Shooting tips from a treestand...
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Shooting tips from a treestand...
Well with the talk about how far people shoot, lets get some treestand shooting tips out there.
My tips would be...
Keep your same form and bend at the waste
Know your yardage
Pick the spot you want to hit, don't just aim over the vitals.
My tips would be...
Keep your same form and bend at the waste
Know your yardage
Pick the spot you want to hit, don't just aim over the vitals.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Practice from a treestand. Seems like everybody plugs hundreds of arrows away from the ground but they never practice from an elevated position.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Try shooting form awkward positions..... Around the tree on the left and right standing and sitting.. I even do it kneeling because i once had to shoot under a limb kneeling. Lets just say it was harder than i thought it would be!!!
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Solocam and Predator nailed It. I too hear of many people that never practice from a stand or practicing In different positions. A person should also practice with all their hunting clothing on a few times. Practice like your going to hunt, practice like there's a deer In front of you. Act It out.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Definately Practice, Practice, Practice from the stand. Like you mentioned Casper, know your yardage and make sure your shooting lanes are clear. One little twig can be the difference between filling your tag, missing your target, or even worse, wounding and not finding an animal.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
One of my friends and me practice from the top of his garage, it works pretty slick.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Schultzy wrote:Solocam and Predator nailed It. I too hear of many people that never practice from a stand or practicing In different positions. A person should also practice with all their hunting clothing on a few times. Practice like your going to hunt, practice like there's a deer In front of you. Act It out.
X2, don't forget facemask and gloves, if you use them. Also. if you have heavier gloves for colder weather, don't forget to practice with them, as they can have pretty good effect on arrow impact, at least for me.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
I mostly shoot at a 3-D deer target. I do shoot at paper or a bag target occasionally to make sure I am sighted in at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 where my pins are set but most of my practicing is at a deer target. I find it helps me to pick a spot and makes it easier to shoot at a live animal. It also lets you examine your shots from all angles and you can make sure that you know where you need to hit that deer from different treestand heights and different orientations that the deer might be positioned. You also get to "re-do" your shots on a 3-D target so you can adjust and learn where you need to aim when the moment of truth arrives.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Go out and shoot 3d courses at your local archery clubs, they're set up for many different yardages and shot angles. And don't forget to practice with your broadheads darnit!
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
I haven't bought into the new rangefinder thing w/ the angle calculation or whatever fancy name they have for it. When in stand, aim on the animal where you want the arrow to come out (i.e. low). This has always worked for me (if you have the correct straight on distance) and doesn't over confuse thinking too much about shot angle and taking off or adding yardage.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
As others stated; shoot with your ENTIRE hunting outfit (gloves, face mask...). Shoot from varying heights. Shoot after making a sound to stop an animal. Shoot with a 1 second hold at full draw. Shoot with a 45 second hold at full draw, etc...vary up your shots moving your bow from left to right as well as right to left before you shoot. Shoot in the cold weather. Take shots from close range, say 5 yards and below...you will be amazed how those short shots can really screw you up.
I am hunting with a recurve this year and I understand that I have to practice a ton shooting from elevation. I also believe I will not be hunting as high this year because of the recurve, so I must draw very discretely and quietly. I must practice exactly how I will hunt. The realistic hunting scenario shooting will begin two months out from the opener. Right now it is form form form form.
I am hunting with a recurve this year and I understand that I have to practice a ton shooting from elevation. I also believe I will not be hunting as high this year because of the recurve, so I must draw very discretely and quietly. I must practice exactly how I will hunt. The realistic hunting scenario shooting will begin two months out from the opener. Right now it is form form form form.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
The Rav wrote:One of my friends and me practice from the top of his garage, it works pretty slick.
I do that also from the roof of my house. My neighbors look at me a little crazy sometimes.
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
The biggest thing is to aim for your exit! When hunting from any elevation the arrow is going to enter higher than it will exit, so if you don't aim for the exit you will most likely shoot too low on the off side of the deer.
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Practicing from a tree... Its the whole reason God invented squirrels...
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Re: Shooting tips from a treestand...
Casper wrote: Pick the spot you want to hit, don't just aim over the vitals.
I have been thinking about this a lot lately, trying to figure out why some guys seem to have a lot more problems with hitting deer in the right spot than others year after year. There is clearly something going on, some general difference between the two groups.
I used to have that problem too, it drove me nuts and the last decade I have done much better. We are talking 90% kill rate up from below 50%. There are a lot of little things that can help but I think the biggest is what Casper said above.
I have been looking at how other hunters describe shots in their stories. People who struggle often don't talk about exactly where they were aiming - or if they do its something like "put the pin on his chest and squeezed." The ones that 10-ring deer usually say exactly where they aimed.
When I started shooting for a tiny point on that chest, things got a lot better. I think it even helped with buck fever because it took my mind off the bigger situation. Pick a hair, pick an imaginary spot, visualize the heart, whatever it takes but you will have a lot better results than just shooting for the chest.
To do that I know a person has to work through buck fever or target panic they may have. And there are a lot of ways to get there, like visualization and realistic practice. But that should be the goal for every bow hunter and when you get there you can give lethal a whole new meaning.
Lots of other good points I agree with Dan on squirrels. I definitely do not have a 90% kill rate on those buggers
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