Howard Hill huntin with a Bowenarrah!!!!

[Sean B]

As I'm sure most of you do, I love this vintage footage. Enjoy!!
 
 

[Sam McMichael]

I still enjoy those old films. I noticed the shot on the goat looked like a pass through, but when it was retrieved the goat had an arrow in it. I wonder if he took a follow up shot.

[foxbo]

Interesting bow he shot the goat with too. Not the same hill style he was presenting in the beginning of the film. Check out the limb tips. Good film.

[Gordon Jabben]

Excellent.  I don't think I had ever seen the introduction before.  I think he was helping Ben Pearson promote that bow.  I noticed his blunt arrows were a lot shorter than his broadheads which I guess they would be since I have heard that he pulled the blunt metal past the front of the riser of the bow.

I love those films with Ben and the gang. I notice weird stuff.  Like when everyone was walking away to go hunt Hill stayed back and took single warm up shot.  I  also like how the head ranch dude gets to point a lot.  Oh, and the hoper shots at the goats, watch careful, you will see arrows in the scenes.  Maybe not ethical for deer, but taking bomber shots is a blast.  We took bomber shots at pheasants a lot when we were kids.

[crazynate]

Awesome video I love that one. Thanks for posting it

[V I Archer]

appears to be a disappearing/reappearing arrow.  Sure looked like a pass through, then as he approaches appears an arrow sticking out the side of the goat, then at 5:23 ehwn Howard picks up the head of the goat the arrow is gone, but reappears when the camera pans out again shortly after, haha.  

Love those old films.  My wife got me the Fred Bear DVD collection and a couple Howard Hill DVD's.  Still need the 1938 Robin Hood though.

[South MS Bowhunter]

I also noticed beginning at approximately the 6:15 mark the series of long range arrows flying at the goats      

[M60gunner]

I remember a quote by a frequent island hunter " you got to put arrows into the air if you want to hit something".

[reddogge]

Yes, lots of bloopers in this one. The pass through that reappears, disapears and reappears. The Hail Mary shots at goats. The white "huntin'" pants Howard wore (so much for camo). The rider back to camp with the tired bowhunters but the jeep only had one goat on it.

I do not doubt how many rabbits Hill killed, the little bugger are addictive.  but on the jack rabbit film they showed the same rabbit a number of times getting shot.  It must have more difficult to get that on film than it was to actually shoot a rabbit.  I will say that the Hill rabbit stew method works for Iowa cottontails, when I say works is a horrible understatement.  I cheat and use charcoal sometimes.

[Sean B]

You gotta love the editing!!