HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

[Ray Lyon]

Congratulations Crispin. That last picture is a great one. Most hero shots with brimmed hats have shaded eyes. Well done.  
   

[ron w]

 Nice bird, nice bow!!!  

[M60gunner]

Nice bird Crispin, as for the bow, outstanding but wrong handed. Craig really shows attention to detail and his "Special Edition" bows really brings that out.

[flyguysc]

Just ordered #40 today from Craig.

[frank bullitt]

Cool shot, Crispin!  

[DesertDude]

Outstanding

[RC]

Good job Sir. RC

Excellent!

[FITTER]

Nice shooting!!

[nineworlds9]

Originally posted by flyguysc:
Just ordered #40 today from Craig.

Awesome!  You're gonna love it!!

Crispin great kill!

[Linwood Hines]

I too have a special bow ordered from HHA - I saw one on one of these pages and got stoked - probably shouldn't have (really, I have one more bow than I need but one less than I want).  I'm being patient, and shooting the other Hills I enjoy, but wow this wait is kinda getting to me....but I'll preseveere...was kinda hoping to be able to go to the Dixie Bowmen (VA) shoot this weekend with it....but that's ok, there will be other times in the future I can shoot it....doggone when, Craig?  ok, I'll calm down...

The older you get the faster time goes by... Until you have a longbow on order, then it just stops.  I have a very special bow coming, I am going to have to break out a new check, I wore the first one out playing with it. Maybe, I could pay with silver Eagles, they don't wear out as fast and in their uncirculated condition they are prettier.

[Linwood Hines]

;-)

Liner, Okay so I used to puff on some very expensive pipes loaded with Balkan Sobranie, but i have found that the stuff was better in a corncob with a good bit in it. I just do it now when the bugs are bad.  My new bow will not have the fancy woods and lams, but when I get it, if I live that long, I will declare it to be prettier than yours.  If you disagree, I will declare that some beholders eyes are better than others.

[nineworlds9]

Larry,
I was shooting my Big Five tonight and did some experimenting with my release.  Very interesting.  I've always been a dynamic release/ pull through shooter using back tension and release landmark like touching my shoulder/elbow back, to accurate effect.  
Well I decided to try a more static release tonight and was impressed with the results. Ive always shot with a swing draw, I preload and half draw as I am picking my spot and continue to draw while I raise my bow arm and by the time I lock in I am at full draw.  Tonight I did that and still watched for back tension but this time I simply opened my hand once my fingers and thumb knuckle reached my anchor point along my jaw.  My hand would still move back slightly and kind of slip along my face, but definitely not a pull through like where I touch my shoulder.  I noticed very good accuracy doing this static release and the Big Five was as quiet as I've ever heard her be.  I noticed I was also really paying attention to heeling the grip and applying even pressure along the life line on my hand, I think I was doing it before, but something about the static release made me notice it more.  Something about this combo of grip and release really made the bow sweet.  I watched a few videos of Howard and John and this seems the closest I've ever come to shooting in their fashion.  Neat stuff.

[Jim Picarelli]

My new Hill Tembo, 67" 50@27. Ebony handle and overlays, white glass on the belly and black on the back
   
     

   

[frank bullitt]

Nice!  Tembo, my fav. HH bow!

Love white glass, too!

[Learner]

Very nice choices there, Jim.  That is one beautiful bow!

Best wishes,
Frank

[Gordon Jabben]

What a great looking bow.  Really nice

[Sirius Black]