HH bug got me ... Part One!

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by sunset hill:
3under....that bow should fit you and your draw nicely...well chosen!

Rik,

man,  I was up chasing antelope in the Sawtooth's this past weekend....my buddy shot one, no camo in a pasture with ankle high grass.  he used a compound, so no pics...lol.   Anyway,  I'm stoked for the hunting this year...

Here's a little challenge for all you Hillstyle enthusiasts out there.....go huntin', whatever you can in your neck of the woods, and shoot something with your longbow and tell about it to all of us....the fella with the best story...not necessarily the best animal gets mega-Hillstyle  kudos from the rest of us... and maybe like a travelling longbow to use for a month...      Pics are mandatory, and you get extra points for hunting on the ground, using woodies, using a backquiver or other non-bowquver, and no camo....  what'dya think of that idea?  what say Rob D?

way cool idea, nate - i'm on board with ya, sir!        

what say you guys, y'all up for the challenge?    

[Aussie Stickbow Hunter]

Originally posted by sunset hill:
.....for hunting on the ground, using woodies, using a backquiver or other non-bowquver, and no camo....  

Just the way I like it.    

Jeff

[Nate Steen .]

Jeff,  I know you could have some whopper stories to tell us blokes.....

how about we keep the stories for the challenge to this year's hunting....I know our Aussie mates hunt a little differently than we do, but they can hunt pretty much all year, so I'm sure they can lead off the story-telling....

not limited to big game...small game and birds are great as well.  We're looking for the quality of the hunt, the accuracy of the shot, the classiness of the hunter, and the degree he/she handicaps himself/herself...notice I left the door open for gals too....   of course you have to have some prose capabilities too..  

Thanks ROB

[Aussie Stickbow Hunter]

Sounds good Nate. I'm headin' bush this coming Saturday for a week to hunt some pigs and goats. I will try and grab a few photos of the trip and of some game if we happen to get anything. It is out Cunnamulla way where Theo hunted with us once.

Jeff

[Mudd]

Count me in!

Now if I can just find a story to tell..lol

God bless,Mudd

[tradlongbow]

Nate-

I like your idea too, I'm in. I should be out hunting this Saturday it's opening day, but if this hurricane comes my way, I'll have to wait.

Darren

[Ben Maher]

Im in too ... maybe a rabbit, might be a fox ... just might be a deer ... but more than likely a stump !!!

Looking forward to pics Jeff !

[3Under]

Nate ,
Thanks for you comments on my Tembo /Hill. I checked the tiller and it's tillered for split finger, at 5/8" above square for nock location I have good arrow flight.  I think it's also 3-6 lb. heavier then 52!

'Like your challenge Nate.
I'll plan to hunt this season with it  

[dragonheart]

Nate,

I am in on the story tellin!

Rik,

Good luck on your adventure for the elk.  Be safe and look forward to the hunting story upon your return.

Ben,

You putting them in there.  You going to take that Belcher out for a hunt?

[swampthing]

Man, I gotta tell ya, been shooting the string-follow, no glass, "natural," for a little while, no problem with the slightly lower speed compared to a glass bow, shooting qualities more than make up for that. It just shoots, get it up, and, inline to the target, get that thing drawn back, and let it fly. As natural as cleaning yourself up after having the runs, smooth.

[Rik]

I am sure Nate will let me into the contest when he realizes that I do not wear camo. In fact, I refuse to even utter that word out loud.

Nope, I wear authentic "Camouflage."  The real deal.

"Camo" is for guys who also call their beautifully handcrafted bows "stick bows."  The very phrase "stick bow" is an abomination. An insult to archery. As is the word "camo."

"Camouflage" is for gentlemen archers with enough class to actually be able to pronounce and spell the entire word. Classy guys who hunt with "longbows."

Now that Nate realizes I would never stoop to wearing  camo, I am sure he will now let me join the fray, and may even choose to hunt with a dash of camouflage this year himself. After all, you can never have too much of a classy thing.

Now, what does the official rule book say about face paint? A bowhunter's face sans face paint is, well, boring. Wholly undeserving of getting elk snot blown on it from two steps away. Nay friends, venture not from your tents with an unpainted face.  We do have certain standards to uphold, you know.

[dragonheart]

Yes, the rules are .....

[Nate Steen .]

Jesse, you crack me up!  smooth indeed!

Rik,  notice the rules were for extra points if you go 'camoless' and use a backquiver, etc....you are such a famed storyteller and elk-driller that you have an unfair advantage over the rest of us,  so we have to go around with all the extra point-giving qualities we can...

I'm actually looking forward to some small game Hill killing...like stringers of rabbits and quail....  maybe Tom M. will add some pics and stories of his great squirrel hunting...

[Rik]

Well I WAS hoping to get some extra points in case I m--m---miss an elk and don't get any close-up pictures of fresh tenderloin sauteing in olive oil in a cast iron pan at elk camp (a sure-fire winning photo right there!).

HEY, I know----I'll just pose in my undies (the Speedo kind, not the camouflage ones) and wipe off most of my face paint. That should get me in good with the rule book and be good for lots of extra points.

Ah, just kiddin'. I think the plan is just fine as it is, and am looking forward to seeing some fun photos from all of us.

The one of Nate in the slideshow with a few grouse strung to his bowstring is just the kind of photo to give us all incentive. That's the way to do it boys.

Load up the cameras and quivers boys, it's almost time to hunt!

[Nate Steen .]

Rik,  you are classic!  

I've never known you to miss a 3 yard shot at an elk....knock on wood    

I think there'll be some pretty fair shootin', photo-takin', and yarn-swapping before this is all finished!

[swampthing]

Heck my DOG, and he's mostly white, sometimes I can't see him, especially when he is still, just a few liver color patches to break him up.  
 
 
Now if I could grow MY hair as long as his, I would be stylin'
Until then some wool plaid and POOF!

[Okie man]

Great example of wool blending in to the environment.  I had to look close to find you in there.

[JCJ]

I just found out today that a random act of kindness by another board member is returning one of my favorite Hill bows of all time to me. 68", 60# @ 29 Yew limb dandy.

[Bob B.]

Wow that is a beauty ... I am a sucker for Yew bows!  How cool is that - you getting our bow back, pretty awesome!    

Bob.