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in reply to: I just can't cut it #61811

Update on my Hill shooting. I have gotten much better with my current 75# HHill Wesley Special. I hit the ten ring almost every time at 10 and 20 yards. The issue that I am having was brought up in this thread early on. The truth is, my shoulder can’t withstand this pull at the beginning. Once I work it in I can shoot with no issues, but in hunting the first shot should be the only shot, and if it isn’t on the mark in practice, then I need not hunt with it. That being said, I know I am accurate with that style of bow, so I plan on saving up the money and purchasing, I hope, the Shrew Hill. I love the Howard Hill that I have, but I want a different make. I think I will love it ever so much.

Dave this is for you. If I order the Shrew Hill should I do it before I collect all of the money, because it says its a year wait for the bow, or should I try and pay upfront?

Thanks guys for all of the support. Every great has said they had a mentor, but I like to think that I have had the opportunity to have a complete football team to train me in the ways of trad.

Until next time.

-Andrew

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in reply to: I just can't cut it #58469

I won’t quit till my body reaches equilibrium (death)!

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in reply to: I just can't cut it #54144

I just lost on a bow that I checked up on. It was going for a really low amount, but I set a limit and didn’t exceed it. It was 60 lbs which I am extremely comfortable with. I shoot my brother’s bow that is 60lbs and love the feel.

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in reply to: super shrew on ebay #49661

I posted it for those that have desired a bow they could not wait for. The serial number based off the picutres is

G31-1004.

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in reply to: Any Georgia Bear Hunters Here? #47620

I live in West Georgia. How in the world do you hunt bear here?

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in reply to: I just can't cut it #47618

I must say today I decided to shoot extensively. I tried to pay attention to form and didn’t feel the form change, but I did notice a good bit of strain. After my shoulder injury I just haven’t been the same. I may have to lower the weight a while. I really don’t want to get rid of my Hill bow. To be honest, it’s my dream bow.

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in reply to: I just can't cut it #46464

I will say that I injured my shoulder a few years back and I recently had it flare on me. It isn’t all that much of an issue, but I played company softball this year, and it started to irritate me again. I practiced with the Hill bow all Summer shooting a couple hours at a time with it. The first 10 or so were the worst. The bow is stout, but I plan on fixing that issue soon. I shot it today and yesterday afternoon after the morning hunt and was easily hitting the center ring at 25paces. This being said, I would love to have a hill bow in the 60-65 range. It would be much less to deal with, but man I love the speed the 75lbs offers.

😀

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in reply to: WESLEY SPECIAL HOWARD HILL TAKE DOWN #46345

I own that exact bow at 75#. It is very reliable, but as it has been said in other threads, Hill style bows are not very easy to shoot. I for one have issues with consistency, where as a center shot bow is much easier to hit the mark.

As reliability goes, its a wonderful bow. I plan on purchasing another at a lower weight soon.

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in reply to: I just can't cut it #46011

My recurve is a 55lbs and my Hill is a 75lbs. It makes an arrow zip through the air and still is extremely quiet save the slap on the arm guard occasionally.

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in reply to: I just can't cut it #44845

The arrows that I am using were purchased for this bow. I did my first attempt at trying to bare shaft tune. I went from missing the target by about 4 feet at 15 paces to hitting the middle with no fletches but it was still slightly weak. These arrows are 55-75 arrows and I had to cut them about 3-3/4” just to make this happen. I probably should have purchased the 75-90 arrows, but I was doing a cost-benefit analysis. I figured I could use the same 12 arrows and take half each way for each bow and modify them to make 6 nice arrows for my recurve and longbow. I’m not saying it was a bad choice, but maybe I should have done something differently.

I was unaware that the arrow should be slightly weak for a Hill bow, but it sounds right. I may have also made a hiccup when I at the last moment decided to change the FOC by adding another 100 grains to the tip, but that would have weakened the spine and I figured I would have shot a tad better.

Thanks for the tips guys and I will look into what may have went wrong. In truth, it may have been some form issues, because the longbow will hit the guard and the recurve will not.

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in reply to: How to deal with mosquitoes? #43994

Mosquitoes do not like garlic. My dad had a heart attack about 5 years ago, and since then has done just about any pill you can take for healthy heart as well as foods. He started taking garlic pills to avoid the bad breath so that my mom would actually kiss him. He is now nearly impervious to mosquitoes and ticks. He wears shorts and a cutoff nearly every day at home in the woods and this Summer he has had one tick. Just a thought.

-Andrew

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in reply to: Homemade steel broadheads? #41664

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRGJE7ekIQ&feature=channel&list=UL

This is the one when he tests the spoon broadhead.

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in reply to: Homemade steel broadheads? #41660

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nARF_GNrDwc&feature=g-user-u

This is a link to Bounty Hunter’s youtube channel that deals with broadheads made from a spoon.

-Andrew

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in reply to: college #57263

jmsmithy wrote: Atta Boy 😀

Let me know when your write in campaign for POTUS Starts!

You got a lot of votes here my friend …

😀

will do 😀

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in reply to: college #54530

😀 I was going for a chemistry degree until I took economics. I fell in love with it because of politics. I don’t like politicians and I hate when they say things that does not make sense economically and the people of America believe it.

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