GRAYLING - For folks old enough, the memory of Fred Bear and Bear Archery hold a place of reverence. To this day, the walls of more than a few local establishments in this Crawford County community ...

This story, “Fred Bear at 80,” was published in the March 1982 issue of Outdoor Life. In the early 1940s a seemingly insignificant event took place. A man from New York, who worked for the Corning ...

When the box arrived, I opened it immediately. Enclosed was a soft, vintage-style carrying case with leather handles. Even though I knew what I would find when I unzipped the case, it didn’t lessen ...

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — The Grayling City Council has decided not to proceed, at least for now, with a proposal to rename the city park after Fred Bear, a bow hunting pioneer. The ...

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The organizers of Fred Bear Day are asking the City of Grayling to consider changing the name of its city park. With the unveiling of the Fred Bear statue back ...

An original Fred Bear bow — at least 60 years old, George BeDen estimates — was collecting dust in the Nixa resident's garage until it recently caught the eye of his great grandson. BeDen hunted all ...

Born in Pennsylvania near the turn of the twentieth-century, Fred Bear was drawn along with millions of other young men to Detroit's shining capitalist engine of employment. During the economic ...

Every year around archery season, bow hunters feel a spark of life. It grows and warms us, and eventually it sets us on fire just as autumn erupts. I like to imagine that a little bit of Fred Bear ...