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Title: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Tradcat on February 25, 2014, 06:06:00 AM
OK Gang....Here's a chance to show off your favorite Hill style string follow bow with both bragging and pics....Let's SEE and HEAR why you love 'em so much !
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: 2treks on February 25, 2014, 08:10:00 AM
The just seem right, and they work well.
 (http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt12/twotracks/P1030639_zps400ba0c3.jpg) (http://s593.photobucket.com/user/twotracks/media/P1030639_zps400ba0c3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Kris on February 25, 2014, 10:28:00 AM
Nice Pic Two Tracks.

I'm ordering my Hill SF in the next week or two, just in time for spring stump shooting     ;)

Would love to see more.  I've been perusing the "HH bit... 1000 page +" thread for combination ideas.  

Good stuff, love it!

Kris
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Ulysseys on February 25, 2014, 11:50:00 AM
Nice bow chuck what model is that?
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: David Mitchell on February 25, 2014, 12:12:00 PM
  (http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/davidmitchell_6466/NM%20Shelton--green/GreenNMShelton002.jpg) (http://s796.photobucket.com/user/davidmitchell_6466/media/NM%20Shelton--green/GreenNMShelton002.jpg.html)

  (http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/davidmitchell_6466/NM%20Shelton--green/GreenNMShelton005.jpg) (http://s796.photobucket.com/user/davidmitchell_6466/media/NM%20Shelton--green/GreenNMShelton005.jpg.html)

Northern Mist Shelton string follow, 68", 49@28".  Limbs are bamboo with green glass and myrtle riser.  She's sweet.  I have owned three other SF bows--another Shelton and two Howard Hills which I sold.  I prefer the slight back set limbs from both makers, but this one will stay with me permanently as it was a retirement gift from two hunting buddies.....Dave
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: David Mitchell on February 25, 2014, 12:14:00 PM
This picture shows a Northern Mist SF on the left and a Howard Hill on the right.  You can see difference in the two.  Hills do not have quite as much string follow as the NM.

 (http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/davidmitchell_6466/Hill%20string%20follow/BigFivestringfollow004.jpg) (http://s796.photobucket.com/user/davidmitchell_6466/media/Hill%20string%20follow/BigFivestringfollow004.jpg.html)
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: 2treks on February 25, 2014, 01:31:00 PM
Thanks guys.
Ulysseys, That is an Echo of my own making.
CTT
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Green on February 25, 2014, 01:59:00 PM
I recently had a brief ownership of one of James Northstar's.  Excellent shooting bow....got my mind made up for a string follow in the future, but y'all don't say anything to the guy above me about that.  And before confusion sets in, this is an unstrung reverse handled bow.  Lol

  (http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n525/rgreen1958/JD%20Berry%20Northstar/016-1.jpg) (http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/rgreen1958/media/JD%20Berry%20Northstar/016-1.jpg.html)

  (http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n525/rgreen1958/JD%20Berry%20Northstar/017-1.jpg) (http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/rgreen1958/media/JD%20Berry%20Northstar/017-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Ricker on February 25, 2014, 03:30:00 PM
Love my Echo.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=31;t=001183
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: centaur on February 25, 2014, 08:21:00 PM
Some say that SF bows are too slow. This deer would probably argue the point if he could. HH Wesley, 55# String Follow.
 (http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac67/peastes/P1030484.jpg) (http://s886.photobucket.com/user/peastes/media/P1030484.jpg.html)
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Brianlocal3 on February 25, 2014, 08:34:00 PM
JD Berry Misty Dawn
Tempered purple heart riser, French quilted maple under clear glass.
 (http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q618/brianlocal3/Misty%20Dawn/file-29.jpg) (http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/brianlocal3/media/Misty%20Dawn/file-29.jpg.html)

 (http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q618/brianlocal3/Misty%20Dawn/file-28.jpg) (http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/brianlocal3/media/Misty%20Dawn/file-28.jpg.html)

 (http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q618/brianlocal3/Misty%20Dawn/file-27.jpg) (http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/brianlocal3/media/Misty%20Dawn/file-27.jpg.html)
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: snag on February 25, 2014, 10:30:00 PM
(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/Classic002_zpsc661368f.jpg)

(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/Classic001_zps7e2c3f63.jpg)

(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/Classic003_zps60d6bbba.jpg)

Love this bow. It's one of Allen Boice's Liberty "Classic Elite" string follow longbows. Shot it a few times and wouldn't let him have it back...   :thumbsup:    :archer2:
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Dan bree on February 26, 2014, 12:08:00 AM
Any body have a northern mist whisper ? Any pics and how do you like it  .
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Dan bree on February 26, 2014, 12:11:00 AM
Oops sorry. It's not a stringfollow  but a reverse riser
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: akbowbender on February 26, 2014, 12:43:00 AM
I hunted moose last year with my JD Berry Misty Dawn:

  (http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii185/finnish-archer/ArcheryPhotos/MooseMoment02_sm_zps1a34ecff.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/finnish-archer/media/ArcheryPhotos/MooseMoment02_sm_zps1a34ecff.jpg.html)

Here it is again in my back quiver how-to video:


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=702n8EWLEP8&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: katman on February 26, 2014, 07:44:00 AM
That one is interesting Snag, in between a standard and forward riser.
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Ric O'Shay on February 26, 2014, 08:20:00 AM
Here are a few pics of my Union Jack. String Follow; 66" 57# @ 28"; ebony riser with English yew from a 300 year old yew tree felled by a storm in Stafford-shire, England in 2001.
 (http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/bard9l/IMG_1550.jpg) (http://s41.photobucket.com/user/bard9l/media/IMG_1550.jpg.html)
 (http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/bard9l/IMG_1549.jpg) (http://s41.photobucket.com/user/bard9l/media/IMG_1549.jpg.html)
 (http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/bard9l/IMG_0921.jpg) (http://s41.photobucket.com/user/bard9l/media/IMG_0921.jpg.html)
 (http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/bard9l/IMG_0919-1.jpg) (http://s41.photobucket.com/user/bard9l/media/IMG_0919-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Hermon on February 26, 2014, 09:16:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by katman:
That one is interesting Snag, in between a standard and forward riser.
Katman- Allen from Liberty bows made up a Classic for a pass around bow .  I had it for awhile and was really impressed by it.  It is in California now.  Contact Allen and maybe you can try it when Stump Buster is done with it.
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: snag on February 26, 2014, 10:53:00 AM
Allen lives in "yew country". The limb veneers on mine are from some high quality yew cut years ago. Oregon guy + Oregon yew = great combo!
Title: Re: String Follow Fan Billboard
Post by: Vesty on February 26, 2014, 11:40:00 AM
I love my Echo string follow longbow. Quiet, smooth, forgiving and handles heavy arrows remarkably well. I'm experimenting with 610gn. wood shafts and am quite impressed.