Made in the late 80s maybe early 90s. I think I bought mine right about 88 or 89 perhaps. Not sure it was a long time ago! I bought it to replace my original whitetail hunter. The WH2 had cams not just wheels like the WH. I thought I was a bad ass when I got that bow LOL! Shot many a deer with it and it was the first bow I shot with a release. Prior to that I shot fingers. I bought my first bow (that WH) in 1981. Bought the WT2 in 89, then a Bear Charge in 2008 and currently shooting a Whitetail Legend Pro. I can buy any bow I want and have been bow hunting for over 4 decades. This year will be my 44th bow season. ALL of them hunted with a Bear Bow. Call it nostalgia, perhaps its the Fred Bear Legend, maybe its jammin out the night before the opener to Ted Nugents "Fred Bear". Maybe it's the memorys. Probably all of the above but at the end of the day they make a bow that performs waaaay above its pricetag. God I love the Fred Bear retro camo on my WTLP! By the way, I still have all four bear bows. I could never get myself to part with them. Take your new to you bow out and shoot it. It will take down a deer as good as any.

 

Same here. 👍

 

My first compound was a Bear Whitetail II my fiancee bought for me for Christmas 1986. The bow came as a package--bow quiver, 4-pin sight with brass pins, finger tab, arm guard and 3 2216 aluminum arrows for $149.99. I added upgraded accessories over the years.

I shot that bow until 1997. I killed a number of deer with it. By today's standards, it was slow and low-tech, but it was a great starter compound for me, in its day. I used it as my backup bow until I gave it to Goodwill during a move in 2001.

 

How do u tell if a bow is left or right hand? And wat size arrows it takes?

 

Hold the bow in your hand so that the arrow rest is on the side by your thumb. If you hold the bow in your left hand and the arrow rest is by your thumb then it is a right hand bow. Vice-versa the other way.

Arrow selection changes with draw length, poundage it's set to and tip weight.

My old Whitetail Hunter 2 shot 2117's xx75. It died after 10 years of faithful service when I fell from a tree stand and it wasn't tied to the tree like me. Being left handed I had limited options in the early years.

Have a Bear Attitude now and like it alot. Kinda like Rockford Ordnance and was weaned on a Bear recurve that was passed down to me from a family friend that I took my first doe with in 76.

 

My first compound also. I loved it but as already said here, its a great starter bow really. lol I think I upgraded to the Delta V after the whitetail 2! Vast speed difference Put some string silencers on it and go get em! And good luck -its great to know its still out there.