HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

I sure hope James is getting a little deer hunting time in this fall.

[Mudd]

An "Ole school" ticket to "Sherwood Forest" arrived at "Casa De Mudd" today.

What a treat!!!! I love shooting off my knuckle.

I picked it up about 8:30 am and started shooting it immediately. I literally had to make myself quit because after about 3 and a 1/2 hrs the muscles were starting to twitch.













God bless,Mudd

[Green]

Beautiful Heritage Roy!  Sherwood has been graced once again!

[Brianlocal3]

Absolutely stunning!!!

[Brianlocal3]

James's personal bow

Looks like James was in Sherwood waiting on Mudd!!!
Another stunning bow

[Linwood Hines]

Gorgeous bow Mr. Mudd!  I wish I could cobble together 3+ hours to shoot, so good for you!

[Green]

Thanks Brian for posting the pics of James bow.  I'm trying real hard to wear mine out, and am looking at each one that makes it out of Medical Lake.....for the future, ya know?  Lol.

[centaur]

For you guys that have a Heritage, how much to the left (for right handers) does it shoot until your brain makes the adjustment?
As soon as I have the funds, I will be giving OE a phone call. As I told him, I am rising to the bait like a trout to a hopper pattern. I need another bow like a hole in the head, but this old school stick just speaks to me.

[Green]

Not at all Pat.  Might have to dial back your spine a bit, but it shoots so naturally right where you point it.  Mine's 50@28, I draw 28 and am shooting 55/60's.  James is shooting 50/55's from what he told me, and he draws the same.

[Hermon]

What is the limb profile on the Heritage?  Straight, backset or string follow?

[Mudd]

Hermon it's a string follow.

I haven't been back to the computer for awhile but I have a good excuse...out shooting!

Anyway here are the ingredients that make up this beauty: brown glass on the back followed by tempered bamboo then toasted maple under clear glass with an 11&1/2" of Bolivian Rose wood for the riser.

The toasted maple just "pops" with its "tiger striping", you don't even notice the clear glass.

The blending or melding of the maple and Bolivian Rosewood riser is truly stunning.

God bless,Mudd

[centaur]

James told me that he can make a backset Heritage, as well.

[JDBerry]

Pat I am finding that ( for me) the close targets, I do better if I cant the bow a little more, the longer shots, the less cant. I have heard this before, but finding this true(for me )with the Heritage. But I am a right handed Archer with no right eye, sooo, don't know why Im even typing this. lol  ..OE

[Cavscout9753]

JDBerry, that's an interesting idea. I may try that out.

I taught a kid that bought an old Bear that had a sight on it. He was so left eye dominant that he almost wore a hole through the plywood that I put against my garage where his arrows kept hitting.  I put two screws top longer and bottom shorter so he could aim with his left eye and cant his bow so he could shoot down from my ladder stand.  The bow does not line up with head and body very nice when holding it vertical and shooting down.  Many years ago this was common knowledge, probably the influences of target based form that  it is not common knowledge today.  John Schulz stressed it in his video as well. Some would argue that straight up and fully bent at the waist with bow canted is the same form.  I disagree, fluid longbow form is more flexible and versatile than that.  Today is our first day for turkey and deer, beyond taking a few warm shots, I am going to take Mr. Berry's backset dual shelf out for a stroll and let the cants happen in autopilot when and if I shoot at something with fur or feathers.

[BIG GAME]

Ok fellas I have gone through four Hill bows and found out that it is all about the grip for me.  I did the same thing with my golf grips, I had standard grips forever and one afternoon I grabbed a buddies club and started swinging it, he had added extra tape under the grip and put on mid size grips.  It clicked for me, I need more grip in my hand, so I went to my old wood scrap pile and pulled out some old dowels, glued them together and wrapped them in duct tape until it felt right, put a wrap of cloth tape around it and now I can't put it down.  I have a picture of it but can't get anything to post from photof$&@it.
The dimensions are as follows
2 1/4" deep and 6 1/2 " around.  Does anyone else have these dimensions.

[Jim Picarelli]

My favorite grips are 2 1/8"x 6"(about 1" wide)straight wedge

[BIG GAME]

Jim,
So I am not way off, my test piece is 1 1/8" wide.  The bows I have bought and traded or sold were all under two inches deep and less than one inch wide.  Do you guys mess with grips, like tape or even tennis racquet wrap.  I think if I found a 2 1/8" deep grip I could add a layer to get me where I need to be.  Am over thinking this or is the grip that important to you guys as well?

[Brianlocal3]

Travers grip

[BIG GAME]

Thanks Brian
Have you guys ever bought a bow then reworked the grip?