Howard Hill was arguably the greatest archery shot of modern times--perhaps the best archery shot ever. His exploits with the long bow are legendary and range from becoming the first modern archer to down an elephant, to winning 196 field-archery tournaments in a row, to keeping eight arrows in the air simultaneously (and if you think that's easy, try keeping just two in the air with your high-tech compound).
Hunting the Hard Way is Hill's account of his many trips afield after a variety of game from cougar to quail with plenty of advice on shooting style and bow building.
This is a soft cover book with 317 pages and lots of vintage photos and illustrations. Hunting the Hard Way is another of those rare books that just keeps getting better with the passage of time.
Most of us agree that Howard Hill was he most famous archer since Robin Hood. Certainly his writings and films helped to initiate the golden age of bowhunting which we are still enjoying today.
The Early Adventures With Howard Hill is written by Don Carson, who worked for Howard in Opa-Locka Florida, and is largely the story of Howard's exploits between 1925 and 1935 in the swamps of Florida and in the early years immediately after he moved to California, before he became the famous personality we recognise today. These are the stories of a young Howard Hill hunting catamounts and alligators from a dugout canoe in the Florida Everglades and giant pigs in California.
This is a hard-cover book with 168 pages and lots of photos, some of which have never before been published. The cover may be different than that shown.
Filmed in the early 1950s when most of Africa was under colonial rule and when the African bush was still wild and mysterious, this timeless classic offers a fascinating glimpse into the past as Howard Hill makes archery history taking the most dangerous game in the world with his trusty longbow.
Watching Tembo puts you in on the action as Howard pursues man-eating crocodiles, saves his mates from the coils of huge pythons and the clutches of a killer leopard, stalks ferocious lions and a huge rogue elephant the natives call Tembo.
This is a campy but fascinating look into yesteryear, a bit hokey by today's standards but thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. As a bonus you also get Howard's "Tips on Arrows," a sample of some of Howard's most amazing trick longbow shots, many of which have never been repeated. this is 90 minutes of enchanting entertainment you will want to watch again and again.
Here is another great historical DVD. Hunting and Fishing with Bow and Arrow is copy of three 1950s selected-short-subject films featuring the incomparable Howard Hill as he takes us along on several high adventures.
Howard Hill's skill and mastery of the longbow have never been repeated and even after you have watched this timeless classic several times, Howard's amazing feats with the longbow will astound you. And, compound or traditional, it doesn't matter what kind of shooting you do.
The fast-paced action doesn't let up for a minute in these three Howard Hill short features, one of which is narrated by Ronald Reagan. Get ready for an hour of truly amazing longbow adventures.
Running time is approximately 62 minutes.
Here is another great DVD copy of seven rarely seen short films from the 1950s and 1960s featuring the amazing archery of Howard Hill.
Perhaps the greatest archer ever to have drawn a bow, Howard Hill took Hollywood and the American public by storm many years ago. It was a time of greater innocence and people everywhere waited eagerly for Mr. Hill's next adventure to arrive in their local theater. You don't need to wait any longer to see some rare Howard Hill footage with this collection of seven short films that will amaze you with Howard's daring and seemingly impossible archery feats.
With Howard Hill's Greatest you get more than an hour of pure archery-action entertainment from the undisputed master of the longbow.
This, the fourth Howard Hill DVD we offer, is a double feature with one of Howard's earliest short films, The Last Wilderness, and one of his most famous, Hunting the Hard way included in over an hour of bowhunting action.
If have a love for traditional archery and unbelievably great shooting you will once again see the legendary Hollywood actor, hunter and archer extraordinary, Howard Hill, in one of the first ever films from his long Hollywood career, The Last Wilderness. Difficult shots abound and the adventures are many.
Also included on this DVD is the amusing Howard Hill short feature called Hunting The Hard Way. You will love them both for the terrific shooting and the campy humor. Running time is approximately 69 minutes