HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Brianlocal3]

That is an interesting observation about nocking Matt.  I use two nockingpoints so I guess I nock above and below HA.

UPDATE ON MY SPLIT FINGER:  This morning I went out to do some close bale work to focus on shooting split.  It is not feeling too awkward yet.  I am anchoring the middle finger in the corner of my mouth, using my first thumb knuckle (from the hand not finger tips) to lock into the jaw, and final back tension draws the feather up under my nose.  I think Ill be ready for the Indoor tournaments that start next month no problem.

[Pat B.]

There's nothing wrong with shooting 3 under, Brian..  Many fine shooters and hunters shoot three under and do quite well. I've been shooting 3 under since the early 70's and it works for me. The bow is a bit louder but there's a few dead critters that didn't seem to mind.

[Brianlocal3]

Pat,

I don't have a moral or believe issue with it, and honestly I have not been shooting 3U as long as you ,but i have been shooting 3U for 23-24 years and It has always served me well.  But since shooting American Semi-longbows, I have noticed some odd flight out of my arrows even  when I paper tune and get a hole or have my BS flying right.  But when I go to split finger I am getting good flight, so I am going to switch it up and see where it takes me.

[Brianlocal3]

Its not too cold out today so I am going to take the kids for a hike in the woods and just do some stump shooting I think.  If I am smart enough Ill take pictures.

[3Under]

The bigest disadvantage I found in shooting 3under is being locked in to shooting under the nock. Splt finger shooting allows placing the arrow nock over the string nock. "3under" doesn't permit speed shooting as effectively with a back quiver that John Shultz teaches in his video. It's not important enough to me to go back to "split fingers".

[BCWV]

I only have 1 Hill style bow and as we know, "one does not a pattern make", but my NM Shelton doesn't seem to be at all picky as far as arrow flight. I've only shot wood through it, shoot split and run 2 nocking points. It has to be the bow as my form and release is terrible most the time.
 Looking forward to some pics with you and your younguns stumping Brain.

[Mississippi bow hunter]

68inch 55# Wesley special. It shoots like a dream and quiet as a church mouse. I have owned several other longbows before I found the one that I like. A lot of the longbows that I owned earlier were radical r/d. I just did not like them,I always thought I should just shoot a recurve. The Howard Hill Probley slings the arrow a little slower,but I can get a shot off faster with the Howard Hill,and it is defenitly quieter.

[Overspined]

Brian, 3 under is only an observation as far as anything goes, I've never shot like that, not once.  I just see the difference in arrow flight and bow noise from those who do. I had a friend change it up when I was shooting with him, and he hadn't realized how much quieter split was. I don't doubt folks are real good with it.  

I've been speaking with Louis, and he's recently shot a couple of fired up deer, and I have too over the years.  I really think the deer ducking the arrow syndrome kind of goes away when the bow is so quiet.  The Texas crowd has a thread about just that. Those deer are skiddish and they are aiming almost at their feet....

[dragonheart]

Master Longbowman, John Schulz

 

[Rossco7002]

I took my Schulz Granpa it for a day in the woods yesterday and brought along my first ever back of homemade woodies. It was well below freezing and I didn't see any deer bit a couple of grouse kept things interesting for the afternoon.

This is easily my most accurate bow and it packs a punch at 68 lbs so I suspect it will be travelling south with me  to the Hill Gang Hog Hunt.

Here's a pic of the view from my ground blind and a couple of the bow itself (as I haven't posted any images of this beauty yet).

 

 

 

[Brianlocal3]

Very nice

[Goshawkin]

That bow is a beauty!

[Brianlocal3]

Explain to me the granoa again. Is that glass on back and boo on belly?

[Rossco7002]

The Granpa is all bamboo with myrtle riser - much like Dave Miller's split bamboo model. The nodes on the bamboo are left on and run up the back, it's very cool looking.

Mine is string follow and it has made me a convert. Very forgiving bow to shoot. I'm having my Expedition built the same as a result.

[Rossco7002]

... And no glass is used on this bow at all.

[Brianlocal3]

Very cool. I was looking at that old timer on flea bay and did not know if they were the same

[khardrunner]

Went out and shot my new hoyt dorado with sky ilf limbs and compared it to my heavier Schulz. In the past you may recall that I have always shot the metal riser ILF bows better than anything else by far.

Not the case anymore!

I drilled 9x9 inch targets from 30+ yards fairly consistently... with the Schulz bow! It's far quieter and probably faster due to the greater draw weight.

I don't think I'll have the dorado long :-)

[Brianlocal3]

A little outing in a December Spring.  

 

  The vixen in its natural environment.

 

The boy by one of the hundreds of osage trees on the property

   Our future

 

[Brianlocal3]

Ana checking growth rings  

   dozer path that some clover decided to grow in

 
Plaid is the BEST camo, I'm just not sure about PINK

Ana wondering what these big green things are.

   Safety first, don't walk with your arrow out.

   The bosses deciding which path to take.

[Brianlocal3]

we jumped a doe here on the way in

 

here they are very excited.