Craig Ekin!

http://www.howardhillarchery.com/

Wild Horse Creek bows in KS makes a good straight limb longbow; Quiet, Very little handshock

Best Howard Hill type bow I ever shot was a Val Sorrentino. Jim

I know where a predator classics is- for sale

Elk whisperer , sent you a pm
God bless,Mudd

I have a Northern Mist on order. I love D style bows.

Allen Boice's English or English Elite. Faster and less handshock than a Hill. Quality is excellent.

Pete George & Jonh Shultz, if you can find one.

JCJ, that is a great looking Shelton. Are the limbs all Yew or just the veneer?

Eric

I've shot Howard Hill bows, Sunset Hill bows and Wallace Mountain bows.  Loved them all and don't think you could go wrong with any of them.  Shooting a Wallace Mountain bow right now and it really fits me.

Here is a Lefty Hill by Dave Underwood from Kentucky. Osage Belly, Bamboo back covered in snake skin.

Although Howard Hill Archery makes a GREAT and LOVLY shooting product, its not the way Howard Hill built his bows. Craig makes his bows the way John Shultz did. No bow that Howard built had wood going up on the riser. All the wood was behind the riser. This comes from Jerry Hill and Belcher Bows. The only wood that Jerry put on the riser was a Very thin vaneer. Also Mr. Howard's risers are only 13 3/4 inches long.

So I in NO way think that HHA is a bad product, the contrary. I have shot one and it is SMOOTH. Craig does what he does very good.

Thanks,
Joshua

I'm lucky enough to have one of Howard's personal bows.  As stated, no wood up the riser, also nothing that would add weight to the tip... no overlays or inserts.   Riser is 15".   Except for the riser length, that's the way I build mine.  I use a longer riser because of my short draw, gives me a little shorter working limb on the bow.

I'd go with the recommendations to get your first Hill bow from Craig.  They're what most folks have and are referring to when they talk about a Hill style bow, so from there you have a standard to compare to if you get others, and all of those recommended are real good.

Thats true Dick, i forgot about the tip overlays. Howard did not use them either. By the way, Jerry likes the patch that I sent him and says thanks.

Thanks,
Joshua

I vote for Apex Predator bows i own one and just ordered another one today

Both Steve Turay at Northern Mist and Tom Parsons at Kimsha Archery make nice Hill style bows.  However, there is still nothing like the original ... HH Archery!

in for a penny in for a pound       .  David Miller Sage.  bamboo backed osage, string fellow, shoot off the knuckle.  well shot in.  50#@28".  POC 45-50#  28.5" bop. tail tapers shoot better for me.  sweet as sorhgum molasses and just as smooth.

   

might as well go all the way      

rusty

Sunset Hill and David Miller are my two favorites.

I would love to have a Sunset Hill but the two year wait is more than I can deal with   :(  At my age I wouldn't be able to shoot it by the time I got it......Dave

Frank SanMarco is building again. They are works of art and real shooters.