Ever shoot a Hill style and say "no thanks"?

[Hermon]

Jury is still out with them for me.  Got my first ASL this sumer. No hand shock, but just not as consistent with it as with my r/d bows.  Always enjoy shooting it but just haven't shot it enough to have a lot of confidence.   It won't leave though.

[McDave]

Wow, another 1,000 pages or so and this will be as long as the HH fan club postings!

[jackdaw]

Ulysseys....shooting a Hill style  is as much a mindset as it is about performance. I have shot some, but I prefer the recurves. I have found it very difficult to switch from one to the other...jmo

[Hud]

Listen to your own gut. It sounds like you want to try one, not once but a few days or week, before you decide. Look around and see if you can take one on trial.

[Cavscout9753]

No one in their right mind would want to shoot an ASL or HH style bow. Their violent buggers and will ruin your dental work. If you've foolishly bought one I will do you a favor and take it off your hands at a bargain price. Send them my way and be rid of them. I'd only do this for a trad ganger.

[akbowbender]

That's the Tradgang spirit, Cavscout!

[TradBrewSC]

I've tried! The mystique of the hill bow is great! I unfortunately can't shoot them.. I for one cant shoot a straight grip, I also have a shorter draw length and the long D bows don't have the "zing" I'm after and personally prefer not to have that hand shock.

But to each there own. You won't know until you try!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I love my Hill/Schulz style natural bows I make and shoot,  smooth quiet and I've had plenty of guys shoot them and change there opinions of Hill styles. Most have had bad experiences with Hill styles and they have been shocked how smooth they are.

 

Lots of variables in all types of bows I think          

Tracy

[JDBerry]

Sounds like to me, there should be a price put on the Bowyers heads, who make those god awful things.(LOL)

  Hmmm, think I will make more!!!  ..OE

[ron w]

I was told how bad they were.....then got a deal on a Jerry Hill longbow. That was 7-8 years ago, now I have 2 Northern Mists, 3 Hills and a Kimsha. I sold the Jerry hill and that was a mistake.........Nothing like stumping with a Hill style.

[Ric O'Shay]

I've managed to come into possession of one of those god awful bows that OE is talking about. Dang thang just shoots where you want it to, doesn't complain about how I hold it, will shoot every arrow I've ever had the nerve to put through it and besides that, it laughs at me when I pick up one of those r/d type bows. On top of all that, whoever made this bow, built it left handed. But that's OK, I just string it backwards and it shoots just fine.
 

[JDBerry]

Ric o Sly, got your Vixen, going out Monday, 46@28-66" give me a call, I shot it,aint got the guts to do that agin!!! Poor me  ..OE

[Overspined]

You shot an ML-10 and still have all your teeth?    

[Mo0se]

Yes...twice, because I had to shoot it a second time to verify that it really was that bad!

[Ric O'Shay]

OE - I just broke a tooth  shootin' one of these bows and had a new crown put on that molar. Now you're gonna send me another.....need to call my dentist and make certain the glue is cured.    

[Diamond Paul]

Just like some don't seem to notice (or be bothered by, probably more truthful) recoil in rifles, there are some who don't seem to mind the hand shock of traditional Hill style longbows.  Nevertheless, I've never shot one by any maker that I would call pleasant to shoot, or that shot well for me, and I've tried quite a few of them.  Some guys like to hunt 120lb deer with .338 Win mags; to each his own, but count me out.  Many much more enjoyable and more shootable designs out there these days.

[Stone Knife]

Originally posted by Ric O'Shay:
I've managed to come into possession of one of those god awful bows that OE is talking about. Dang thang just shoots where you want it to, doesn't complain about how I hold it, will shoot every arrow I've ever had the nerve to put through it and besides that, it laughs at me when I pick up one of those r/d type bows. On top of all that, whoever made this bow, built it left handed. But that's OK, I just string it backwards and it shoots just fine.
     

 I love mine.

The oral surgeon wanted 4800.00 to remove my wisdom teeth.  I did it for nothing with three shots of my friends Hill bow.

I'll let you know if it was worth it after I find out how much it's going to cost to repair my elbow.

[ron w]

Tooner.......you should have learned to hold it properly..........   :cool:   Just my thoughts!!

I was holding it correctly ron, that's how I limited it to just my wisdom teeth.