A couple of quick pictures of my finished up bow. Will get some better ones once I tune up arrows, put the quiver on, and get a nice string.

"put ... quiver....on" .....
me no compute .....
you mean sling the back quiver over your shoulder ......

.... i had to go there , you knew I would 

I expect this from you, and wouldn't have it any other way!

Woodies and split for ABA, and carbons with three under for hunting. Bow quiver probably for hunting but hip quiver for ABA. No back quiver! Maybe I should get one? 

Quote from: Wilderlife on February 20, 2024, 03:24:32 AM
No back quiver! Maybe I should get one? 

Absolutely!  Make one or ask Nate to make one for you! Game changer along with a good swing draw, just sayin'

Wow it's been so long since I've been on this forum but first thing I did was come back to the HH threads. Sold my only hill style bow years ago and man do I miss it.

Looks like I might need to order one real soon.

Highly recommend Nate Steen back quiver. I've had 4 different back quivers. His is  #5 absolutely no comparison especially if you are looking for a hunting quiver and use the swing draw.

When I start doing some ABA shoots around here a back quiver could be a lot of fun. I'd prefer to not have a quiver on the bow but it's my preference when hunting so that's how I've got the bow setup at the moment.

Not sure the speed of the arrows yet but they've tuned beautifully at 30.25in carbon to carbon with about 220gn total on the front. They weigh about 490gn, so will be interesting to see the speed out of a 45# bow, not that it matters. My favourite thing about the tune (and what I was striving for) is how long they are, so my point on is only around 20 metres, which is where I want it for the sort of hunting I do.

I might put together a big thread about this soon, as I mentioned before. I have heaps of cool pictures to share. For now, here are a couple more of the bow.

Where are the Hill guys.  Had to poopthis one back on top.

A little practice for me this week getting ready for gobblers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJXch2tq4U

Can't wait for next week.  Getting my gear ready this weekend. Trying to figure out the right arrow. Decisions must be made... 

Turkey season upon us, I think my NM American will get some limb work over the week. 

I had a really rough week. I'm supposed to be at hunting camp right now, but life happens.  That said, I was happy to come home to an unexpected long skinny tube from Hamilton, Montana today. 

A little while back I took this bow on trade, intending to use it as my new bow fishing rig. I asked Craig to reshape the grip and refinish it with a gloss finish.  It showed up today with no notice.  I'm pretty pleased with the results and very sad that Craig is retiring!

Great job, yes sad Craig retiring, but well earned.

Things must be good over there, Ben! You havnt lost your sense of humor.
PM coming your way.

Don't know if I'll ever get an ASL.  Not as many years ahead of me as behind.  I like mild D/R Kota and Big River, more pronounced D/R like MOAB and Big River 21st Century clone.

No reason to avoid a Hill ASL, there's no difference in shooting one trad bow vs another other than hand placement, and ASL is the simplest to get down. When you release the string, just like all bows, the arrow goes where it's pointed, literally no difference. I'd avoid carbons unless you really want to fuss, and spine is more critical for good arrow flight. Aluminum or wood are easiest to dial in.

They're American traditional, simple, elegant, and effective.

The original hill bows were wood self bows, lemonwood.  They tapered to the belly to keep the back stable and strong, and that's how you carve out a self bow. Tapering to the back with glass is more stable.  The back glass basically holds the bow together, leaving the belly glass wider and that's your power glass, and gives the compression. So we typically use thicker glass on belly and thinner on the back. It's fun to debate what's true Hill or not, and there's basically little made today like the bows of the past. Materials are different, processes and materials are better, different, and each bow is its own creation.  Some are 1" at the fades, some are not even an inch, and some over. Not really a big deal, risers are of little consequence whether they're 12",13" or whatever. The working limb length isn't affected much or at all depending, especially with long bows of 68" ish.  It's great when you watch video on Hill crafting a bow, how he just cranks it out with minimal exacting specs, mostly by feel and eye.

I couldn't agree more with shootability, some bows just don't feel like others. There's often a huge difference in feel.

Gluing up a Reverse Handle this evening...

Rumor has it that a buyer has been found for Howard Hill Archery. The bug lives on! It looks like the company may be moving to Georgia.   

It would be an absolute shame if there was not

Gawgia? Maybe Terry bought HH.

Is HH archery under new ownership now?