HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[David Mitchell]

[FITTER]

Good looking bow

[Deno]

That's going to be a beauty David!!

Deno

[nineworlds9]

LOL David's pic looks familiar...

Mamba #46 should be here any day now!

In the meantime I acquired new Fury strings for the Big5 and for the Mamba from Allen Shafer.  

Guys all I can repeatedly say is that if you're shooting B50 on a modern Hill with tip wedges or tip overlays you're truly missing out.

The Big5 I've been shooting came with a B50 stock string and I gave it a chance as I hadn't shot a Hill with that material in a year or two or more and wanted to reassess what I basically already knew, just for kicks.  The bow performed fine with B50, but you could tell it causes more armguard slap and keeping the brace height within a 1/4" is a challenge.  

Soon as I got the Fury string last week and put it on, set my brace and took the first shot I laughed out loud.  The Fury made what was already a nice shooting for a Hill bow superbly crisp and just a joy to shoot.  Flatter shooting, just as quiet and the gentle bump from the B50 now transformed to a simple pulse.  If you've been dead set on shooting B50 on your modern Hills I challenge you to try a properly made Flemish string made from Fury, BCY-X or Rhino etc, you will be pleased.

One thing I have had with B50s and new bows, three times, is that the new bow has edges or something in the string grooves and eats those B 50s in short order.  I had a Schulz that ate through two string in five days.  I finally got out a little buffer dodad for my Dremel and hit the string grooves.  The third string lasted a year. I hit new string grooves with a strip of jeweler's cloth just in case there is a finish ridge on them.  B 50s will do that stretch thing for a bit. I agree that can be irritating.

[David Mitchell]

Hey nineworlds, that was a picture of the bow you got wasn't it? I remember now.  Man, I like that look.  I sent Craig the picture and told him I want one just like it to my specs. Figured I'd be dead by the time you decided to sell me that bow.    

[MnFn]

My shooting with the Morning Star has been improving to the point that I am thinking about hunting with it this year.

I can see the practical side of a back quiver for some of my hunting. Especially since I don't generally like stuff hanging on my bow. I do have a Safari Tuff Duiker.

But with a back quiver do people generally prefer two blades?

[David Mitchell]

Yep, two blades work sooo much better in a back quiver, especially if properly broken in and molding to your back to keep arrows deadly quiet.

Hill like barbed heads, I find that two blades with barbed or square backs, can snag a bit on the leather.  Feeling sorry for my quiver after I hunted with four blade Herters heads, they have rounded blades and they are not as bad as wide two blade heads, I oiled it up real nice.  Now my good luck, Hillary For Prison stickers keep falling off my back quiver.

[two4hooking]

I hunted with 4 blade razorheads in by back quiver for years before switching to 2 blades.  More blades were just not needed and it makes using the back quiver a little easier.  Can be done though.

[ron w]

Been looking for a used Takedown with no luck, so I guess I'm going to order a brand new one. I was thinking a Cheetah or maybe an Ruffed Grouse. Any thoughts  on which way you would go??

No, Ron get a Cougar.  No one ever gets a Cougar model.  Honey locust make for a quick lamination and is really pretty.

Come to think about it.  The picks on the Hill site don't do it justice, I wonder if anyone on here has better picks of a Cougar Hill.

[ron w]

I wonder why you never see a cougar........I like the Halfbreed also.

I have a yew/bamboo from a Craig blank that has such straight grained yew book matched lams that it almost looks like rust brown glass, just one little turn in the grain on all four yew lams near the riser.  The best shooting Hill style bow that I have ever shot.  I tried to give it to someone that understood Hills.  He thought about it, shot it a for an hour, agreed that with me that it was better than anything that he ever shot and then said this is too much, I cannot take it.  I need to limit my right hand shooting and every time I take that bow hunting, all I do is go out stump shooting the whole time.  I am pathetic that way.  If I take a harsh slow bow hunting, I take few warm shots and then get on with the hunting.  Sweet shooting fast longbows are difficult for OCD people.  Heck, the other day I went out to tune it up.  There was no tuning that needed to be done and 330 arrows later there was still no tuning that needed to be done.  I spent the evening watching TV with my release hand on ice.

[Learner]

Originally posted by pavan:
I......Sweet shooting fast longbows are difficult for OCD people.  Heck, the other day I went out to tune it up.  There was no tuning that needed to be done and 330 arrows later there was still no tuning that needed to be done.  I spent the evening watching TV with my release hand on ice.

LOL  

[ron w]

Just sent an e-mail to Craig.......looks like a new one will be in the works soon..........it will be different.

It may be different, but I am not so sure that will work.

[nineworlds9]

Howard Hill limited edition Black Mamba #46 arrived in the mail today!!  Ohhh baby what a stunner!  Best looking Hill I've ever laid hands or eyes on.  She's 70" 55@29 and I can't believe how narrow and pointy the limbs are for the given draw weight. She is butter smooth and dead quiet. Craig and gang really nailed this one AND she's a shooter.  

Pics and a review coming within the next day or so!