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Title: Warm Up Question
Post by: ArkyMorg on October 08, 2012, 07:30:00 AM

For those of you that hunt with your bows, once you get to/in your stand, what do you do to warm up your shooting muscles to prepare for that all important shot?  And how often do you repeat the actions in order to keep your muscles from getting cold and tight while sitting on stand?

ArkyMorg

Title: Re: Warm Up Question
Post by: reddogge on October 08, 2012, 10:44:00 PM

I shoot a judo point several times walking in. On stand I draw the bow back to anchor and aim at something in range quite a bit. On a shot at game I find the cold muscles don't come into play with the adrenalin pumping.

Title: Re: Warm Up Question
Post by: BobCo 1965 on October 10, 2012, 01:33:00 PM

I would ask how much movement are you willing to make?

Isometrics can do a lot to warm muscles up, and take little movement to do, but may do little for flexibility, which maybe needed more then anything while sitting for long periods.

Title: Re: Warm Up Question
Post by: skydog6653 on October 10, 2012, 06:31:00 PM

I hunt public land and have to stalk my deer stands. I wouldn't dare of shooting any arrows on the way in, or drawing back unnecessarily. It might be ok on private land, but not where I hunt.

Title: Re: Warm Up Question
Post by: Bowwild on October 21, 2012, 01:24:00 PM

I usually go through this routine to both warm-up my muscles and my mind and to make sure I have the clearance I need:

I simply 1/4 draw, 1/2 draw, 3/4 draw, and then full-draw. All of this in about 2 minutes.