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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #60 on: January 10, 2011, 08:32:00 AM »
Mudd, is there no gray tree bark in your area?  :bigsmyl:
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #61 on: January 10, 2011, 08:54:00 AM »
That last ebony bow has sent me over the edge!   :help:
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #62 on: January 10, 2011, 09:28:00 AM »
:wavey:     :campfire:    :campfire:  


The gray tree bark in my neck of the woods appears much darker than the gray of your bow.(which I love to look at btw)

Under the following conditions, yours should work great!

 

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #63 on: January 10, 2011, 10:33:00 AM »
Mike that is a really nice piece of Myrtle. Here's a couple more views. Nate did a beautiful job on "White Dragon" and it has been become my favorite bow of all time!

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #64 on: January 10, 2011, 11:42:00 AM »
Some very nice bows.I told the wife that i ordered the bow  and now im safe.Untill i find another one.  :archer2:
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #65 on: January 10, 2011, 11:53:00 AM »
Your never safe after this bug bites ya LOL!
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #66 on: January 10, 2011, 01:09:00 PM »
Thanks Spanky. Sure is a purty riser.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #67 on: January 10, 2011, 01:10:00 PM »
quote:
Originally posted by longbowben:
I told the wife that i ordered the bow  and now im safe.   :banghead:
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #68 on: January 10, 2011, 01:45:00 PM »
Actually, Mudd, the limbs on my bow are not as light as they appear in the picture. I should take a better shot of it sometime, but if I do I'm afraid somebody who may know where I live will break in a steal it it's so purty....That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.  :biglaugh:
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #69 on: January 10, 2011, 02:07:00 PM »
Love those Hill bows. Spanky You have got some fine ones and I like the Sunset Hill for sure.I love my Mohawk but I`m starting to want a Hill bow bad. I`ve been thinking about building one.RC

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #70 on: January 10, 2011, 04:29:00 PM »
Sounds good RC! Wish I had the tools, talent, and time to build one myself but I'll just stick with Nate...I couldn't improve it if I tried! Keep the Mohawk Bud, but get the Hill you want and keep it this time!!

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #71 on: January 10, 2011, 07:15:00 PM »
I'm counting the days until my "new to me" Black Bear gets here!   Not ebony, but black none the less!   I've got the 2018 XX75s by the door to give a proper welcoming!
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #72 on: January 10, 2011, 07:40:00 PM »
Cookus, be sure to post some shooting pics of that Black Bear.   :thumbsup:
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #73 on: January 10, 2011, 10:49:00 PM »
Cookus that is a sweet bow i was drooling.When it shows up pics in action. Love the bent limb pictures.Leartherneck just had to tell her when the time was right.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #74 on: January 11, 2011, 06:33:00 AM »
i can't take it any more!!!

you guyz are KILLING ME!!!

rang up jason yesterday, custom big 5 on order ..............
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #75 on: January 11, 2011, 06:35:00 AM »
Rob, I always said you were a man of class and distinction ...
But c'mon man ... specs ? Don't leave us hanging ...
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #76 on: January 11, 2011, 08:05:00 AM »
big 5, 68", 52# @ 28" but tillered to my 29.5" (should be 55# to me), string follow limbset, heat tempered ("carmalized") boo under clear glass, paduak riser and tip overlays, locator handle under a black laced leather grip.  eta, 4 weeks and counting.

i also have a david miller ol' tom on order (eta, months and months and months away), 69", but with all the other same spex as the big 5.

all that's left is a sunset hill, and nate and i will get together on that come the summer, eh nate?  ;)  

this will complete my 'howard hill trifecta' - ekin hill, miller hill, steen hill.  who said life ain't fun .... sometimes!  :D
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #77 on: January 11, 2011, 08:15:00 AM »
Rob,
Sounds beautiful ... I love the caramelized 'boo

I am sure you will love the Miller ... mine is about as sweet as it gets . Certainly no barn burner but just seems to put the arrows where I am looking with uncanny accuracy. Dave is great guy to deal with.

I am have this ongoing conversation with .. my Girlfriend , my accountant and Nate Steen ... I'll try and get that done sooner rather than later !

Look foward to pics ...

I'm waiting on ...
a Belcher Union Jack ..my 2nd but this time in a t/d
a Hill "Robin Hood" ...
and as of about five minutes ago I decided to ring Jason and Craig and get them to make me a new 66" T/d for this March's hunting trip to new Zealand... but what woods ?
Maybe Honey locust or elm .. maybe caramalized 'boo ? I'll decide in the next few hours and give 'em a call .. that is if every phone line in Australia ain't cut with all this flooding !
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #78 on: January 11, 2011, 08:25:00 AM »
oooo, dat's ALL good stuff, ben!   :thumbsup:  

what's yer draw length?

which t/d sleeve - large or small?
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #79 on: January 11, 2011, 08:35:00 AM »
I'm just on 27" ... short for my 5' 10"

...but I'm left handed which means although I have a short draw length I am inherently a better shot and better looking than those right handed people who draw over 28" ......    :saywhat:

I have come to prefer the large t/d sleeve . May not feel as good but I shoot them just a tad better .
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