I have had a bunch, my favorites from Hill archery are two that I tillered myself from the blanks. A 68" Half breed model and a yew. I like to make the grips so they are biased to the bow hand, left/right, not symmetrical, and I like to get more action in the tips to accommodate my under 27" draw.
If you don't shoot a straight gripped longbow like Hill would teach you to use it, you perhaps would not like them. Bent bow arm, low bow shoulder, swing draw, canted bow and minimal holding time are the keys to getting along with them. Do not over bow yourself, there is no point to that. I have seen a number of times guys getting heavy bows just because a whimpy guy like me had heavy bows. My son shot two arrows through a 244 pound dressed weight buck with a 47 pound at 27" Big River Hill style, that shoots exactly like another lighter Hill we had. One arrow while standing twenty-five yards, one on the run up a steep hill at 55 yards, which turned the deer and the last one when the deer jumped full speed off an embankment at 15 yards, which angled up and forward and cut the spinal cord. He shot the fourth arrow after it was down and hit the top curve of the rib with a rounder broad head and that one skipped off, but deer was already dead.
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