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     "The longbow will bring you to this style (Hill style) or you will throw it away vowing never to touch it again"   John Schulz,  "Straight Shooting"        To the person that finds the allure of shooting a longbow in the style perfected by Howard Hill, John Schulz and others over the years...and are frustrated in their attempts to emulate that cool, casual, fluid shooting form and accuracy...you have to make up your mind.        Too many are the comments I've heard or read over the years that the Hill style of shooting is the most difficult to master, and the style lends itself to an increased risk of target panic among other ills.  I and plenty of other archers around the world are proof that this is not the truth.  However, you do have to decide...go all-in and enjoy success or just dabble and experience frustration. Mixed results will happen with mixed efforts.  Those people who say you can shoo...

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