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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: WAPITIHUNTER on October 23, 2009, 08:03:29 PM

Title: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on October 23, 2009, 08:03:29 PM: Anybody have one of these bows? If so how is the quality and shootability?

Looking to possibly get one soon and was hoping for some input.

The recurve bow I really want is three times as much and with the way the economy and our work load has been I will have to wait on it.
Title: Re: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 23, 2009, 08:07:10 PM: i have shot a few and they seem to be really nice bows i shoot a hoyt dorado and a browning fury II love them both my brother shoots a ben pearson as well i don't think you could go wrong with them also you might check with my friend ted at raptorarchery.com he has great used bows come in all the time
Title: Re: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: WAPITIHUNTER on October 23, 2009, 08:11:00 PM: Thanks for the tip. My dream bow is a Schafer Silvertip. With all the options I want it will run up around $1600..........Ouch!
Title: Re: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 23, 2009, 08:19:35 PM: yeah i hear you you want to see a cool bow go to his web site click bows and bow building and sheck out the blacktail snakebite he has for sale if it wasn't 1200 i would own it shoots like a dream
Title: Re: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: ribka on October 23, 2009, 08:32:29 PM: Hill makes a decent bow. Have owned a few. I like Robertson bows better. There a lot of really nice trad bows out there now.
I bought a silvertip from ( Schafer) before he died in 1990. He was a really nice and humble and a heck of a hunter.I traded it in for black widow. I really regret it.

I have a Border bow. Made in Scotland and a really nice recurve. Also have a few Martin bows ( recurve) which are nice bows for the money. They are made in Yakima and you can go there and actually see how they are made. I stopped by a few years ago and really neat to see them made.
Title: Re: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: jackelope on October 23, 2009, 08:35:28 PM: talk to hornseeker on here if you want a stick bow.
Title: Re: Howard Hill Archery?
Post by: Ray on October 23, 2009, 09:08:13 PM: I know the guys who shoot Howard Hill bows swear by them. Never shot one myself but the reputation is good.

There's a lot of good bows out there to choose from. I've been looking at http://strikerbows.com lately.

I have a couple of home made bows as well as two others professionally done from http://selfbow.com and http://sapphirearchery.com Both well done pieces of work.