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Title: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Overspined on July 15, 2010, 07:59:00 PM: I just picked up a new one from Northern Mist..curly maple w/ bacote riser. I am in love!

Wes Wallace, NM Classic, Hill Cheetah T/D, Hill Wesley, Hill Redman...and still a N. Mist string follow coming! I am addicted :help:

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Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: 2treks on July 15, 2010, 08:06:00 PM: Yes, you have a problem Matt,
I LIKE IT!
Keep it up.
Chuck
Something seems missing tho...I just can't place my finger on it.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: vernon on July 15, 2010, 08:33:00 PM: Thats a good problem to have. I can't imagine the stress when you have to pick one to shoot or hunt with:)
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Day Dreamer on July 15, 2010, 09:44:00 PM: Get yourself a Mohawk from Vince and you'll sell everything else. :archer2:

Nice collection you got there
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Steelhead on July 15, 2010, 10:17:00 PM: Your not having any trouble at all.Your doing just fine in my book.

Nice collection you got going!
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Jmgcurve on July 15, 2010, 10:23:00 PM: :thumbsup: Which one is the "go-to"? Man that Wallace looks sweet...
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Wannabe1 on July 15, 2010, 10:25:00 PM: Nice looking bows! I've got a Wallace on order and have had several Hills now. Never shot a N.M. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Dick in Seattle on July 15, 2010, 10:55:00 PM: I had the same problem up till a couple of years ago. There is a cure! Start building! Once you do that, you'll find that, even if they aren't as great as your customs, you prefer to shoot your own. Then you build another, trying to get better, etc. Haven't bought a custom since I started, and I always have a new bow to shoot.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Raging Water on July 15, 2010, 11:05:00 PM: I feel your pain brother.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: champ38 on July 15, 2010, 11:18:00 PM: besides craigs web site, anyone know of another web site I could pick one up?....just dont see many listed on TG. Refering To HH bows of course. Theyve been calling for awhile, just didnt have the money to answer. If this was a hijack, then my apologies..let me know and Ill remove. thanks
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Raging Water on July 16, 2010, 12:51:00 AM: Howard Hill Longbowmen
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: newell38 on July 16, 2010, 07:29:00 AM: you need a whippenstick brotha! especially one with the carbon matrix!
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: wisconsin wood butcher on July 16, 2010, 09:02:00 AM: can i get a ride to the meeting?..HA nice bowsi hva e acouple more in mind too
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: ron w on July 16, 2010, 09:14:00 AM: Northern Mist bows are great,you need to get a Superior........ :thumbsup:
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Raging Water on July 16, 2010, 09:23:00 AM: The first step is to admit you have a problem....

Then, then admit you are powerless over the addiction.....

Lastly, blow off all the other steps. Because, you realize the disease is much more fun than the cure!
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: ken denton on July 16, 2010, 09:24:00 AM: That is a great photo for comparing size and looks. Thanks for posting it. Ken
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: jess stuart on July 16, 2010, 09:33:00 AM: Dick is correct it is the only known cure. It is however even more expensive and much more additive. Haven't bought a bow in over twenty years.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Overspined on July 16, 2010, 04:22:00 PM: Well, I have bought and sold a lot of bows!

At this point, the wes wallace I just bought here on Tradgang, the redman I bought here for my wife, but the NM is custom with my custom grip, and the Hill T/D has the small sleeve with my custom adds, and the wesley is custom too.

I am a stickler for grip and fit, so I tend to not keep anything that doesn't fit MY feel. I know there are a lot of great bows out there, but after test driving a lot of them, you do settle on what you want and sometimes there aren't any used ones that fit the bill.

I will say that Chuck from Two Tracks makes a hell of a R/D longbow that I would say shoots and feels a ton like a wes wallace and I wouldn't mind one of them!

I really don't want a cure, and my goto bow all of a sudden is for sure that new NM classic. But honestly I can pick up any of them but the redman (only 40# and 64" I prefer a bit more), and go kill a deer no problem. They are all accurate, smooth, and quiet. The hills are more quiet than the wes wallace but that is the nature of the beast, and I think the arrows I shoot out of the wes wallace are a bit lighter so make a touch more noise. I would hunt with heavier ones. They all really shoot great with no perceptable difference other than the wallace is noticeably faster even with the heavier arrows.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: brinkwolf on July 16, 2010, 04:42:00 PM: Well I have the same problem and my wife came up with a pretty good cure. If I buy a bow or anything that I enjoy, she goes shopping too. I got my new BW PLX tulip wood last Friday(she was there to help me answer the door). Needless to say Saturday evening the living room got redecorated. So no new bows for me for awhile.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: Overspined on July 16, 2010, 05:09:00 PM: all this comes from saving my pennies! I work from my monthly allowance!! LOL so I usually sell one if I buy one.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: brinkwolf on July 16, 2010, 05:33:00 PM: Hmm, I tried that. Selling some of my bows or tournament longcasting rods to buy more. The little wife didn't buy it. She had me put the money back in the bank.
Title: Re: I am having trouble, can't seem to quit buying and selling Longbows!! *with pics*
Post by: seabass on July 17, 2010, 01:14:00 AM: i have the same problem too!i need a fix.i can help you out.send me all of them.just kidding,nice bows though.