Anyone build a 58" Hill style longbow???

david janssen · February 25, 2012, 06:17:00 AM

I was wondering if anyone builds a 58" Hill style longbow?I will be hunting out of my pop-up tent this fall.No hybreds please.I'm looking for the classic D- shape longbow.I just love how smooth these bows are to draw.

Thanks everyone,
David

Shifting Shadow · February 25, 2012, 06:23:00 AM

I would check with Mike at 7 Lakes Longbow.

Lincoln Ribeiro · February 25, 2012, 06:45:00 AM

I think a 58" Hill style longbow would have a very short maximum draw lenght. Probably it would fit for a up to 5' tall young guy.

Jim Wright · February 25, 2012, 07:12:00 AM

A 58" Hill Style bow that draws smoothly for any adult's draw length is going to be hard to come by.

Izzy · February 25, 2012, 07:53:00 AM

H H Bear Cub. Very nice, my son had one.

Restless Spirit · February 25, 2012, 08:11:00 AM

Great Northern is making a 58" bow called the Little Creep. I don't think it is a hybred but think it is modeled after his bushbow. It still has the D style look you are looking for but has a little wider and flatter limb. I have a bushbow and I really like it.

WESTBROOK · February 25, 2012, 08:19:00 AM

About a close as you'll get is the Great Northern Field bow. 60" mild R/D $300, cant go wrong.

"I'm looking for the classic D- shape longbow.I just love how smooth these bows are to draw."]

You wont when there that short.

Cut a Hill bow down that short and you wont like it, less you draw 22" or somethin'

Eric

Justin Falon · February 25, 2012, 08:54:00 AM

Hard to tell. I am gonna make my own for the same reasons stated above. I would say it would be hard to go wrong with a Hill bow of any kind.

justin

pete p · February 25, 2012, 10:03:00 AM

58" lil creep is the only bow i know of. id be interested to know if there are others out there.

Gil Verwey · February 25, 2012, 10:46:00 AM

Howard Hill also makes the Bobcat which is a 3 lam bow, 60" and up to 45# @ 27".

I had bought Izzy's sons bow and it was beautiful. I bought it for my wife but it was too heavy. I drew that Bear Cub back to 28 and was amazed how smooth and quick it was. I almost kept it for myself for a turkey blind bow.

Gil

longbowray · February 25, 2012, 12:25:00 PM

I shoot a 62 in t/d that is smooth out to my 27in draw and love it for blind hunting

Molson · February 25, 2012, 12:45:00 PM

I would like to shoot a 60" string follow Hill style to compare against my 58" Lil Creep. I wonder if the bow was in a 50# or so weight if it would really feel that much different.

Ric O'Shay · February 25, 2012, 02:41:00 PM

Check with Craig at Howard Hill Archery. When you come right down to it, there ain't much difference in a 58" and 60". I too have a 60" Hill Bear Cub for my grandson who is 8 years old. The Hill Bobcat will surprise you.

Danny

moleman · February 25, 2012, 03:22:00 PM

Steve Abbott builds a sweet little 58 incher, had one with bamboo limbs, great shooter. Got rid of it in a trade for a 68 ", just couldnt get used to the short length.

bearbowman · March 12, 2012, 05:57:00 PM

I have a shorter one in the sponsor classifieds

Orion · March 12, 2012, 09:32:00 PM

David. If you have anything over a 25-inch draw a 58-inch Hill style bow is not going to be smooth. it will stack like all get out. There's a reason Craig doesn't build bows that short for adults. In a so called longbow, the only way to get some smoothness out of a bow that length is to go to a severe hybrid, something like a Shrew.

awbowman · March 12, 2012, 10:18:00 PM

Head Orion. The whole thing about a longbow is IT'S A LONGBOW!

I resisted for the first two years of shooting. I now shoot a 64" with a 26 1/2" draw.

J. Oles · March 13, 2012, 12:17:00 AM

Look into the 60" Northern Mist, Baraga.

Smooth out to 29" for me.

March 13, 2012, 01:45:00 AM

Howard Hill archery can make a shorter reverse handled bow, but the the draw length still needs to be considered. I bet a shorter reversed string follow would be smooth and accurate.

Rob DiStefano · March 13, 2012, 08:40:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by david janssen:
I was wondering if anyone builds a 58" Hill style longbow?I will be hunting out of my pop-up tent this fall.No hybreds please.I'm looking for the classic D- shape longbow.I just love how smooth these bows are to draw.

Thanks everyone,
David

firstly, "classic D shape longbow" can be had with a mild r/d. what ypu seem to be referring to is an AFL - an american flat longbow, aka "howard hill style longbow".

why sure, a 58" afl absolutely can be, and has been, done. 'cept the draw length is about 24" at max. :D

click on the first link in my sig line to know more about longbow styles, bow lengths, and draw lengths.