Yes, of course, we have all read the variations of books + movies but I wanted to know if everyone had seen the article in the latest "Sportsmans Classics" about the great longbow hunter + exhibitionist, Howard Hill. I knew of him vaguely in the past but this article put a lot together. He was the guy who REALLY split Errol Flynn's arrow. Yeah, he really did. Also shooting dimes, etc. out of the air, apples, prunes, + almost cranberries off the heads of audience volunteers. He proved elephant kills with a longbow. All in all a great story of his life, worth reading.

Also in this issue is the article, "Hemingway's Last Hunt". Good reading + of course some great pics.

Thank you NC. I will pick it up. I saw one of those black and white pseudo documentaries where Howard Hill goes bill fishing with a bow.

Howard Hill also appears in the Errol Flynn version of Robin Hood. If you want to read more about Hill pick up the book "Hunting the hard way".

Craig Ekin, who has been building the Howard Hill bows for a very long time now, wrote Howard’s biography, The Man and The Legend. It’s a must read for Hill fans. Much of that Sporting Classics article is taken from that book. Ekin is a very nice fellow. He was kind enough to sign my copy back in 1994.