HH...Cheetah or Redman?

[JRY309]

I love my HH Half Breed,bamboo center with yew back and belly.Juniper is a pretty wood,but I like the look of yew more,personal preference.The all bamboo Hill's are the best performers but the differences in the other models are minimal if you talk to Craig at HH.

[Oliverstacy]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
josh, what's yer draw length?

I draw 29.5".

Sorry doing this on my phone.

Might leave it up to Craig to decide.

Josh

[LongStick64]

You may want to give Craig a call and see if he could make you a Cheetah with yew cores, could be a real nice bow.

OliverS- If you are shooting 29.5" with a high wrist and a straight arm, your draw will go down a bit with a straight or dished hill grip.  I would not try to get one with a high wrist grip. The bows function best with the bent bow arm and healing the grip.  For a 29" Hill style draw you would want a 69 or 70 inch bow, but I would bet good money with Hill form, it will be less than that.  John Schulz says the length of both arms out front, fingers touching a yard stick that is placed on the breast bone, no stretching, is the best Hill style draw length for most people.

[Wannabe1]

I have a 29" draw and my Half Breed was 69" and my current Redman is 70". Both pull and shoot very well with those lengths. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, a lot of folks who have bad experiences with Hill bows is because they are shooting too short of a bow. Rob pretty much put it in a nut shell.  

[S.C. Hunter]

I have not owned either but looking myself. I did get the opportunity to shoot both. The Cheetah was a nice looking bow it was 66" 58#@28 and was smooth. It has been about 3-4 mths since I shot that bow. I shot a Redman at the range I go to this past week. The gentleman let me shoot it and it was really nice 64" 54#@28" and I shot it as well as my Kota I was shooting, the shelf size was very similar. The yew was beautiful and had me thinking. I pull 28 1/4" and no problem at that length on a 64" bow. Everybody is different.

[MikeM]

I also have a 29" draw on the straight grip Hill's and I recommend the 70" length on Craig's bnows.

[Overspined]

you may want to consider a 68" or longer.  IMO there is no comparison to the improvement in feel with the longer bow.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Yep, I had a 66" Redman for my 29" draw, and I sold it to a mate with a shorter draw. Somedays I shot it okay, some days were terrible. I was quite inconsistent with it. It had a straight grip, too, which didn't suit me. When I bought a 70" Wesley Special with a locator grip (it's only very slight compared to recurves), my shooting improved out-of-sight. I have a yearning for another Redman: 70", string-follow, locator grip, and lighter poundage.

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Oliverstacy:
 

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
josh, what's yer draw length?

I draw 29.5".

Sorry doing this on my phone.

Might leave it up to Craig to decide.

Josh [/b]

in your best interests, 68" minimum and 70" would be ideal, imho.

[fixer]

I have both the Cheetah and the Redman in take down and like both of them, I tend to shoot the Redman more often as it is the lighter in draw weight and I tend to shoot it a little better. However I like the looks of the Cheetah better.  :confused:

[Ben Maher]

 I have a yearning for another Redman: 70", string-follow, locator grip, and lighter poundage.  

Go on Ben ... a long string follow Hill Redman  is just about the sweetest bow going

[Benny Nganabbarru]

When my wife's not lookin', Ben, I might just make the blessed phone call!

[HARL]

Of all the Hills I have owned 2 of the 6 I kept are what you are looking at.Both are great bows.My Cheeta has 5 lams of bamboo between the juniper and is 63# @28.The Redman has 5 lams of Yew and 1 of carbon and 60 @ 28. The bows I saved are 68" and draw very smoothly out to 29".You cannot go wrong with either bow!!!!!!