Dave Staples, and Bob Rhode were two other men I admired for competitive archery. However, Connie and I made the decision to stay in Waseca with Herter’s. He was certainly a gentlemen and interesting to talk to. Fred had sold the business but was still involved. I spent 7 nice days at the Bear plant in Grayling, MI. Fred called and offered me a very good job at Bear. I almost went to work for Bear Archery in the late 60’s. In the early 60s I met and talked to Fred Bear a number of times at various shows and national tournaments, certainly he was another person whom I admired for all he had done for our sport. Shooting stripped gophers.įA: Who do you feel has made the largest contribution to the sport? Production of arrows, broadheads, bowstrings and various accessories soon followed. In a short time we were making as many as 80 recurve bows a day. I worked closely with him making molds, grinders and other production equipment. and to start Herter’s own laminated bow production as well as arrows and various other archery accessories. Russell hired me to be in charge of the Archery Div. When I started working at Herter’s the only bows they manufactured were solid fiberglass bows. Russell perhaps helped me more than anyone.
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He offered me a job and after getting married to my wife Connie (of 50 plus years) we moved to Waseca and began my life in archery fresh out of high school. I asked him about a job at Herter’s and told him I had made some bows and would like to become involved in Herter’s Archery Division. Russell was the General Manager and Vice President of Herter’s. In the fall of 1960 I met Russell Hofmister at the MN State Archery Championship.
They manufactured nearly all of their own hunting and fishing equipment. Herter’s was well known as the largest sporting goods (hunting, trapping, and fishing) mail order company in the world. As a high school kid my dream was to get a job at Herter’s Inc. Bob with older brother Myron.įA: Who are your archery heroes? Those you have met or admire and why?īeing in the archery industry all my life, I have been very fortunate to have met many great people. By that spring, my dad got interested in archery as well and we started going to MN State Archery events. In 1959, I was a senior in high school and made my first laminated recurve bow in shop class. It’s always been bow and arrow I never have hunted any big game with a gun. I was really hooked on bowhunting for good. I took my first deer, a late season button buck. I couldn’t wait for the next season and in 1958 I went bowhunting deer for the first time. He was 5 years older than me and in 1957 he and a friend of his went bowhunting deer for the first time. My brother certainly got me fired up to bow hunt deer. Bob getting ready for some baseball.įA: When did you start bowhunting? Who was your mentor? That summer after shooting gophers and other small game. I begged for a bow on my 13th birthday and got a Paul Bunyan fiber glass bow.
Mom with a day's result of duck hunting.įA: When did you first discover an interest in archery? Pheasants and ducks were very plentiful in our area. I started at a very early age, hunting small game. Along with sports, our family did a great deal of fishing and small game hunting. Bob and Dad fishing in Florida.įA: What was your family life like growing up?Įven though we lived in small town, it was very sports minded and I participated in most sports. I was born in Westbrook MN, a small town population of a whopping 1000 people. Robert Barrie - Founder Barrie Archery/Rocky Mt. Frank Addington Jr on Bowhunting.Net and.
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