The following section of Hoyt.com will show you the possible serial number locations on your Hoyt bow: Serial Number positioning varies by model and year. These are the 5 positions where your serial number could be located. Hoyt began adding serial numbers to bows in 2002. Dokapon kingdom stats. Position 1: Located in the recessed area above the grip on the thumb.
Serial # if Bow is Stolen?
- Bear Archery. 817 Maxwell Avenue Evansville, IN 47711.
- Look for any lines indicating date of production. Some compound bows use an encoded serial number to provide the date. For example, Martin Archery uses a code for the serial number that is similar to an auto vehicle identification number (VIN). If you have a serial number with no date, write down the number or take a picture of the stamp.
- Son-in-law bought a Hoyt off E-Bay and needed warrenty work on it. Next thing he knew the FBI was contacting him on who he bought the bow from. Seems the bow came from missing stock from a store in the Northwest chicago Suburb.Big scandle and someone I do believe ended up doing some time. I'd take all the above advice start with a call to Matthews.
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Some guy has offered to sell me a Mathews ZXT fully equipped with arrows, case, sights, release, quiver, and stabilizer for $500 even. How would I reliably confirm it is not stolen if it came from another state? Solid answers please.
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Son-in-law bought a Hoyt off E-Bay and needed warrenty work on it . Next thing he knew the FBI was contacting him on who he bought the bow from. Seems the bow came from missing stock from a store in the Northwest chicago Suburb.Big scandle and someone I do believe ended up doing some time. I'd take all the above advice start with a call to Matthews
12-Mar-14
If you buy it and then figure out it is stolen and report it, more than likely you'll be out 500 and a bow. If you think it's stolen dont buy it or don't see if it is after you bought it. My brother, a highway patrolman, bought 4 guns from a reputable person and then ran seriel numbers. Turned out 3 of 4 were stollen. The guy that sold the guns nephew had stolen them. Luckily the guy that sold them took the hickey.
12-Mar-14
J. Stafford- Thanks for the PM. The individual has offered to text me the serial # and I will in turn send it to you.
12-Mar-14
Do not buy or sell anything of value without insisting on a bill of sale. It can make big difference. If you get a bill of sale that states the condition and is legally owned by the seller you are probably safe from prosecution. If that deal does not feel right even with a bill of sale don't walk away, RUN!
12-Mar-14
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It's funny you say that because my buddy just bought a Ruger stainless steel 10/22 that he saw on craigslist before it was deleted. He paid the guy $60 and then called me to see if it was a good deal. It is his first gun and I told him it was most likely stolen.
12-Mar-14
How on earth would Matthews know if it is stolen? the only thing they are going to have MAYBE is the original buyers name, IF the bow shop that originally sold it forwarded the sale info back to Matthews. Here is an option, if you get the number contact Matthews with the ser# and try to find out what Bow shop it was shipped to, that's where I would go and then the trail just gets longer from there.
13-Mar-14
If the warranty card was processed, Matthews would have the shop and original owners information. You might be able to track the original owner down and ask him about the bow.
13-Mar-14
by the time you decide the bow will have been sold and all this will be moot.
13-Mar-14
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I got the whole story from a relative of the owner yesterday. Turns out, the owner is in jail for being an intoxicated pedestrian and his bond is $500. This history made me suspicious of the sale. Mr. Stafford has kindly looked up the serial# and it is not reported as stolen so I am picking up the bow tomorrow. Thanks for all your help.
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I think I got a pretty good deal. The only thing it needed was a rest so I bought a whisker biscuit against my better judgement. I was getting about a 5' group at 58 yards today but the biscuit was wrinkling my fletchings and making the arrow bounce in flight. This bow is set at 70# and shoots like a gun.
14-Mar-14
'This bow is set at 70# and shoots like a gun.' Smart albums mac. Ouch!
Bear Archery was founded by Fred Bear and Charles Piper in Detroit Michigan in 1933 as the Bear Products Company. The initial focus was on silk-screening and advertising support work for automotive companies. In 1938 Bear hired Nels Grumley, a woodworker and bowyer, and the company expanded to offer hand-made bows. Loukyam full movie 3gp. Nels was a fantastic craftsman, and his skills were reflected in the quality of the bows he made. Early on each and every bow which Nels made was either stamped or signed with his name, along with the words 'Bear Products by Grumley' or 'Bear Archery by Grumley'.
Fred Bear sold the advertising side of the Bear Products Company in 1940 to focus on archery. The archery business was renamed 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. After observing Ben Pearson’s successful efforts to machine make bows, Bear changed from hand-made bows to mass produced bows using fiberglass and other modern materials.
Automation did not sit well with Grumley, Bear’s principal old-school bowyer. Grumley knew that mass producing bows by machines instead of individually crafting every bow by hand was not what he wanted, and despite Bear’s attempt at retaining him, Grumley left Bear in 1948. Nels started his own bow making business. However, his private venture lasted only two years before he took a job as a model maker for an appliance manufacturer. Not all Bear bows made in these early years were made by Nels. There were dozens of other bowyers who made Bear wooden bows, mostly the lower line lemonwood models such as the Ranger. These bows were simply marked 'Bear Archery' in a written form. After Grumley’s departure, Bear began using the famous “Running Bear” decal.
