I think Mr. Hill would have tried them, but would have gone back to woodies. As was post Mr. Hill felt something special in wood arrows.

Also I don't think he would have really liked them since, He had to STOP going to archery shoots because He always won and No one else wanted to shoot when He was there. So looking for a better shaft to make Him shoot better, wasn't in His future of archery.

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He had to STOP going to archery shoots because he always won and no one else wanted to shoot when he was there.

I'm sure glad I don't shoot well enough to worry about whether Howard Hill would beat me in a tournament.  I would be thrilled to just be able to shoot in the same tournament he was shooting in!

At a Whittingham (NJ) shoot a few years back I was able to shoot with Byron Ferguson. It was Great to shoot with Him, I would have loved to been able to shoot with any of the Other Great Archers as well.

Or his toughts on bamboo shafts. As he  was a fan off bamboo an his bows. I wonder.

Mark

I suspect that he'd have trouble getting to the question because he'd be laughing so hard at being called "Saint Howard."

just as he would only use a specific type of longbow, there is NO way hill would have *predominantly* shot any shaft material other than wood.  besides, he told me so.   :D

Don't know about Howard but I tried carbon and didn't like them. Went back to wood(cedar and douglas fir) and aluminum. Have never looked back. To each his own.  

"...many archers say these shafts of metal are superior to those made of wood, and -to be very frank- I think perhaps they are right, but so far I have stayed with wooden shafts. Somehow, I feel that arrows of wood are more in keeping with the real spirit of old-time archery and require more of the archer himself than a more modern arrow; maybe that is a silly reason for shooting wooden arrows, but most of us archers are silly, one way or another. Call it sentiment if you like." -Howard Hill

This direct Hill quote (that Molson offered earlier...thanks) answers the original question of whether Howard Hill would use carbon arrows... without any guesswork.  It may be hard for some to accept the answer or the 'sentiment' that Hill provided, but the correct and direct response is crystal clear.  Those who seek to muddy the waters and cast vile aspersions to the plain truth will just have to live with their desperations!      
                     

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QuoteOriginally posted by mysticguido:
He had to STOP going to archery shoots because he always won and no one else wanted to shoot when he was there.

I'm sure glad I don't shoot well enough to worry about whether Howard Hill would beat me in a tournament.  I would be thrilled to just be able to shoot in the same tournament he was shooting in! [/b]

I ran the Florida state archery championship for three years and you would be amazed.  The people that gripe the most about rules, class distinctions, binoculars, and other nuances haven't got a chance in hades of placing in the top third!

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