My new Hills have arrived

[bulldog18]

My new to me Howard Hill bows arrived this week. The one on the right is a Badger 58 inch 48#28 with ebony riser, black glass and ivory tips. The one on the left is a 68 inch 50@28 Wesley Special with clear glass, vera wood riser and deer horn tips. All I can say is wow and thank you to all contributors here for making my decision to try Hill bows possible. Both these bows flat shoot for me.

 

[jamesh76]

Nice looking bows there. A  2 hour drive for me to come help test that badger out?    
James

[Mudd]

[wbyrd]

Yeah, that Badger looks cool!

[straitera]

Nice bows partner. Like to know which becomes your favorite & why?

[bulldog18]

The person I was buying the Badger from had two of them (both sold). The one I was looking at was not this one. He happened to mention having this ebony one and I purchased it. It is much cooler looking in person and very pleasant to shoot. Photos do not do either bow justice.

[snakebit40]

Very cool! Off subject but do you have traditional shoots in your part of KS?

[Jerry Jeffer]

2 new Hills at the same time!!! Both very nice, lucky you.  

[texas]

great bows , true tradition

[Blueridge]

Very nice , congrats and enjoy!

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Have fun!

[Ben Maher]

Nice !

[Shawn Leonard]

Are you shooting a real heavy arrow off the straight Hill bow? Very nice, never could shoot a Hill except I owned a Badger once and that I shot pretty good. Congrats! Shawn

[bulldog18]

Shooting a full length Gold Tip 35/55 with 50 grain brass insert and 40 grains PDP weights behind it and 125 field tip with 5 inch fletching. I shot my arrows with it and it was ok. I then tried my son's arrows which is what I described here and they are grouping tight. I am going to play with the weight to see what works. I have only had the Wesley since about noon and the Badger came Tuesday.

[JJB]

Very nice!  I've always liked the looks of HH's.

[jsweka]

You lucky dog you!
So how do you decide which one you want to shoot and does one get jealous when you shoot the other?

[Cookus]

Nice looking Hills!   That ebony is awesome!

[bulldog18]

It is going to be hard to decide which one to shoot. They both are pleasing to shoot.

[Kapellmeister]

Bravo!      Congrats on the new bows!  I'm partial to longbows but that Badger is very striking with the ebony riser & black limbs.   :cool:

[bulldog18]

The ebony was what sealed the deal for me. I plan on using the Badger to hunt turkeys and possibly from a ground blind.