PETE WARD
"WELCOME TO MY OUTDOOR WORLD"
Hill Country Bows
By Roman Hershberger
Tel 330-674-9609
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Also Available at
GIT-R-DONE ARCHERY LTD.
P.O. Box 62021 Hawkwood
CALGARY, ALBERTA
T3G 5S7
email Dennis@git-r-donearchery.com
Phone (403) 374-2191
kenny@tradways.com
330-730-6478
Review:
The "Harvest Master" longbow by "Hill Country" Bows is a very eye apealing longbow that is easy to like. This is a 60" model we are reviewing that is marked 49# at 28", made with Camo actionwood and Bamboo cores. It draws very nice and shoots Quietly without anything on the string. It is silent with a small set of silencers and arrows weighing over 500 grains.There is also no handshock felt at all.
Roman's workmanship is as impeccable as we have come to expect from Amish Craftsmen. There are no flaws to be found, in the fit, finish and every glue line is perfect. His selection of a bias camo cut lamination of actionwood for the limbs is simply beautiful as well as a very functional camo . Often camo limbs are a poor imitation of branches, leaves etc, however this is a beautiful wood blend that dissapears into it's suroundings, yet still has lots of eye candy around camp or at the range.
TheTiller is for split shooting, at +1/4", however I shoot 3 under and it is shooting very well for me this way.
Since receiving the "Harvest Master" a couple months ago I have taken it to several events for others to try and also have shot some 3D rounds with it. Although I did not compete with this bow I have no problem equaling my average scores with it.
The typical feedback I get usualy mentions the smoothness, and shock free shot, ease of shot placement, and always mentions the workmanship and how quiet the bow shoots.
The Bow is light to cary, and the grip is one that settles into my hand consistatly.Shooting it with normal to heavy weight hunting arrows is a silent and pleasant experience. This is a bow that seems to grow on me the more I shoot it. I have several bows like this that I can not put a finger on what quality draws me back to them.
The Harvest Master is a bow that seems to do everything we want very well . It shoots very accurately for me, is silent , shock or vibration is not there at all. Performance wise it is quite good, but not a barn burner. The looks are great, but as I said earlier there is not one thing that makes me like it so much, it is how good it is in every thing that makes me like it so much.
I have to comment again on the very eye apealing Camo limbs. They are a natural looking blend of the actionwood that melts into the surounding bush with a blink of the eye.The non glare finish is perfect and suits the bows hunting herritage .
I like this bow enough that I intend to be hunting with it this fall. Those heavy 742 gr arrows I used on the chrono test are the ones I have been shooting from it for the past month, and they will be my choice arrow when the Harvest Master goes hunting with me this fall.
The chrono testing was done with a constant power supply, and light bars. All draw lengths were confirmed/coached on marked arrows by Pat, my wife and the release was static,with a Cordovan Tab .The results are shown with this bow set up for hunting with a 10 strand DF97 Padded loop string and silencers.
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8 |
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10 |
5.42 |
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11 |
9.88 |
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12 |
13.36 |
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13 |
16.27 |
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14 |
18.78 |
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15 |
20.95 |
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16 |
23.15 |
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17 |
25.13 |
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18 |
27.52 |
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19 |
29.50 |
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20 |
31.53 |
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21 |
33.51 |
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22 |
35.50 |
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23 |
37.61 |
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39.69 |
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42.02 |
GR 452 |
FPS |
GR 555 |
FPS |
GR 742 |
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FPS |
26" |
44.27 |
452 |
171 |
555 |
154 |
742 |
134 |
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27" |
46.65 |
452 |
177 |
555 |
163 |
742 |
145 |
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28" 29 30 |
49.21 52.34 55.03 |
452 na na |
185 na na |
555 na na |
168 na na |
742 na na |
151 na na |
na na |
na na |
Although this bow shoots very well at a brace from 7 1/4 up I prefer to shoot it at a higher brace of 8", so this is where I did the chrono testing from. I don't wear arm guards , so normaly I brace my bows a bit higher for clearence.
The Hill Country Harvestmaster is a very good hunting bow that will be with me on many trips.
Pete ward
"Welcome to my outdoor world"