??? for the Hill Style shooters,bow length

david janssen · 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

Brianlocal3 · 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

3Feathers · 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.

ChrisM · 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.

LongStick64 · 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.

SCATTERSHOT · 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.

khardrunner · 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.

Zippee · 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.

ron w · 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.

Ric O'Shay · March 30, 2013, 07:24:00 PM

Call Craig at HH Archery. He's the best to advise you on that.

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".

Overspined · March 31, 2013, 01:43:00 PM

Regular Hill I'd say 64-66". Reverse handle 62"-64