Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: LeeBishop on October 04, 2011, 10:26:00 PM
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I was mad when I first missed a coyote that I shot at, but I'm just lucky that I didn't seriously damage my bow.
I'm still trying to get used to the dimensions of a traditional bow and how long they are and I wasn't paying attention while in the stand the other day to my clearance.
I was turned around sideways and aiming almost directly below me to shoot a coyote at about 7yrds but when I released my bow limb hit the hand rail of my lean-to stand and skipped off of it.
It threw my shot off pretty severely. I missed the coyote to the left by about 4 inches from the side of the darned varmint.
It left a few scuff marks on the bottom of the tip, but I'm just glad it didn't hit the face of the back of the limb and crack the glass.
http://youtu.be/3lXLV-hw4YU (I don't know how to make it show up as a photo/box on this forum)
There is the video, but you can only hear the coyote & shot since the thing ran up from behind me out of shot. It's a pretty loud slap on the bow though.
Do most of you guys hunt from hang-on stands or lean-to ladders or what? I think I may need to try and find a cheap hang-on stand for traditional bow hunting. obviously going to need more clearance. It's going to have to wait though.
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I use hang-ons...always have. Railings are for rifle hunters to rest their guns. Even still you are going to find that close shots with trad equipment are sometimes impossible.