Wow Gary, that bow is a beaut! Of all the forward handle ASL's out there, I've never found one that I like more than a JD Berry.  Mr. Berry is a true artist.

Thanks Evan.  It's unusual for sure.  The only other guy that I know of that has that color was Crispin.  I painted it for awhile and may again but kind of like it this way.[attachment=1]

I have a new Northern Mist Shelton that has an interesting green back and belly that is a good shooter also.

Whoops wrong photo! Here it is painted.
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BTW,  A couple of weeks ago the local paper published an article about a guy who had started out hunting with traditional bow fourty years ago. He wanted to start bowhunting again, but couldn't because of health reasons.  So he took up hunting with a crossbow.  I think it was entitled " Is it time to take up a crossbow?"

Now, I do not care what someone else chooses to hunt with but I decided to put in a plug for traditional archery.  I sent an email to the author suggesting there are thousands of us who have not given up our traditional gear.

Low and behold, the columnist contacted me and asked if he could interview me about traditional bows.  So, we are talking tomorrow and he's going to write an article on traditional bowhunting.  He is a good guy I think who enjoys hunting and fishing so I hope it come across to the public well.

Cool. Be interesting to see how he approaches this article.

I need some help with string nock placement. I am used to my Black Widow Recurve and I have my top tied on nock  right at 3/4" above the arrow shelf. This gives me excellent cast  with my recurve. I understand that a HH bow will be different.I had Craig at HH Archery tiller this Wesley bow for three under shooting, but I have been shooting split finger and may continue this way. So I'm not sure where I should start with the string nock. Suggestions.
Thanks.

I like to start so the base of the arrow nock is about 3/16-inch to 1/4-inch above the shelf.  If you nock above the arrow nock, just add the width of the nock to the 3/16 or 1/4 inches. That will usually put you in the 7/16 to 5/8-inch range depending on arrow diameter.  Depending on arrow flight, you may need to go up or down from there. 

Thanks I will try your recommendations.

Bringing this back up.  How are you all doing?

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Hope everyone is hunting with there hills! Got a doe on October 13tg with mine. It's a HH cheetah and home made cedar arrow and WW heads.

Nice shooting!

Took my Misty Dawn out in August to once again try for my first bow killed moose. No luck.

I didn't tell the end of the bow article in the paper.
A guy I know who has signed on to go bear huntIng next spring  with me, saw the article in the paper.

He called me and asked where he could find trad bow to use huntingPut on your mask instead of the compound he had been planning to use.

Long story short,  I let him shoot three of my bows.  And my new Northern Mist longbow went home with him.

Now I need to find a little lighter Hill bow. Recent medical stuff  is forcing me to shoot a lighter bow, I am afraid. I have one in mind a friend has that is too short for him might be perfect for me.

Knocked over a doe with my new JD Berry Misty Dawn. 66" 50#@27" with a 2016 Autumn Orange and a 200gr STOS.




You can see the deer laying in the field in this pic. Short tracking job!  Luckily she turned and ran right into the cut field, instead of turning back and running into the thickest stuff you can imagine 

Well, it's been a good hunting season for me already.  I took this buck the other day with a Jerry Hill bow and douglas fir arrow and a homemade broadhead.  I found a grove of saw tooth oaks on some public hunting land last year near the house.  They were really producing last year so I checked them out again this year.  They had lots of acorns again this year and I got a doe and a buck in three times in the stand.  I hope everyone is enjoying their hunting season.[attachment=1][attachment=2]

Very nice Gordon!

I started a thread down in Trad History/Collecting...

What can you folks tell me about the Howard Hill "Mountain Man" I picked up a few years ago...??

If I remember correctly, the Mountain Man was made with maple lams.  I'm not sure whether Mr. Ekin ever made them, but I know John Schulz did. I've seen a couple older bows from the 70's and almost picked up a Mountain Man II forward handle a while back.

Anyway, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than me will chime in, but if you're looking for information regarding a specific bow, it may be worth emailing Mr. Ekin to find out more.  If you do, please let us know what you find out.   

For anyone who needs something to look forward to, there may be some great things happening in 2021...

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The "Shrew Hill" is on my list of bows I want. I missed out last time as when my name came up on the list, I couldn't swing it. I look forward to seeing how this develops.

I hope they use Ron's "blue duck" bow built by John Lee as a model. That would be amazing.