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Title: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: david janssen on March 30, 2013, 09:33:00 AM
I have a 25" draw with the Hill style bows and wondered what the shortest length I could go with a 25" draw.I would like to get one around 40#.I have shot a 66" Wesley that was very nice but would like a shorter one for ground blind turkey hunting.
Let me know what you all think.I saw on the Hill website they do have a 60" model called the bobcat.

Thanks for all the help,

David
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: Brianlocal3 on March 30, 2013, 10:13:00 AM
There are formulas to all this that some swear by but a friend of mine has a 31" draw and has  a 62" cheetah that he shoots lights out !!! He also has 70 ,72, 68,and 67" hill bows. He shoots them all well.  I think you could go 64" under conventional thinking but you could be surprised with how you shoot the bobcat also
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: 3Feathers on March 30, 2013, 10:57:00 AM
I have a 25in.draw also and shoot 66in. Hills.Had a 62in. RoughGrouse and its not as smooth as a longer 66in.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: ChrisM on March 30, 2013, 11:22:00 AM
As far as hunting you can go short like say 62".  If you are primarily a target shooter then you would go long like 68".  I settled with my 25" draw and got a 65"bow.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: LongStick64 on March 30, 2013, 04:06:00 PM
I have 2 68" Hill style bows, a Shrew Hill and a Northern Mist, I draw 26" and I stand at 5'6 and I have no issues at all shooting either.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: SCATTERSHOT on March 30, 2013, 04:40:00 PM
Hill himself recommended adding the last digit of your draw length to 60, and go from there. In other words, for  28" draw a 68" bow would be optimum.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: khardrunner on March 30, 2013, 04:44:00 PM
My bro had a 64" wapiti he pulled to about 27.5 inches. Shot real well there. I would say questioning "how low" you can go is the wrong question with ASL's though. They are not designed to be shot short. Rather, find one that fits well. I would shoot 64" or 66" with that DL.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: Zippee on March 30, 2013, 06:37:00 PM
I just picked up a 60" Bamabow hunter 50# at 28".  I draw to 28.5 and I'm shooting it just fine.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: ron w on March 30, 2013, 07:00:00 PM
For me longer is better........I want 66-68" but I have a longer draw. I can deal with 64" if it's not to heavy.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: Ric O'Shay on March 30, 2013, 07:24:00 PM
Call Craig at HH Archery. He's the best to advise you on that.
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: on March 31, 2013, 09:44:00 AM
For 25" you could go with a 60" reverse handle, for bows under 50 pounds that should still draw smooth enough at 25".  You could even go for a 56" bear cub in any of the Hill lamination layups at 40 pounds and 25".
Title: Re: ??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length
Post by: Overspined on March 31, 2013, 01:43:00 PM
Regular Hill I'd say 64-66".   Reverse handle 62"-64
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