HH BUG GOT ME - Part Two!

You guys just wait, one of these days I will get a chance to make you jealous.

[nineworlds9]

Originally posted by David Mitchell:
nineworlds9, just plan on sending that lefty bow on to me after you get your new mamba....please! I don't mean for free or anything like that either.  I will give it a very good home.    :D  

LOL! We shall see David.  The Mamba is going to be 55@29...I thought about going 64@29 or even heavier, but honestly with low stretch string materials nowadays and me not really wanting to shoot logs, I think 55@29 is plenty, especially with how much I shoot...my general plan so far is to keep the Big5 around when I'm sore from the gym etc.

[jeffg]

Chuck you know we are going to expect a complete review with pics when you get the Mamba. I know I am anxious to see it. They are beautiful bows

[meatCKR]

Chuck that Mamba sounds awesome!  Can't wait to see pics of that beauty.  I recently picked up a Northern Mist Classic.  66" and 60# @ 27. American Elm limbs and a bocote riser with bocote tips.  Black Glass on Back and Belly.

I think I will keep her.  Man! What a Bow!  Not bad looking either.


Steve

niner, I really think you should keep that Big 5 to go with your Mamba.  It is always good to have an easy bow to shoot that is nearly the same as the heavier one.  When we start radically mixing things up is when the computer gets cross wired. I would bet that if you would only shoot the Hill longbows your form will modify into them.  Today, I shot at only 18 yards and worked on only one thing, which is three things in one- anchor deep, release, follow though. I suspect that I am no different than most Hill shooters, the final part of the shot needs to be maintained to keep it all tight. It is much easier to do that with a like bow, it helps instill reliable muscle memory.  I see that you listed an inch spread on your draw lengths that will settle in on its own, your draw length is was it is and it can be fractions over and under a whole inch.  What I like about wood arrows is that it is much easier to find a spine that allows net of bop net arrows.  Of course, until you know what that should be, it is best to not pick a number. If I had a 28" draw I would be shooting 70" backset bows as well, but I am just a tad short in the arm for that, the bow string wraps around my chest.

[MnFn]

Larry,
I have had a few go's with 66" bows and one 68".  I get contact on my chest with the string, it cause me to hold the bow more vertical. Is that a bad thing?

I don't know why I want to shoot longbows, but I do. At times I shoot my 66" JDBerry Morning Star pretty well, almost as consistent as my with my recurves but then I launch a real dud of a shot.

Yes, I am wide in the shoulders and short in the arms.  With my Morning Star, the string contacts my chest every shot.  The problem being forced to hold vertical for me is that it puts my eye away from the arrow alignment further than I like.  The other one is that I hunt on the ground.  Oh I have heard the old thing bend from the waste and your shot will be just same as when shooting vertical for your body positions.  We bend from a lot more places than our waste.  The one time I tried to shoot a deer target from a tree stand and tried that theory in demonstration, I was standing on my old climber in my back yard.  When I bent only at the waste my butt pushed against the tree and dang near took me off of the stand and I barely have what anyone would calla butt.  It is much more ergonomic to bend a little hear and a little there to get the job done.  One other little tree trick that has helped be shoot a few deer.  Stand tight against a tree, sometimes in open wood that is only cover there is.  Then, shoot without allowing any part of what is contacting the tree to break that contact.  The shot that works for me is a half spread half swing draw.  If you stick the bow out first, your body will go forward and the deer has a much better chance of seeing you.  For that shot I hold the bow more vertical, but I practice the visual off set by moving my secondary over, because for when shooting right handed the arrow will be traveling more from right to left than normal, then when I get to shoot at a deer at a relatively known close range I have a pretty good idea where the arrow will be going.

[mcbowguy]

Just finished this one.  Bubinga riser and bamboo limbs.  Brown and white glass.  66" 45@28

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

[nineworlds9]

MeatCKR those Turay bows are the bees knees. He knows what he's doing!

Pavan, so far I can tell you the Big5 black beauty isn't going anywhere!  Loving this thing and actually can't wait to take a Hill style hunting for a change this year vs the short hybrids I've been using the last few years.  

I'm getting real antsy for my Mamba, I think it should be ready in the next 2 weeks hopefully.  Ugh. 5 weeks delivery seems like an eternity yet so short!

Mr. McBroom you're on my short list of Hill bowyers to try in the near future.  You really do some beautiful work.  Love the attention to detail on the nocks especially.

[nineworlds9]

repeat post

i cannot remember, but are you shooting split.  No matter what your favored shooting tempo is, I always tell people to allow a straight grip to meld to the bow hand when they have been shooting shaped grips.  Most folks do it anyway over time.

[Sant-Ravenhill]

ttt

[MnFn]

It seems I have been bitten by this bug. I have a few bows that I enjoy shooting, but I bought this JD Berry Morning Star awhile ago, and am really enjoying figuring out how to shoot it. It is about 52# at my draw.

I called Mr Berry up and had a great conversation about shooting his bow, even tho I bought it used, he spent considerable time explaining how he shoots his bows.

I have been trying to get more consistent with it. I struggled for awhile with the right grip but got that figured out.

Now I can shoot fairly well at 14 yards, unless my shoulder collapses or I do not maintain my draw length at the shot. But when I control those things, it shoots a 55/60 with 145 or 160 heads nicely.





Not that crazy about the color but it is a fun bow to shoot.
G

[ron w]

Morning Stars are great bows......just plain fun to shoot. Keep at it , it will just get better.

I shot my Morningstar the other day for an hour.  My new startup routine after a lay off, one broadhead arrow, one deer target, and a lot of walking back and forth.

[two4hooking]

I love that red glass!  My friend Mike has a red backed Berry that is a killer!

[centaur]

Mr. James Berry has tweaked the Heritage; introducing the Heritage II. I got it today, and it appears to be another Berry masterpiece. I let James do his thing on this bow, just wanted osage for the cores, and he came up with some green glass for the back, and gray for the belly. Mine is a slight string follow, 68", and 55@28. He has modified the grip to rounded in front and flat in back, and I like the way it feels a lot. The look harkens back to the 1950s, which is what both James and I were shooting for.

I strung the bow, tied on a nock, and went to the back yard. The first three shots from 15 paces were encouraging.

The bow is virtually silent, with just a hint of string twang. No handshock that I could detect, and arrows fly downrange with authority.
James has done it again.

[ron w]

Neat looking stick........  

[Gordon Jabben]

Man, that Heritage II bow looks like it would be a lot of fun. Nice bow.

[David Mitchell]

I just chatted with Craig Friday and ordered another great Howard Hill bow.  This one will be a bit lighter poundage for this guy who is getting older.    She'll be a Big Five, black glass both sides and ebony riser with laced moose hide grip.  I saw a picture of one like that which really yanked my chain and I sent the picture to Craig to make me one just like it. Shouldn't be long now.   :D   I have returned to the simple looks of colored glass.