Ever shoot a Hill style and say "no thanks"?

Hermon · November 29, 2014, 04:03:00 PM

Jury is still out with them for me. Got my first ASL this sumer. No hand shock, but just not as consistent with it as with my r/d bows. Always enjoy shooting it but just haven't shot it enough to have a lot of confidence. It won't leave though.

McDave · November 29, 2014, 04:30:00 PM

Wow, another 1,000 pages or so and this will be as long as the HH fan club postings!

jackdaw · November 29, 2014, 04:31:00 PM

Ulysseys....shooting a Hill style is as much a mindset as it is about performance. I have shot some, but I prefer the recurves. I have found it very difficult to switch from one to the other...jmo

Hud · November 29, 2014, 04:34:00 PM

Listen to your own gut. It sounds like you want to try one, not once but a few days or week, before you decide. Look around and see if you can take one on trial.

Cavscout9753 · November 29, 2014, 05:18:00 PM

No one in their right mind would want to shoot an ASL or HH style bow. Their violent buggers and will ruin your dental work. If you've foolishly bought one I will do you a favor and take it off your hands at a bargain price. Send them my way and be rid of them. I'd only do this for a trad ganger.

akbowbender · November 29, 2014, 07:15:00 PM

That's the Tradgang spirit, Cavscout!

TradBrewSC · November 29, 2014, 07:41:00 PM

I've tried! The mystique of the hill bow is great! I unfortunately can't shoot them.. I for one cant shoot a straight grip, I also have a shorter draw length and the long D bows don't have the "zing" I'm after and personally prefer not to have that hand shock.

But to each there own. You won't know until you try!

K.S.TRAPPER · November 29, 2014, 08:09:00 PM

I love my Hill/Schulz style natural bows I make and shoot, smooth quiet and I've had plenty of guys shoot them and change there opinions of Hill styles. Most have had bad experiences with Hill styles and they have been shocked how smooth they are.

Lots of variables in all types of bows I think

Tracy

JDBerry · November 29, 2014, 08:16:00 PM

Sounds like to me, there should be a price put on the Bowyers heads, who make those god awful things.(LOL)

Hmmm, think I will make more!!! ..OE

ron w · November 29, 2014, 08:31:00 PM

I was told how bad they were.....then got a deal on a Jerry Hill longbow. That was 7-8 years ago, now I have 2 Northern Mists, 3 Hills and a Kimsha. I sold the Jerry hill and that was a mistake.........Nothing like stumping with a Hill style.

Ric O'Shay · November 29, 2014, 08:39:00 PM

I've managed to come into possession of one of those god awful bows that OE is talking about. Dang thang just shoots where you want it to, doesn't complain about how I hold it, will shoot every arrow I've ever had the nerve to put through it and besides that, it laughs at me when I pick up one of those r/d type bows. On top of all that, whoever made this bow, built it left handed. But that's OK, I just string it backwards and it shoots just fine.

JDBerry · November 29, 2014, 09:04:00 PM

Ric o Sly, got your Vixen, going out Monday, 46@28-66" give me a call, I shot it,aint got the guts to do that agin!!! Poor me ..OE

Overspined · November 29, 2014, 09:44:00 PM

You shot an ML-10 and still have all your teeth?

Mo0se · November 29, 2014, 09:48:00 PM

Yes...twice, because I had to shoot it a second time to verify that it really was that bad!

Ric O'Shay · November 29, 2014, 10:53:00 PM

OE - I just broke a tooth shootin' one of these bows and had a new crown put on that molar. Now you're gonna send me another.....need to call my dentist and make certain the glue is cured.

Diamond Paul · November 30, 2014, 12:53:00 AM

Just like some don't seem to notice (or be bothered by, probably more truthful) recoil in rifles, there are some who don't seem to mind the hand shock of traditional Hill style longbows. Nevertheless, I've never shot one by any maker that I would call pleasant to shoot, or that shot well for me, and I've tried quite a few of them. Some guys like to hunt 120lb deer with .338 Win mags; to each his own, but count me out. Many much more enjoyable and more shootable designs out there these days.

Stone Knife · November 30, 2014, 06:23:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Ric O'Shay:
I've managed to come into possession of one of those god awful bows that OE is talking about. Dang thang just shoots where you want it to, doesn't complain about how I hold it, will shoot every arrow I've ever had the nerve to put through it and besides that, it laughs at me when I pick up one of those r/d type bows. On top of all that, whoever made this bow, built it left handed. But that's OK, I just string it backwards and it shoots just fine.

I love mine.

November 30, 2014, 09:48:00 AM

The oral surgeon wanted 4800.00 to remove my wisdom teeth. I did it for nothing with three shots of my friends Hill bow.

I'll let you know if it was worth it after I find out how much it's going to cost to repair my elbow.

ron w · November 30, 2014, 10:43:00 AM

Tooner.......you should have learned to hold it properly.......... :cool: Just my thoughts!!

November 30, 2014, 12:06:00 PM

I was holding it correctly ron, that's how I limited it to just my wisdom teeth.