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Offline jtwalsh62

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You Hill style guys
« on: October 02, 2012, 09:18:00 AM »
Okay what is it about these bows I started out shooting a Big five a long time ago,a many critters fell to that bow. But as time when on I move to better longbow RD ,faster nicer in your hand just all around better bow (HA). Jumping from one to the other.  So being a master woodworker ,I started making my own Glass bows. Really nice 3pcs long bow ,recurves and one pcs RD longbows. Never being happy with anything. talk to a friend of mine and he told me to just go back to where it started .So here I am making and old Hill style longbow.(Knowing that this was not my problem HA) I am in love again. Just to hold it in my hands makes me happy. Is this not Crazy. Long way to get back home but Im here and it feels good
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Offline GreyGoose

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 09:19:00 AM »
"Everything old is new again"
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 09:46:00 AM »
Just something about them!

 

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 10:02:00 AM »
I think that it is just getting back to the basics.  What more could it be when using a style or type of bow that one of the greatest archers of all times used.  Just such a role model.  That being said I am not trying to leave any of the others out such as Thompson, Young, Pope, Bear, ect. any one of which were and are part of our past and hertiage and perfect role models.

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2012, 10:36:00 PM »
Hill bows are magic. They just cast a special spell.
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2012, 11:34:00 PM »
Nope , i agree ... they ain't the fastest ... but they are the coolest .
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2012, 07:53:00 AM »
I love my recurves, but there is just something about the longbow.
   
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2012, 09:55:00 AM »
As my buddy Ben Maher mentioned on another thread, they make you more handsome too.  :D
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2012, 10:21:00 AM »
They truly do posses some olden magic. There is just something about the simplicity that attracted me at first. Heck, I was just looking for something forgiving of my long draw when I stumbled upon one by mere accident. All I needed to do was shoot a few arrows and it wove it's magic into the fibers of my sole. Now I can't get away from them.
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2012, 10:44:00 AM »
Charlie,  familiar pose....

with a longbow, those grouse and squirrels aren't safe  ;)

 

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »
That above photo should show any non-believers that a properly fitted back quiver can be used and the arrows do not fall out when the shooter's position causes the quiver to be inverted.

Excellent photos two4hooking, Charlie, and Nate!!
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2012, 02:15:00 PM »
Great pics! Hill style longbows are my favorite.

Offline 7 Lakes

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2012, 03:04:00 PM »
Big Five was my first traditional bow also.  Just like my compounds I stupidly traded it away after a bit to try something new and better.  

Now I'm back to building my own version "Carolina Nights" with a little string follow.  Sweetest shooting bows I've ever shot.

 

 

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2012, 03:07:00 PM »
Nice bow Mike!

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2012, 07:02:00 PM »
Mike that bow looks sweet !
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2012, 07:59:00 PM »
Beautiful tiller Nate.

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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2012, 09:10:00 PM »
Hill style is timeless bowhunting.  These bows excite that inner spirit of our roots for the hunting archer.  It is also a return for many to the simple and effective method of bowhunting that we "cut our teeth" on.  Today there are those that are "advancing" to modern traditional bowhunting.  There are those of us that are returning to the our roots, to the founders, the trailblazers of bowhunting.  

 
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2012, 09:29:00 PM »
These bows are fun to shoot "in the field".  Just look at that happy archer!      :D  

 
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2012, 09:32:00 PM »
Girls likem too!
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Re: You Hill style guys
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2012, 09:38:00 PM »
At home in the woods

 
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