HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Brianlocal3]

This is going to be a Hill style bow Shooter poll:  
I'm asking because I shoot 3U , and honestly I shoot it well, good enough to place or win in most local tourney and if I can make it I'm going to shoot my vixen in the IBO worlds and see where I stand in the big scene. I'm no Dave Wallace or Rick welch but I'm very very confident in my shooting........BUT for some dang reason I cannot shake the feeling of wanting to shoot split finger.
It makes no sense because where I hunt shots are no further than 35 yds and I am very consistent to that range, I shoot 3d which is usually no farther than 30, so why do I feel the need to shoot split????

I think it has something to do with why I like a back quiver and flannel. HA. It just seems to fit,

I shoot pretty good split in the backyard range (up to 50 yds) and roving but you out me on a 3D course and I'll skunk it shooting split finger.

SO...... I ask who shoots split and who shoots 3U?

[moleman]

Brian, long ago and far away I used to shoot 3U, but there were a few shoots that required you to shoot longbow class split finger, so I switched, best move I ever made.
For me its quieter for hunting and with my facial structure it allows me a more consistent anchor.
Oh ,and I have to agree, on the ,"it just seems to fit". Just my experience and opinion.

[Brianlocal3]

Paul, funny you mention anchor. I feel as if my anchor is more consisten split and natural where as my 3U anchor is "forced" but repeatable

[David Mitchell]

Split here, that's just how I started shooting in another century   :rolleyes:  Nothing else feels right after umpteen years of doing it that way.

[moleman]

I have to agree with David, after umpteem yrs of split, nothing else feels right.
I still play with 3U once in a rare while, but it is soon evident that I could easily earn the name
" Backhoe" as all I do is excavate dirt with my shafts.  

[bsv]

My new Dave Johnson is in the mail        I should get it tomorrow,This is my first american semi longbow.Just reading over 200 of the many pages on this thread I GOT BITTEN by the bug real bad.when I heard Dave was building some bows I got in.So she is 66inches,50@28 string follow,Thanks for the tip on string follow(Mudd)  I call her "SWEET66" My son will teach me to post pic"s(so he says), Burt

[Brianlocal3]

Outstanding!!!!! Can't wait to see pics

[JDBerry]

X3

[Brazos]

I started out shooting split, for many years.  I didn't even know 3U was an option until reading on the Internet.  One day I tried it and will never go back to split.  It just works.  Distance is not an issue.  With a HH style bow, shooting with a cant, you have plenty field of view.

[Mike Mongelli]

I also shoot split finger.  I tried 3U a little when I was first starting out but just didn't like the feel.

[Knawbone]

Sorry, but I hate everything about 3 under, why not 4 under, or sights on your arrows. Sorry, I just had to get that out.                
     
If you like it there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.Just not for me.

[Austin Brown]

Split only here, never have been able to get used to the feel or noise of three under.

[Green]

Sorry about the broken link to the pics.....just changed the folder name.  Links restored.

Recently converted to 3U.  More consistent with the elevation of my shots, and will most likely stick with it.  On the Hill bows the added noise isn't much, and it's only apparent to the shooter....folks around me tell me how quiet the bow is.

[Goshawkin]

Split here also.I guess mainly for nostalgia,it's the way Howard shot.For me,three under,gun barreling,upright target stance,locator grips,aluminum/carbon arrows,etc.....just don't go with Hill style bows.

[Rossco7002]

Split for me - I experimented with 3U and I didn't like how it made the bow feel at release and I lost some draw length ( I need all I can get) so went back to split very quickly. I could see how it has the potential to improve accuracy though....

[bicster]

I shoot split because that is how I started. I experimented with 3 under but I didn't like it.

[Bud B.]

I shot two fingers split from when I was a kid. Three fingers felt funny. Reading on TG about three under I tried two under. It worked. But I truly wanted to shoot "Hill" style and forced myself to go three split. After a short learning curve I can't see going back to shooting under. It now feels just plain natural.


James Berry - What's your wait time now????

[Brianlocal3]

Gentleman, thanks for everyone's answers so far.  I expected as much with the nod going to split. Just getting a feel of everyone's preferences.

[normf]

I shot split when I started on a compound in the days before releases were common. Switched to trad split then shot 2 under and 3 under. Last winter I was thinking about the swing draw method of shooting and dug out my old tape by John Shulz "Hitting Them Like Howard Hill". I was shooting consistently high for a while and did a lot of blank bale shooting at  10 ft. in the basement. All but 1 of my bows are tillered for split and they just shoot better without the artificially high nocking point I needed for 3 under. When my form is good I don't miss by much.

[kestimator]

Originally posted by Goshawkin:
Split here also.I guess mainly for nostalgia,it's the way Howard shot.For me,three under,gun barreling,upright target stance,locator grips,aluminum/carbon arrows,etc.....just don't go with Hill style bows.

I hear ya on having fun with the nostalgia thing    
However....didn't Howard say something about "not being married to something so much....that it would keep you from changing if you found a better way"....