HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[Brianlocal3]

my weaponry
 

This quiver has answered my prayers on finding the perfect hunting/3d quiver.

silent when moving, doesn't hang up on anything, you can slip thru the thickest of thickest and it just rides along.  Arrows do not rattle one bit.  I have found quiver nirvana.
 

[RC]

Nice pics.. Rain all day here and I`m bout to bust to shoot some.
  I really am starting to like those reverse handle bows. I may try to throw one together sometime.RC

[Brianlocal3]

and a parting shot from the ridge line
 


Thanks RC.  You really should, I think you will be very happy with the outcome.

[katman]

Beautiful, thank Brian.

[Green]

Thanks for the pics Brian......looks like a beautiful place.

[ron w]

Didn't know Kudzu was that far north......Nice photos. I really like forward handle bows. I have a N.M. Whisper that is nice to shoot. Those Morningstars look nice.

[Paul_R]

Some of you may be familiar with this bow, it's a new (to me) Kramer made Big 5. I just got it yesterday from a fellow TradGanger. 66" 52#@28" and a whopping 1-7/8" of set back. I expected loads of shock to match and imagine my surprise to find that it just isn't there! Very little shock, almost none and nothing like the elbow jarring thump I get with my Big River with the exact same specs and less than half the set back!

   

And I think it likes me too, look how well it did with the first four shots at 18 yards using the set up exactly as it came out of the box (good job Mike Walker and thanks again!)

   

That hand shock thing is illusive. I had a 64" 60 pound bigriver that had less hand shock than my Super Kodiak.  I gave it to a former family member that sold it, I have seen it come for sale a couple of times. I had an 89@27 Kramer Big 5 that could change the color of your eyeballs and was quite slow, but for some reason I had a higher rabbit and pheasant hit to shot ratio with that bow than anything else. Then last year i bought a Kramer Razorbac for a kid. To my surprise, no hand shock and it was quick. It had a very sexy tiller job and had perfectly balanced limbs.

[Brianlocal3]

Nice looking bow there!!!! Looks like you two will get along quite well!!!

[far rider]

Paul,
It appears to have found a forever home, and looks as if it has settled in quite well!
     
Tim

[cahaba]

Glad you got some hunting time in Brian. Thanks for the great pics.

[ChuckC]

What kind of brace height are you using for these bows.  I just finished building my first and find a lot a room for improvements, especially in tiller.

ChuckC

[WESTBROOK]

Chuck, from 5.75 to 7", low 6's is pretty common.

Eric

[Austin Brown]

I'm excited to get back into Hill style bows,haven't owned one for the last few months.  I have a new to me Berry Morningstar coming that should be here tomorrow.

[katman]

Exciting times Austin, Let us now all about her.

[ChuckC]

Thank you,

low 6 is where I have it.  I am used to 8" on my other bow and I was questioning the set up.

ChuckC

I have a lefty Morningstar on order, something in the mid 50s at 26". I have been shooting 1918s with 160 grain broadheads, with glue-in bh adapters out of my 52 at 26" right hand Robertson and my favorite yew/bamboo 57 pound bow. For my right hand 53 pound yew I use either 1818s with glue-ins and 145 grain Grizzlies or 1918s with the screw in adapters and 160 grain broadheads, which gives me 200 grains up front. All of my broadhead arrows are 27" bop, I am not going to change that. I have a dozen 27" bop 48 pound tapered cedars with the 145 grain Grizzlies. I have a dozen 53-55 pound tapered cedars with 160 up front that fly out of everything except my heavier robertson. I need to make  some practice shafts that match these various broadhead hunting arrows, and I am trying to decide which arrow should be my go to arrow for the upcoming shoot it until its worn out Berry Morningstar. The cart is out in front of the horse, but any good bow will tolerate some various spines and I need to make something. Should I make target 1918s or get me a bunch of tapered cedars? I am assuming that James will hit real close to that 55 pound mark, but I don't know exactly what the spine tendencies for the Morningstar will be compared to the bows I have.  All of my bows are cut 1/8" from center plus the leather.

[Rossco7002]

From what I've seen those Morningstars are very quiet... A tapered cedar would only complement that IMHO. ;-)

[Brianlocal3]

Pavan,
My Morningstar tends to like shafts stiffer than one would think, but admittedly I'm not much of a woodie shooter.
The videos of me shooting the Morningstar are with carbons that come in at 8.34 GPP , and it is SILENT, a heavier shaft will only help matters.  

[lone hunter]

I shoot my Morningstar at 10.44gpp with carbon arrows. Very quiet but I have found for me that brace height is critical. After talking to James, I set my bh at 6.75 and that made a big difference. Doesn't seem to matter much what string I put on. Can't see any difference in speed but bow really seems to perform well at this setting.