Upon Nels departure, Fred moved another employee by the name of Bob Meeker over to supervise the manufacturing of the new bow lines. Even though bows were then largely the result of machine work, Bob came to be considered a fine bowyer in his own right.
The first new bow model which was introduced in 1949 after Nels’ departure was the Grizzly. The Polar and Kodiak were introduced in the following year, 1950.
Fred had been tinkering with take-apart and take-down bows of different styles for 30 years when in the mid-1960’s he began working on a new design that would require no tools for assembling/disassembling the limb and riser sections. Finally, in August 1969 the Bear Take-Down recurve went into production, appearing for the first time in the 1970 catalog. Unfortunately, the TD did not sell well and the line was discontinued after just 2 years.
Fred was an avid hunter and promoter. By traveling the world and producing films about bow hunting, Bear’s name and face became famous among archers and hunters. Bear was hands on with design, development and manufacturing processes at his company. Archery equipment was carefully examined and tested by men who had expertise in bow making, and many years of experience in the industry. Bear obtained a patent for something called “Glass Power” which was Fiberglas strands bonded together and running full length on every bow. Skilled workmanship, top quality material and precision machines resulted in a high demand for these well-crafted bows. Bear’s various models of the Kodiak bow became best sellers, and are still highly valued today.
Fred Bear sold the company to Victor Comptometer in 1968, but remained president. From 1968 to today, Bear has changed ownership a half-dozen times.
Bear wrote or played a major role in three books during his lifetime. The first was The Archer’s Bible in 1968. Omc vro manual. Many thousands of copies of this book were sold for many years after it's introduction. The next book was 'Fred Bear’s Field Notes', first published in 1976. It details many of Fred’s remarking hunting adventures. The third book was 'Fred Bear’s World of Archery', published in 1979. This was a comprehensive book about archery and Fred’s involvement with it. red Bear was also the first president of Michigan's oldest archery club, Detroit Archers.
Fred Bear sold the advertising side of the Bear Products Company in 1940 to focus on archery. The archery business was renamed 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. After observing Ben Pearson’s successful efforts to machine make bows, Bear changed from hand-made bows to mass produced bows using fiberglass and other modern materials.
Automation did not sit well with Grumley, Bear’s principal old-school bowyer. Grumley knew that mass producing bows by machines instead of individually crafting every bow by hand was not what he wanted, and despite Bear’s attempt at retaining him, Grumley left Bear in 1948. Nels started his own bow making business. However, his private venture lasted only two years before he took a job as a model maker for an appliance manufacturer. Not all Bear bows made in these early years were made by Nels. There were dozens of other bowyers who made Bear wooden bows, mostly the lower line lemonwood models such as the Ranger. These bows were simply marked 'Bear Archery' in a written form. After Grumley’s departure, Bear began using the famous “Running Bear” decal.
Upon Nels departure, Fred moved another employee by the name of Bob Meeker over to supervise the manufacturing of the new bow lines. Even though bows were then largely the result of machine work, Bob came to be considered a fine bowyer in his own right.
The first new bow model which was introduced in 1949 after Nels’ departure was the Grizzly. The Polar and Kodiak were introduced in the following year, 1950.
Fred had been tinkering with take-apart and take-down bows of different styles for 30 years when in the mid-1960’s he began working on a new design that would require no tools for assembling/disassembling the limb and riser sections. Finally, in August 1969 the Bear Take-Down recurve went into production, appearing for the first time in the 1970 catalog. Unfortunately, the TD did not sell well and the line was discontinued after just 2 years.
Fred was an avid hunter and promoter. By traveling the world and producing films about bow hunting, Bear’s name and face became famous among archers and hunters. Bear was hands on with design, development and manufacturing processes at his company. Archery equipment was carefully examined and tested by men who had expertise in bow making, and many years of experience in the industry. Bear obtained a patent for something called “Glass Power” which was Fiberglas strands bonded together and running full length on every bow. Skilled workmanship, top quality material and precision machines resulted in a high demand for these well-crafted bows. Bear’s various models of the Kodiak bow became best sellers, and are still highly valued today.
Fred Bear sold the company to Victor Comptometer in 1968, but remained president. From 1968 to today, Bear has changed ownership a half-dozen times.
Bear wrote or played a major role in three books during his lifetime. The first was The Archer’s Bible in 1968. Omc vro manual. Many thousands of copies of this book were sold for many years after it's introduction. The next book was 'Fred Bear’s Field Notes', first published in 1976. It details many of Fred’s remarking hunting adventures. The third book was 'Fred Bear’s World of Archery', published in 1979. This was a comprehensive book about archery and Fred’s involvement with it. red Bear was also the first president of Michigan's oldest archery club, Detroit Archers.
Fred struggled with chronic emphysema later on in life, and suffered a heart attack while living in Florida and was admitted to a hospital in Gainesville. He remained in the hospital for a month, and died after another heart attack on April 27, 1988. His body was cremated, and his ashes spread near the AuSable River in Northern Michigan, where he liked to flyfish.