HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

Overspined · October 28, 2015, 12:24:00 AM

Hi Eric,

Just order a Miller 70" split bamboo. He does a fine job. I like mine. It's a little different, of course, but his backset becomes more straight or slight SF after some shooting. It's a fun shooting bow. Or his other models look nice too, and may be more like what you are looking for. The no-glass is a nice twist.

Ray Lyon · October 28, 2015, 06:46:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Overspined:
Hi Eric,

Just order a Miller 70" split bamboo. He does a fine job. I like mine. It's a little different, of course, but his backset becomes more straight or slight SF after some shooting. It's a fun shooting bow. Or his other models look nice too, and may be more like what you are looking for. The no-glass is a nice twist.

Eric, if you could talk Ron Laclair out of his all bamboo/Tonkin Miller that would be a coupe. I shot it a few summer's ago and it was a dandy. Ron said Dave only made a couple like it.

DesertDude · October 28, 2015, 04:25:00 PM

Ray thank you for posting the info on the natural.

Bud B. · October 28, 2015, 06:34:00 PM

Got me a new Dave Johnson

More photos here

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Linwood Hines · October 28, 2015, 10:53:00 PM

naturally, I'm finally going to have a Saturday in the woods, I catch a heck of a cold. I wonder if the deer will mind me sniffling, sneezing and coughing...maybe they'll think I'm injured and come to see what they can do to help!

DesertDude · October 29, 2015, 01:38:00 AM

Well had a great chat with Rob(Green) tonight, been thinking long and hard about getting a Hill style bow. Been at this for 30 years, I started with a Kramer back in the 80s. A lot of bows have been through these hands, looking to get back where I started. So I'm going to make me a new back quiver, I,m going to start looking at different bows/ bowyers and buy one around Christmas. I,m going to read all 1254 pages of this thread and go from there. Thank you to all that have posted on this thread.

Mark. DD

October 29, 2015, 02:19:00 AM

I know where there was a real nice new Berry Morningstar from a phone call that I made the other day. I was tempted, but it is not quite stiff enough for my son. He insists on hunting with a quiver full of his 2020s, he has about 200 of them.
iI do not know if it is still available. I doubt that it will make it to Christmas.
Welcome back to the fold.

Ray Lyon · October 29, 2015, 02:52:00 AM

Welcome back Mark. Got my first Hill in 1977. Played with lots of R/D longbows for a while and having fun with vintage Bear recurves, but the Hill's are still where my heart is.

Ron Roehrick · October 29, 2015, 01:06:00 PM

Ray nice looking Schulz its a beauty, I owned one like yours but it was too much draw weight for me 64lbs at 27". I am getting old. I had David Miller build me a bow named made with bamboo and laminated yew all wood and its one of my favorites, David built it with a yew riser. Mine is 64"amo and 47 lbs at 26" and smooth as silk with excellent cast.

Ray Lyon · October 29, 2015, 02:05:00 PM

Ron, there's another Shultz in the Tradgang classifieds that is 64@27" and a 65" bow. Too stout for me and I like a minimum 66" longbow if it's not R/D. David Miller builds a dandy bow as I mentioned above and sounds like yours is appropriately named.

MikeNova · October 30, 2015, 01:38:00 PM

Has anyone got a new shrew hill?

October 30, 2015, 02:23:00 PM

I forget, who is building the Shrew Hill now?

frank bullitt · October 30, 2015, 03:20:00 PM

Chuck at Two Tracks? I know he is building the Shrew for Ron.

DesertDude · October 30, 2015, 07:10:00 PM

Well I got what looks to be a big 5. The story I got was he bought it years ago as a you finish bow. Then he sent. It to Jay Maisie to finish because he couldn't. Cocobola riser. 5 lama of bamboo. With black glass. 53@28. 68". Shoots great.

Sirius Black · October 30, 2015, 07:17:00 PM

Dude, if it has 5 lams of bamboo, it may be a Wesley Special. I think Big 5 has 4. Both great bows!

DesertDude · October 31, 2015, 02:29:00 AM

Yep my bad. New to this style......

November 02, 2015, 08:21:00 PM

If I could sell music as good as I can sell JD Berry bows, I would be rich.

Shinnecockfly · November 09, 2015, 02:32:00 PM

Just picked a lh shrewhill 68" 48#@28" off **** for a great price. Been looking to get a hill style bow since I joined tradgang and seen these threads. Just received my 65" b-50 string from 3 rivers, just making sure before I string it up thy the b-50 string is ok for these bows. Excited to shoot it for sure!!! I'll post pics soon

Ray Lyon · November 09, 2015, 02:57:00 PM

B-50 is fine on any bow. Shrew Hills are very well behaved Hill style longbows (they have a string follow design). Great find.

bsv · November 09, 2015, 04:51:00 PM

I got bitten by the Hill bug about 3 years ago,and ordered my first custom hill style a Dave Johnson Eastern red cedar.Once I learned how to grip it and the swing draw,I was amazed how well I could shoot it.Since then I have owned SEVERAL hill style bows from several boyers.I now have 5,a Big river,J.D.berry, Tim meigs,a Two tracks Echo,and Dave Johnson,I have pretty much decided to become a 1 hill bow guy, and the winner is, the first bow I got from Dave Johnson,I will be listing the others in the classifieds in the near future..I shoot Dave's bow the best out of all the others I have tried,It's time to try something new for me. I want to try a HS Whip....Burt