Reviving a wheel bow

[Lowg08]

I’ve been considering reviving an old bear whitetail hunter wheel bow. Can anyone direct me in the direction of a place to get new cables and strings.

 

[LtMoe66]

I’ve been considering reviving an old bear whitetail hunter wheel bow. Can anyone direct me in the direction of a place to get new cables and strings.

I know my friend converted one over to a Bowfishing rig. When he did he went to Mike’s Bow shop in St. Peter’s,Mo- They ordered parts and redid his. Not sure how long it took to get parts or how hard it was. It was 4 yrs ago before all the supply issues. Good luck!

 

[gumby]

I'm sure you have a good reason, I have owned one and it was not a great bow, never consistent and hard to shoot. Now a Jennings in that era yep go for it.

 

[Exhumis]

I’d say reach out to bear or jump on archery talk. If any place has parts someone there will

 

[Lowg08]

I’d say reach out to bear or jump on archery talk. If any place has parts someone there will

I was looking through bear. I’m wanting to set it up in original form and shoot aluminum arrows and original muzzy out if it with fingers. I believe. Maybe. I think it would be neat to revive one.

 

[Lowg08]

I'm sure you have a good reason, I have owned one and it was not a great bow, never consistent and hard to shoot. Now a Jennings in that era yep go for it.

I don’t know if it’s a good reason just I keep looking at it. Thought man. I’d like to try it. Lol

 

[casts_by_fly]

I was looking through bear. I’m wanting to set it up in original form and shoot aluminum arrows and original muzzy out if it with fingers. I believe. Maybe. I think it would be neat to revive one.

I grew up shooting one just like that. Bear 6-wheel, 2018 arrows, bear 145 cut on contacts, fingers and pins. There’s a reason why paper plate accuracy was a thing.

 

[Maverick1]

I’ve been considering reviving an old bear whitetail hunter wheel bow. Can anyone direct me in the direction of a place to get new cables and strings.

I had one of those, I believe it was the Whitetail II model. It was my second bow, long axle to axle. Good for finger shooting. The strings could be replaced. Not necessarily the cables though, because they were actually cables! LOL. What about the limbs - how are those expected to function after all these years?

 

[woodsdog2]

Hey now I still break this one out once in awhile. I picked it up new in 1992 after grad school. It still stores its 60lb peak weight and the limbs have not been backed down in decades. I think it was ahead of it’s time back in the day with 65% letoff!!

 

[woodsdog2]

It’s definitely not a barn burner though. I chrono’d it this fall while I was working on my other bows and it averaged 215fps with 476 gr arrows!!!

 

[Lowg08]

It’s really in good shape. I’m going to take it to the bow shop and have it gone through. I’m talking aluminum arrows and alll

 

[woodsdog2]

It’s really in good shape. I’m going to take it to the bow shop and have it gone through. I’m talking aluminum arrows and alll

Post some pics of it when you’re done with the build.

 

[Lowg08]

Post some pics of it when you’re done with the build.

I am. I’m probably going to start first of the year. I really like your grip. Did that come on it

 

[woodsdog2]

No I special ordered it from Alpine Archery Back in the day. It’s huge though but in those days we held the bows longer in the hand and you wanted something warm on those cold
Metal risers. When I started most of the popular compounds were wood risers and wood core fiberglass limbs. They were beautiful works of art really!!

 

[Lowg08]

No I special ordered it from Alpine Archery Back in the day. It’s huge though but in those days we held the bows longer in the stand and you wanted something warm on those cold
Metal risers. When I started most of the popular compounds were wood risers and wood core fiberglass limbs. They were beautiful works of art really!!

I’m already going through options to update it a bit but still stay old school. My dad had one but it is too rotten to do anything

 

[Fgirtyman]

I'm sure you have a good reason, I have owned one and it was not a great bow, never consistent and hard to shoot. Now a Jennings in that era yep go for it.

Jennings shooting Star was the best. Lol

 

[John 35]

I’ve been considering reviving an old bear whitetail hunter wheel bow. Can anyone direct me in the direction of a place to get new cables and strings.

I got a new string for my Hoyt tribute from 60x bow strings which is not a common bow but it seemed like they had about any string you could want. I plan to use them again when I replace the cables.

 

[BTaylor]

Jennings shooting Star was the best. Lol

You did mean the Carbon Extreme XLRS didnt you? One of my hunting buddies had one, 31" draw @ 80#. IIRC his hunting setup was 520 grains flying at 305 fps. No animals were not shot full through regardless of angle or bone encountered.