HH bug got me ... Part One!

[JohnI]

8.3 gpp is fine for that bow Ross. Dave said around 8 is fine won't hurt a thing. The bow will tell you if you are going too light.

[Knapper]

Mike your feet and shoulders should point toward the target.  Your head and right eye should point toward the target no matter how you cant the bow.  The more you cant the bow the more you must bend head and body forward.  Additionally, the canting must come from bending the body forward so that as you bend the bow cants and your release hand moves with the cant.  If you twist your bow hand to cant then you have to twist your release hand the same amount that you twist your bow hand to get the correct release.  But when you do this twist your release hand is now away from your face.  So this is the reason that you bend your body then all parts move the same.

Now if you will look at all the videos and pay close attention to what Howard Hill does, you will see that he does all this (squaring up to the target bending at the waist to get different cants)but with one small subtle change.  He slightly moves his head to his right.  I have been told he was left eye dominate so he would naturally turn his head to the right to get his left eye more in line of the arrow.

So if you turn you head to your right it makes it difficult to use your right eye to follow the same line as your arrow.

I hope that this it clear, tough to put into words so that all understand.

These are my thoughts and observations others may disagree.

[Brazos]

MikeNova it is pretty simple to figure out which eye is your dominate eye.  The fact you are questioning this tells me you aren't sure.  It's a handy thing to know.  Do not be offended as it is amazing the people I talk to who have no clue until I show them.  I would imagine you can google up many ways to test for this and know within seconds.

[MikeNova]

Brazos I am right eye dominate. I talk to the fellow and what he was basicaly telling me was if you are missing to the left you may be primarily using your non dominant eye. So i pulled back with both eyes open as I shoot but intentionly closed my left eye and noticed i couldnt even see the target with my right eye. I'm thinkinkg he used the power of suggestion to "trick" me because since I have shot since am aware the target is being seen by my right eye. I guess the moral to the lesson is if you turn your head to much you will use your left eye as knapper pointed out Howard did which is fine if you are left eye dominate but if you are right eye dominate you dont want to turn your head in such a way as to take your dominate eye out of the shot.

[tradlongbow]

I just received the June 1975 issue of Bowhunter magazine that is contributed to the life of Howard Hill 1899-1975.

I was surprised that they were two articles, the first one was by Marvin Tye, and the second one was by Ted Ekin.

I really enjoyed the one by Ted Ekin, he points out that Howard was already 52 yrs. when they meet, but he goes on telling about Howard's amazing ability with the bow. If an arrow didn't hit it's mark after being shot twice, Howard would either give the arrow away or throw it away.

He points out that on a hunting trip with Howard and Elizabeth in Utah, Howard shot a big four point buck at 110 yards. Howard would warm up before a hunt by shooting all his arrows at a bush of at least 60 yards.

There's also a advertisement for Howard Hill Archery.
Heat Tempered bamboo longbow $104.50
Redman with Yew $89.50

[MikeNova]

Good tip thats what I'm going to do to warm up 60 yard shots!lol.

[tradlongbow]

Originally posted by MikeNova:
Good tip thats what I'm going to do to warm up 60 yard shots!lol.

Mike-

Ted Ekin also wrote that Howard's arrows were so important to him, if he didn't hit the mark after two shots, he would give the arrow away or throw it away.    

[dragonheart]

Howard Hill

[Mushin]

If I gave away every arrow i missed twice with id have alot of freinds at shoots.lol.

[kestimator]

Cool post tradlongbow!!!
Thanks for sharing that!!!  

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by Mushin:
If I gave away every arrow i missed twice with id have alot of freinds at shoots.lol.

And I'd have nothing left to shoot...

[Rod Cam]

ttt

[tradlongbow]

I left the house on Thursday and drove over to a WMA that opened hog hunting during small game season during Feburary.

Thursday evening when I was walking back, I spotted three doe. We locked in on each other and had a starring contest. I was able to walk up to them within 30 yards, they even posed for a photo until they eventually ran off. (check out picture #3, there's 3 deer in the picture)

Unfortunately, I didn't come across any hogs but it was a great night to camp-out, weather was in the low 60's.

 

 

 

[nineworlds9]

Sweet.  I'd like to look for some hogs either Saturday or Sunday afternoon up here.

[Brianlocal3]

Thank you for those pictures. It looked like you had a great time.

[Rossco7002]

That green grass sure looks lovely Darren! We got a foot of snow here today....

Just wanna say 'thanks' to all the veteran Hill shooters on this thread for getting me hooked on these bows and backing it up with solid advice to get me shooting straight.

After a hard day at work and going solo with the 3 kids after that I just spent 20 minutes shooting silver dollar sized groups in my 15 yard basement range and all is right with the world. Time to sink a few cold ones and compile my kit list for the Hog Hunt!

[JohnI]

Good shooting Ross, those hogs are in trouble.

[tradlongbow]

Originally posted by Rossco7002:
That green grass sure looks lovely Darren! We got a foot of snow here today....

Rossco-

I'm taking my wife to the beach today for our anniversary but she's been begging me to take her to see snow.
We might have to make plans to visit each other, bring the family, and do some hunting too.

[Rossco7002]

That sounds like a plan Darren! Too bad you guys aren't here today, I could use some help clearing the driveway..... ;-)

[dragonheart]

Ross,

Which bow you taking on the Hill Hog Hunt?