HH bug got me ... Part One!

[2treks]

""I don't give a rip about my arrows. They are closely matched and straight and ready to be shot away at a moments notice.
 

What did someone say once?.... arrows aren't equipment, they are supplies!!""

Good stuff Charlie, I like it.

[joebuck]

"Arrows are supplies !!".   Love it ....now that is a bowhuntin universal truth IMO.........Good stuff Charlie

[58WINTERS]

Anyone have pics of a Hill cocobola riser with brown glass?  Craig has a couple stock bows but I can't picture that combo.
Thanks

[khardrunner]

Send craig a message and he will send pics quickly. He's usually good about that.

Somewhere on this thread I posted a pic of my HalfBreed with the coco handle, but with clear glass.  I won't have it much longer, it is going the way of my Schulz.  I am selling them and sticking to my 52 pound bows.

[58WINTERS]

Thanks,
I didn't realize I could get pics from Craig

[450 marlin]

Wesley Special on grand Rapids MI craigslist under sporting goods listed for 275

[canopyboy]

Everyone must have had a great weekend.  Only two posts (none yesterday), and I had to go to the bottom of page 2 to find the thread!

[khardrunner]

58winters...when you get pics you should post them here

[two4hooking]

A warning about the mercury speed nocks!

Well, I ordered 2 bags if 100 nocks in black and orange.  Glued one up and started shooting.

They seemed to be the same brittle plastic as those bearpaw nocks I had trouble with nocks failures on heavy bows with FF before.

Well, second shot with my 31 inch cedar shaft, 63 pound draw weight Big-five, with a 21 strand FF string, and the nock exploded on release!  Luckily I did not see any damage to the bow but it was a dry fire situation.

Never had a Classic nock failure.

I will not be using these nocks.  Shame, I like the wide throat.

[58WINTERS]

Dilema.  Allen Boice oF Liberty bows just announced a new model. Forward handle string follow. Just when the stable had been reduced to one of his English models and a Hill Wesley Special due to shoulder issues.

[Ric O'Shay]

I've had two (2) Classic nock failures within a  week. The first split in the throat and caused a dry fire. Caught the second before I shot it. I was split at the shaft with the crack running 1/2 way up the side of the nock.

I bought some Nirk Nocks and have been shooting them for about a month. So far the seem to be just fine.

Danny

[Overspined]

I've never had a classic nock blow upon release.  I've broken a lot though. I shoot up to ~55 lbs for the past 5 years. I used mercury nocks a long time ago and they were fine.  Its a shame they are so brittle now.

[Nate Steen .]

I've shot the Mercury's for years,  have some of the older ones and newer ones and haven't had the breakage issues...have to look them over for quality when installing them, cull a few, but they are the cheap end of the arrow.  Throwing a few away now and then is a small price to pay for liking the style.

[Ron Roehrick]

Im with Nate on nocks I really like the size of mercury speed nocks on all my arrows wood or carbons, for carbons I add the little aluminum adaptors, they work well and add a little weight which is fine.

[Widow's Son]

I had this problem with Nirk nocks several years ago. They were very brittle and eventally I threw away all 60 or so that I had left. I like the mercury nocks and still have around 3 dozen 10 year old ones. I've been using the classic nock here lately and have been very happy with them.

[Overspined]

Hill bow hand position question...

I have a couple hill bows, but one hill bow seems to like my bow hand position down on the grip more than the others, is that a tiller issue? The grip is longer than i have had too. I usually like my hand right under the shelf. I actually marked it so I don't forget to do it different.

Any thoughts?

[Nate Steen .]

Probably tiller or timing as long as you are shooting them both the same.

[Fat Daddy]

I have been reading this thread for quite a while now and decided that it was time for me to make a statement:

Hello everyone, my name is William and I am a Hill-style bow addict!

There I've said it.  They say that the first step is admitting it.

I moved to Alabama almost a year ago and had the great fortune to spend an evening with a member of Trad Gang - Stabow.  His collection of Hill bows is second to none and convinced me to give one of my old bows a try again.  You see I grew up shooting a Hill-style lemonwood bow that my father had always used but had I strayed away from it.  I dabbled in compound bows for a few years but found that something was missing.  Next it was recurves and then for about the past fifteen years or so it was locater-grip, R/D style longbows.  However, I did still have an old Jerry Hill Wildcat Deluxe that I shot every once in a while, but I always considered it a part-time bow.

After admiring Stabow's collection of Hills and finding myself in Howard Hill's home state, Alabama, I figure that I owed it to myself to shoot my old Jerry Hill bow a bit more.  After a few days of shooting it, I was again hooked on this style of bow.  Then began my addiction.  I have since acquired four Howard Hill bows and love them all.  I even made a trip to Howard Hill's gravesite and took some photos there with one of my Hills.  Before leaving I shot an arrow into the big cedar tree next to his grave.  My arrow has proudly taken its place alongside a number of other Hill addicts' arrows!

As I stated earlier, I am a Hill-style bow addict - but is that really a bad thing?

Seriously though, I have thoroughly enjoyed everything on this thread and it has definitely kept my interest.  So with that, I would like to thank you all for your posts.

All my best to all.

Fat Daddy

[MikeNova]

Fat Daddy welcome.