HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Nate Steen .]

Rik,

when you take a photo of those bad boys, you're supposed to have them skewered on an arrow....then it's safe to lay your bow next to them....    

I can sense that you are getting the bear hunting bug real bad....

[Rik]

Ahhh, I sense adventure afoot. . . two Hill-Packin' Aussies set loose with some crazy Idaho Ridge Runners totin' Hill bows and primo timber arrows.  

The only place that could possibly survive an assault like that would have to have the perfect ratio of:

1. Lots of elk, and

2. A high bull-to-cow ratio, AND

3. A fair number of mule deer and bear milling about.

Some Gem State minds will have to come together to "cipher" that one out.

P.S. Nate------you sensed it alright. Bear season is here, yet Old Man Winter laid down yet another layer of snow in the basin this weekend, on top of 140% of normal snow pack. My fingers are itchy, your's too I'm bettin'. If the weather doesn't break soon, I'll be down to hunting mice.

[tradlongbow]

Patrick-

I remember Dick Wrightman posting pics of the bamboo shipping crates from Japan at Howard Hill Archery.

The first pic is a empty shipping crate, and the second pic is a crate of the bamboo in the shop.

Darren

 

 

[Dick in Seattle]

Actually, that whole visit to Hill Archery is still up on my web site, in the Howard Hill Bows section.

 http://www.dickwightman.com/howardhill/hillarcheryvisit/hillvisit007.html

incidentally, if you go looking for the my site without a link, the last name is Wightman...  as in dickwightman.com   It's pretty common for folks to put an "r" in there, but it won't get you to the site.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Thanks, fellows! Imagine shooting rattlers all day long - that'd be a hoot! Yeah, I don't like the chances of making it out after a bite from a taipan or brown, but thankfully they are rare-ish. However, I have stepped over enough barefoot whilst stalking to have promised my wife to wear boots at all times these days. Also, to be safe, I carry an EPIRB and a satphone in my pack, as well as a first aid kit. I once got stung by a red-bellied black snake at teachers' college, incidentally whilst being typically younger-and-stupider and trying to show the blighter's fangs to a crowd of American students - it really does hurt, but the red-bellied black is a girly snake.

[hvyhitter]

Taking my Hill to B'more this weekend to see what arrow it likes and maybe get some pics. Picked it up a month ago and haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, cant wait!!!

[Nate Steen .]

Rik,

this year I'm thinking the bear hunting will be like coastal Alaska....rain, rain, rain, then more rain.....

I'm going one step further in my no-camo mindset....this year I'm hunting with an all white glass bow for everything,  appropriately named "Granpa" for my own granpa who encouraged me in bowmaking so many years ago...

How many Hill-totin', backquiver fillin', wood arrow shootin' guys are out there, reading these posts who decided to go all out this year and do the no-camo thing?  just plaids, earth-tones and pretty bows.....

there ought to be serious thought of a traveling award, given out semi-yearly to the hunter with the best hunting story (successful with game or not) using no camo except for plaid clothes, longbow, backquiver, etc...ala Hill, Swinehart, and Schulz......come on guys,  I know there are some of you out there that are hunting this way....

[Mudd]

Nate I am willing to take up that challenge.

I should be able to it as long as I can wear plain carharts.

I don't own any plaid pants and I'd rather spend my money on bows or arrows...lol

God bless,Mudd

[Nate Steen .]

Mudd,

i'm thinking blue jeans or brown duck.....flannel shirts and vests, etc....you know the look......shic redneck...

[Steve Clandinin]

I very seldom use camo anymore,I just like wool for all of its qualitys.the type of hunting I do ,mostly spot and stalk nothing beats wool.

[tradlongbow]

The only camo that I use is my Bug-Tamer. In Florida, you really need to wear the bug suit during archery season.

Darren

[Rik]

Earth Tones? Did someone mention Earth Tones?

 

[Nate Steen .]

Rik,

you crack me up    

whenever I see your hunting photos,  I think G.I. Joe.....

i had to come home and get my trailer, glad to see you guys are still at it.
About bows with white glass.  Back in 1972, I built two string follows with white glass, the kind with the grid on the inside so it could be glued with Urac.  I did not intend on making them string follow, that is what happens when you glue tapered lams on a flat handle. My favorite was 85 pounds at 26 inches, it was the most successful hunting bow I had other than my Schulz. I could not tell that the color of the glass made any difference to the animals I shot with it, including turkeys.

[Ben Maher]

Nate ... that sounds like a good challenge !!!
@Rik ..... hahaha

[petertschantz]

I'm in for the no camo challenge, I know I'll be toting a Hill!

God Bless

Pete

[tradlongbow]

Nate-

 I really like the look of white glass on the belly of a bow, I had it put on my Mohawk Classic. Let's see that all white Hill?

BTW- I don't think that I will find a plaid BugTamer, but I do wear jeans and plaid underneath. I hope that counts.

Darren

[tradlongbow]

This is such a great thread because the Hill bow, Hill style of shooting, and the Hill legacy has brought us together. Over the past several hundred topics, we discussed woods, shooting styles, grips, string material, snakes, camo or no camo, etc. Many, many subjects have been discussed that could be seperate topics on the Powwow, but we chose to do it with a American Longbow.

I've mentioned this before but I'll do it again, sometimes this is the only thread that I check.

Darren

[Mudd]

HH Wesley 66" 46@28,string follow, Brown glass limb tip wedges, straight grip.

Sweet!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

God bless,Mudd

[Ben Maher]

Nice Mudd !
Doesn't get any more classic looking than that . Ya gonna go chase some hogs with it ?