Try it. You may like it...

     John Schulz said in an interview once, that people would write to him after they'd watched his video, and put into practice his instructions, and enjoyed success.  He said it worked because he accurately taught the Hill style.

     I believe that's the key to the whole Hill style system. Being as accurate  as possible in presenting the system to the public and to be as accurate as possible in using the system.  And I believe that's where the Hill style has gone awry and had its naysayers. Sure, you can shoot any ol' bow, any ol' way you wish. Same is true here.  However,  some tools are better used with a method that befits their design and I think that applies in this case.  The Hill style is a complete package, not needing anything added to it or modified. It stands on it's own merit. 

      To those that read this blog and are curious about whether all this stuff actually works the way I say it does. Well, I don't say anything about these lessons and tips unless I've proven them to myself and have heard similar results from other archers who have proven them by actual use.  There are archers who will say that you don't need to shoot this way, or use this tackle to get results from the Hill style method. That's true I guess. But a lot of those archers are also the types that don't show any hardcore commitment to any particular type of bow or other archery tackle. They change equipment "like I change my socks" as Schulz said.  But those same archers certainly will voice their opinions and experiences on various forms of social media or other platforms and almost invariably will not have actually tried and thoroughly tested the certain component of the Hill style in question. 

     So I simply ask, if you read something on these pages that stirs your heart and mind to wonder if it works...go ahead and try it for yourself. Honestly try it for awhile. And do it as accurate to the instructions as absolutely possible.  Not just five shots or five minutes or five hours.   Try it for five hundred shots or five hundred hours before you make a decision. Nowadays people tend to flit around from idea to idea, drifting this way and that without any firm convictions. I challenge you to put in an honest effort to really, honestly try these things I'm passing along about the Hill style of shooting and archery tackle. Don't take Hill's or Schulz's or my word for it. Know for yourself, but only form an opinion and pass along that opinion after you've given it an honest, sincere attempt. 

    I believe anyone that takes a good, simple, well-made straight-end Hill style longbow and Hill style tackle and really puts in an honest effort to shoot it as sincerely and truly as possible in the way that Hill and Schulz showed us; and doesn't try to modify it away from its Hill style roots just to make it like some other form of archery or archery tackle they're used to... That archer will reap the most reward for their efforts and will also then be able to 

      Shoot Straight.