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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Justin Falon on January 31, 2010, 10:02:00 PM
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Anybody ever used the Howard Hill broadhead for hunting?
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i have and still do use Hill broadheads . they take a bit of sharpening but they fly great . i've taken heaps of small game , plenty of goats and a couple large boars with them .
Ben
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i have and still do use Hill broadheads . they take a bit of sharpening but they fly great . i've taken heaps of small game , plenty of goats and a couple large boars with them .
Ben
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I've been told that the broadhead pro carbide sharpener will sharpen them up without a problem. The only way I'd use them is if I could get them razor sharp.
jf
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I have some that I got during the latter part of the season so I haven't yet. I do plan on having them in the quiver for opening day this coming season.
God bless,Mudd
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The last dozen or so deer that I have killed were with single bevel hills. Cut from unhoned and heat tempered Hill blanks. The last three deer my son shot were with 140s, one was sharpened according to the Hill instructions and the others were sharpened with a coarse and fine diamond hone. I get mine razor sharp and then put a very fine serration on them with a Grizzly file. I do the same thing with Grizzlies, I have not seen if they are better than Grizzlies or not, but we have not lost a deer with either one.
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For sure they look good,but you are saying that there are some problem to make them sharp?
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Where can you find information on the broad head pro carbide sharpener?
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Alaska bow hunting supplies has one that will work. If you are going to go that way i would suggest taking them down with a file some first and don't be afraid of taking some of the ferrule off with it.
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You might want to try the Rada knife sharpener. They are the folks that made the "wheelie" sharpener that Simmons used to sell. It was about the only thing I found that I could get a Hill sharp enough to hunt with. They work great (not only on HH bhs but others too) and don't cost much.
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Ordered a RADA sharpener last night (5 bucks) so I will try it on a few knives first. Could be the ticket.
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I just got some a few months ago and they fly great and I use a file and a kitchen knife hone and it works.
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And you have to start from the back and file toward the front 3R has a video for sharpening the Hills
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Hey Warrior, go to Product Reviews...Simmons "washer sharpener", July 27, 2006. Good info on how to use it for broadheads.
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I killed my first deer ever with a HH 160 broadhead in 1978 central Wiconsin.Still use them today.
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http://tmuss.tripod.com/sharp.html
Here's a link to a Hill sharpening how-to. I've hunted with Tom and his Hill broadheads; they are extremely sharp.
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I have used them for many years and have had very good fortune with them. Elk, deer, bear, turkey and a variety of small game have all met their demise to them. The key is to sharpen them like Howard did. His instructions are on line. Don't think you're going to get them "razor" sharp...you want them "file" sharp. Be happy to share my method with any one. Just let me know.
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holy shmoly it took a hill broadhead thread to get you to post just once in 5yrs?
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He's probably been busy hunting and killing all those critters with Hill Broadheads :-)
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What's this? Someone is hunting with Hills that are NOT shaving sharp? Oh no.
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Originally posted by Tajue17:
holy shmoly it took a hill broadhead thread to get you to post just once in 5yrs?
Just shows the influence of anything Hill! :thumbsup:
I read an analysis by a board owner who said that 90% of posts were by 10% of the members and that a large number of members never post anything.
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I always wanted to use a Hill broadhead, But they don't make a 125, So I use a similar broadhead made in OZ
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I wonder how much weight the 140 loses after it has been filed on a few times. I take quite a chunk out of the ferrule on my single bevel 160s I weighed them and they come in at 152 to 155 when sharpened. A good bit of that reduction is in the ferrule. One thing about the 140s is that they fly about the same as a 125 blunts on anything 20 yards and longer. Being a secondary sighter with 160s, I find that 145 blunts equals 160 grain Hills for sighting trajectory with longer shots and 135 judo points may even sight in a little closer for point on.
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We sell lots of the Rada sharpeners,use one myself on the main blades of my Deltas
Terry
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Originally posted by monterey:
Originally posted by Tajue17:
holy shmoly it took a hill broadhead thread to get you to post just once in 5yrs?
Just shows the influence of anything Hill! :thumbsup:
I read an analysis by a board owner who said that 90% of posts were by 10% of the members and that a large number of members never post anything. [/b]
I agree,,, I know 3 stickbow shooters here locally who I have never seen one post or reply by them in any forum even the local forums.
like this gentleman above I wonder if its just redundant postings and there's no point but every now and then someone brings up something somewhat obscure and its draws in some new posters.
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Originally posted by pavan:
What's this? Someone is hunting with Hills that are NOT shaving sharp? Oh no.
I am sure someone will try to educate him that he is doing it all wrong......all that game meat must have been flukes!
:readit:
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Years back, right around when mechanical heads were all the rage, two guys got into archery the usual way, they bought cheap compounds, mechanical releases, light weight carbon arrows and mechanical heads. They each wounded a deer with very little penetration their first year. Somehow they went to a shoot where Lamont had his booth. They bought a dozen 140 grain Hills, and had the brochure that Craig included, they followed the instructions given. They both blew through their deer the following season and declared that as hard as it was to believe, they felt that they had discovered the deadliest head ever produced. Someone sent them over to my house and I introduced them to the rest of the Hill story. They bought longbows. I thought this will be great, I have a couple of very adventurous young guys to shoot and hunt with. After only one year of sharpening their longbow skills in northwest Iowa, they moved west, I have never heard from them again.
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Good on you for showing them the way Paven.
I'm going to finish out my season with HH heads instead of my beloved Ace just because.....I just wish they were similar in cost.