picked up my Northern Mist Shelton and i'm blow away by how smooth it is at #55 pounds! i am a "D" bow man at heart but got caught up in the reflex/deflex craze and auctually shoot them pretty good. however i now know there is no turning back and i'm ready to make the switch to "D" bow for good! got a HillShrew on order and want to pick up a nice HH. i'll give it a couple days but am pretty sure i'm going to unload evrything else!

Good for you!  I love the look of the "D" bows and I'm a big fan of Howard Hill but I just don't shoot them as well as the reflex/deflex bows.  I'll pick up my "D" bow about once a month and shoot it until I get disapointed in my shooting and then it's back to my 21st Century bow.  I feel like the Howard Hill narrow style grip is giving me a lot of trouble.

3,995 people roughly. I'm just guessing from the Howard Hill thread!

 

I'm pretty much in the same boat. I have two r/d bows, my martin savannah and howard hill badger. But I shoot my howard hill robin hood or bamabow more than anything else.

I unloaded everything else as soon as I shot my first D-style, now I have 2 HHs and am on the list for the ShrewHill as well.

I shot my first D style, a Jerry Hill, years and years ago. I got a Martin ML-10 and loved it, so I bought a HH Big Five, then built 2 more of my own. I sold my Quinn Stingray and my mild R/D longbow, a Howatt Bushmaster. I love my D bows because, to me, they are the most fun to shoot.

If you want to get some idea how many people shoot a "D" style longbow exclusively, make a poll and compare it with how many people shoot hybrid longbows and recurves exclusively. Should be an interesting poll if you decide to do it.

i like them all,  just depends on my mood.  no need to not enjoy all the designs available to us.

That would be me, although I consider my Mohawk a d shape, although not a Hill style. So I guess I'm just a longbow guy. Sold the schafer last week, no curves here, not that I'm against them by any means.

I think I will stay with my RD Long Bows.  They feel good to me and I shoot them pretty fair.  I can't say I do not like the Mowhawk type long bows and I have not shot a Hill style in way years but that doesnt mean I dont like em.  Fact is at some point I want to own one just to play with.

Oh, yea,  I still shoot my recurves also....

Old guy being confused I guess... LOL..  Have fun with what ya shoot

QuoteOriginally posted by Lamey:
i like them all,  just depends on my mood.  no need to not enjoy all the designs available to us.

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yeah man, i love my "D" bow, a mohawk.   :D

don't confuse hill style longbows with mild r/d longbows, 'cause both brace to that classic "D" limb shape.  aside from the braced look, they're totally diff'rent animals.

What's a shrewhill?


Kinda thought that.

Rob, ya never know, t could happen.  

For me, It's the Flavor of the week.

Ken, you better hold onto Froggy. You owe it to yourself.

QuoteOriginally posted by TNstickn:
What's a shrewhill?

that's a new hill style longbow to be offered by ron "shrew" laclair.  check out the last 4 or 5 pages of the "hh bug got  me" thread.

All I shoot over this way. 65# and no "hold-over" till about 60 or so yards with 16 strand dacron.
Great hunting weaponry.
Once you get it, you got it.    

Ken bro, you shoot it very well!!!
You need matched arras now:)

F-Manny

Nothing wrong with making things Harder & More Traditional Ken, I had a feeling you'd like the string follow design ... {he he} ...

I have two hills and a mix of rd and recurve bows I am strictly using my hills and the others are collecting dust. It's a shame too because there are some darn nice bows hanging on the rack and most cost me more money than either of the hills. I am seriously considering selling the others and just keeping the Big5 and Wesley Special.

Welcome Hillbro! E-mail pix of your Shrewill. Gotta know there's some big LaClair love in that one.