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Man let's throw in a 2 blade vs 3 blade and a recurve vs longbow debate in here too This one could be around for awhile. It's a long way to fall.
-------------------- Mike Davenport Posts: 2187 | From: Southern IL | Registered: Jan 2006
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If i din't have to work all the time and chase a two year old around before i practice the playing field might be even.Ya think those guys worked a full time job and then practice or was practicing their job?I'd like to think they had a little more time on there hands than those of us in todays ratrace.How many bows ya think Rick Welch makes a day and still whoops tail on a regular basis.The greats of every generation are great,some are just talked about more than others.I think todays champs could hang.
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quote:Originally posted by Danny Rowan: Howard Hill won 194 field tournements straight but quit competing as he wanted to be a hunter, not a tourney archer.
He quit because he was tired of being accused of cheating because he always won. He would even let the others take his score and pull his arrows and they still said he was cheating so he just quit because it took all the fun out of it for him.
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This topic gets debated in all sports to no avail. There simply isn't an acceptable answer. Could Magic Johnson compete with Labron James? Could Frank Shorter out run Ryan Hall? Can Hoyce Gracie compete with Matt Hughes? No. As was shown in the ring. We evolve. The sport evolves. Equipment evolves. It's okay to say that they are legends for what they did in their time. To compare them to today's shooters is really unfair. Heck my kids are doing work in 3rd grade that I did in 5th grade. Each generation takes it to the next level - and that's okay - even good.
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"Can Hoyce Gracie compete with Matt Hughes? No. As was shown in the ring."
Yeah and neither could his brother.
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Howard Hill was the man in field archery!! Hate to watch his videos cause( Yes) you can see the wire on the animals leggs.. Fred Bear was a great shot too. Though I think he was alittle over rated as a hunter?? I think some of us could do just as well..if we could afford to hunt all of those places back then for monthes on end..
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I would say Mr. Howard Hill, but in that era there was alot of great archers as well, the wilhelm brothers, andy vale, capt. can't remember his name, mr wensel does. Hugh Rich was a good shot in his own right. But I would still have to go with the greatest, Mr. Hill, few are and still are confident and can grab a bow and shoot whatever.
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Hugh Rich was a big fan of the Wilhelm brothers, Ken and Walt. He said they were the best shots he had ever seen....and he saw them all. He sent me this autographed photo of Walt in 1983.
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That is a neat picture Ron; and as well the inscription is worth squinting for.
I do have to wonder (as a horseman) about his horse- Walt must have disliked being bucked off as much as I do...
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quote:Originally posted by Don Stokes: How long is it until hunting season??
My thoughts exactly!!
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