Achievements
Howard Hill is one of the most decorated Archers in the target shooting, hunting, flight archery competitions, and as a writer and producer. During his career, he had produced 23 films about archery for Werner Brothers. He had also shot of 10 different movies of his own, and been a technical adviser in far more movies to provide advice in the archery field of the movies. He took over 2,000 animals with his faithful long bow, including an elephant, becoming the first white man to kill an elephant with a long bow. He used four foot arrows, while pulling a 172 pound bow to take the mighty beast. In 1928, he set the new world record for the furthest flight shot in archery, at 391 yards. That same year, he won his 196th field archery competition in a row. Later in his life, in 1959 he was awarded a plaque for his outstanding achievements in archery. Later in 1971, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, later being induced into the Bow Hunters Hall of Fame in 1975, in the year of his death.
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