HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Ray_G]

Patrick,

There are many good string making sponsors in the sponsor list.  I have only had experience with Chad at Champion Custom Bowstrings.  He makes a great string and really knows his craft.  Besides that, he is a great guy to visit with.  Look him up in the sponsor's list.  He is currently out of town filming his second edition of Doin' The Twist string making video but should get back with you pretty quickly.

[mikebiz]

That is a gorgeous bow Patrick.  Love the color of those limbs.  Good luck with it.

[droz il]

It's a beauty Patrick, congrats.  

[WESTBROOK]

Thats a Beauty Patrick!!

Eric

[Claymore]

A beauty. But then I never saw an ugly bow made by Craig.

[Ralphie]

Hey Patrick,

Good luck with the sweet looking Hill!

Ralph

[K. Mogensen]

[ChrisM]

If Craig doesn't camelize is Boo on site he better order a good stock of it 'cause I think he will be selling alot more of it.

[Dick in Seattle]

cedar find

The recent discussion of Cheetahs got me enthusiastic and I had that in mind when I started my current building project.   However, the juniper I have is really kind of boring, no hot grain at all, and I had no cedar, so I opted for osage.   I've been looking for the right piece of cedar since this spring, when I let my Cheetah-like cedar bow "Out of the Closet" go to someone who needed a light draw.   On this afternoon's lunch and errand outing, my wife asked if I wanted to drop by Rocklers? Duh!     There I found a marvelously horrible piece of cedar, 9' x 5 "x  over 3/4"… Full of huge knots, punk spots, etc., but I thought I could see several 1 1/2" x 38" runs of good wood here and there, with only small knots and blends of slight white grain running through the red.    The board was $12 and came home with me.   I had hoped to get four good lam billets out of it, but only got three.   Still, I'll get at least three lam slices out of each billet, possibly four.   At four lams to a bow, that's two or maybe three nice cedar longbows with boo cores.  Be awhile before I get to this project, but it'll be interesting to see how Cheetah like I can get.

I posted pix of the wood with today's work report on the "How It Goes" page.

[Ray_G]

Cap'n,

It looks like some interesting color and figure in that wood.  The cream color streaks will make it distinctive.  Looking forward to seeing it come together.

Hey Patrick!

Dandy bow indeed!!

[SpankyNeal]

Beauty of a bow Patrick, congrats!  

[MT Longbow]

Thanks fellas, I took it out for a solid test run today , 3D shoot in Clearwater Junction Montana(the Bearshoot) , shot multiple times at 40 targets out to 50 yards.....Great Bow...solid shooter...Man that was ALOT of arrows!!!

[ChrisM]

Lets talk GPP and Hill bow efficiencey.  I have been told from time to time by Hill bow guys that a Hill bow will shine at GPP obove 10 like 11 or 12.  Well I have a Wesley Special that is listed at 56# (don't know yet what it really is) and with an arrow that is 9 GPP and an arrow that is 12 GPP I can't tell a difference of impact out to 25 yards ( my max accuracy with this bow at this time).  Don't have a chrono but it seems that there isn't much drop in FPS even with a 150+ increase in arrow weight.  If I had attempted this jump with my recurve it would have dropped way off once you got past 10GPP.  Now am I just imagining this or is this the case with the american flat bow?
BTW at 12GPP this bow is as smooth as my recurve.

[Rob DiStefano]

i let each bow dictate to me what kinda gpp it prefers.  i've had hills that just shined at a tad before 10ggp and others that didn't wake up until i pushed the weight to a good 12gpp.  they're all diff'rent to some minor or major degrees.  let 'em have what they like.

[petertschantz]

well, I finally got to hunt with the Big-5. No blood drawn, my fault not the Hill!

Had a great time...

Pete

[Rik]

Hill bow are not flat bows.

The difference between flat bows and "narrow," deep-cored bows is deep-----and ancient.

That's what makes deep-cored bows interesting.

Look into it. The research is almost as interesting as the bows. . .

P.S. The snow has melted here in Idaho almost enough for bear hunting. Our major passes still have 10-feet of highly compressed ice (they call it snow). The snow in the low country is starting to melt. Might be able to get into good elk country by the first week of August. Won't be getting into good bear country until after the bear season ends this year.

If Nate will share a photo, I will too. Even the low country is gorgeous.

"Hey Nate, it's Haversack comparison time!" I would much rather share a photo of a bloody arrow and a tasty spring bear, but the season is a bit late this year. It ends next week, so I have a feeling the bears will win this year. At least for me.

Nate-----any action on you side yet?

[ChrisM]

Sorry for the misstatement have just heard them reffered to that way before.

[MT Longbow]

Here is a Montana Bear.....rather large and mean...lucky my Daughter and I shot him...The Wesley saved the day again...right at 10GPP!
 

[dragonheart]

Here is a picture of good shooting "D" style thick limbed longbow.  Not a true "Hill" but a good shooting longbow in the Hill tradition.  The fella in the picture is one ugly cuss!