainly was a pioneer, he didnt believe in using any of the famcy equipment and gear that wasnt invented yet

[Einsamer Krieger]

Good advice for hunting.   He was all old school.

[rob-c]

For me personally when bow hunting a light drizzle I’ll stay . But if it’s out right raining I’ll pack up. I’m not going to risk if I make a marginal shot and then have the rain wash a light blood trail away . 

[G-Man]

I agree with most ,but no game is worth me getting wet.

[grampy]

Fred Bear. Old school, and still very relevant today.

It's good to think outside the box. But that box should be chock full of basic hunting knowledge, and woodsmanship skills, to be consistently successful.

[Jeremy K]

7 minutes ago, G-Man said:

I agree with most ,but no game is worth me getting wet.

I pulled my hood up one day when a monsoon rolled through and sat it out , my thought process was anyone who sits in this crap will be awarded with a successful hunt from the hunting gods. I went back in that evening empty handed and soaking wet LOL

[Gobbler Chaser]

Fred would scoffed at today's modern compound bows

[grampy]

9 minutes ago, Gobbler Chaser said:

Fred would scoffed at today's modern compound bows

Oh I'm sure he would! But he might just get a kick out of a crossbow!  

[Jeremy K]

13 minutes ago, Gobbler Chaser said:

Fred would scoffed at today's modern compound bows

He would be all over them like a hobo on a ham sandwich. 

[airedale]

Fred's style of hunting was a far cry from what techniques are being used today. He had many hunts that aired on the old ABC American Sportsman TV series and he was not sitting up in a tree, tripod stand or in a ground blind overlooking a pile of corn or a field planted with Deer food as what is shown as hunting on the outdoor channels these days. He was mostly a still hunter-spot and stalk and one of the reasons he liked hunting in the rain, It helps cover noise and scent. 

I do not like getting wet myself but I have had pretty fair luck hunting in rain and have got shooting close to Deer many times sneaking around in it. Get a good set of rain gear and or wear wool and you will be surprised how much rain you can tolerate.

Al

[Nytracker]

Fres bear was awsome . Loved watching the short movies . Had a principal  in grade school that showed alot of nature movies like salmon spawning and Fred Bear archery clips . Loved the pheasant hunting with a recurve  and the bear hunt where he is hiding behind the Boulder.

Always wished they would make a collection. Of his movies on tape or DVD. 

Marty Stauffer wild America wa one my kids grew up watching .

[Jeremy K]

53 minutes ago, airedale said:

Fred's style of hunting was a far cry from what techniques are being used today. He had many hunts that aired on the old ABC American Sportsman TV series and he was not sitting up in a tree, tripod stand or in a ground blind overlooking a pile of corn or a field planted with Deer food as what is shown as hunting on the outdoor channels these days. He was mostly a still hunter-spot and stalk and one of the reasons he liked hunting in the rain, It helps cover noise and scent. 

I do not like getting wet myself but I have had pretty fair luck hunting in rain and have got shooting close to Deer many times sneaking around in it. Get a good set of rain gear and or wear wool and you will be surprised how much rain you can tolerate.

Al

You can watch them on youtube. I watched a few that were ok.

[Grouse]

I started out hunting diving ducks in Raritan Bay.  It rained on us a lot and we always stayed out there if the water wasn't too rough, because that is when the ducks flew a lot.

When I started hunting, I just figured all game animals move more during the rain.  I've killed many deer in rainy weather and find I can get a lot closer to them.  I don't sit in a stand in the rain though.

I'm pretty sure Fred was still alive when Bear archery was making compound bows.  Fred was an instinctive shooter who learned how to shoot a bow like native Americans did, so the compound didn't feel right to him, but I'm sure he saw the advantages in them..

[Gobbler Chaser]

20 hours ago, Jeremy K said:

He would be all over them like a hobo on a ham sandwich. 

Well in that case he would have been all over a modern crossbow like a well aged T-Bone

[Jeremy K]

9 minutes ago, Gobbler Chaser said:

Well in that case he would have been all over a modern crossbow like a well aged T-Bone

Pretty sure he still had his testicles .

[Doc]

22 hours ago, Gobbler Chaser said:

Fred would scoffed at today's modern compound bows

Fred had a pretty decent line of compound bows that he marketed and built. So I am sure that if he were still alive and functioning today, he would be competitive with the best of them. Yes, and he likely would have been selling a line of crossbows too. But I am sure that his favorite hunting weapon would have been his recurve.