Hill shooters and mega hand shock

[Bladepeek]

The really neat thing about trad archery is the nearly limitless choices available. I'm an old man with severe arthritis. Believe me, it's not only in my head     I load my own shotgun ammunition mainly because I can't buy light loads. If I shoot a round of any kind of clay target game with the typical ammo you find in the big box stores, I have a horrible headache at the base of my skull. Load my 20ga equivalent loads in my 12ga and I can shoot 200 - 300 birds with no problems.

I sold a VERY nice Abbott bow because after a dozen shots, my bow wrist and elbow ached.
The bow was as quiet as a bow can get and it hit right where I pointed it - one of only two bows I've owned that did. I couldn't miss with that bow. Believe me, I wanted to keep that one. There was no jumping around, or "kicks like a mule" going on. I just felt a vibration run up my arm that I don't get with a slightly higher wrist.

I'm seriously looking at going a bit non-traditional and getting a 68" D bow with a medium wrist grip. Isn't it nice to have choices?

Ron

[Jeff Strubberg]

Both my elbows are screwed up from a birth defect I didn't find out about until I was in my late 30s.  I FEEL hand shock.  

Every Hill bow I have shot has kicked madly.  Can you tame them?  Sure, beef up the arrow, change your grip, shoot more of a bent elbow.  That's all how you TAME handshock.  If the bow didn't kick, you wouldn't have to do any of that.

I'm glad folks enjoy Hill style bows.  Makes me smile to see one bent at a shoot, as long as I'm not the one bending it.