Author Topic: hunting with the stringwalker. (Read 837 times)

trashwood · « **on:** October 19, 2009, 01:34:00 PM »

ever year i like to post a thread about the advantage of stringwalking as a hunter. this yr I am gonna post a pic of the most extreme stringwalking gets.

if you take "some" of the ideas presneted by this picture, you will not miss. now the ainmal may still move but your arrow will be going exactly where you thought it was going to.

BTW the glasses really work. I can't say that they are a real fashion statement. They are not like going to work very well when hunting.

Many trad bowhunters don't care for metal risers. a metal riser works best for stringwalking becuase ya really need the riser straight up and down. ya aime off the arrow tip as a front sight. you adjsut your "crawl" for the different distances. if your form is good and your bow in tune, you will be shooting 4" groups a 20yds.

aiming is a thing to at least think about.

http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/Home/the-stringwalker

rusty

Gatekeeper · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2009, 01:42:00 PM »

I think Navin R. Johnson made something like those once. It made people go cross eyed.

trashwood · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2009, 01:49:00 PM »

well since the lens is not pointed forward it might make climbing into to you stand a little shakey.

Buuuuttt ya won't miss.

rusty

ps if you climb into one of Jason's stands ya better have a long stride. I don't recommend the dumb and dummber glasses for getting into the stand or hunting

trashwood · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2009, 02:06:00 PM »

while this is not a hunting riser and I am waring my dumb and dumber glasses, it does show you what kinda of accuracy you can expect from string walking. top groups was 30 yds. bottom group at 20 yds.

when I am in the tree stand I know i can hit the spot. I don't know that the deer will not be moving.

http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/stringwalker2

ya got to admit, i'll go a long way to hit the spot. ya think the glasses will catch on?

rusty

Bill Kissner · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2009, 04:00:00 PM »

Brings back my old stringwalking days of the sixties. Don't think your glasses will make much of a fashion statement Rusty!

Shaun · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2009, 04:43:00 PM »

Looking good Rusty. Those glasses look like they are focused on the end of your nose. Tell us how they work.

Missouri Sherpa · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2009, 12:23:00 AM »

Rusty,

I wear glasses like those every day. Those are called birth control glasses. No woman will want to get close to you while you are wearing them. They will think you are some kind of kook, which we may be, but without the glasses there is some room for doubt.

I shoot three under and anchor with the shaft under my right eye so I can sight down the shaft. Kind of like shotgunning with a vent rib overunder. I use the sight window off the end of my arrow to aim but don't consciously use the point as a target. I just know to use a bit more elevation as I get further out. I shoot pretty decent out to 50 yards using this technique. I am sure it looks a bit weird when I shoot but I am no slave to looking good as anyone that knows me can attest to.

Ragnarok Forge · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2009, 01:05:00 AM »

I just got rid of my compound so I could get away from all that.

Good on ya for shooting the way you want and what works best for you.

No way am I going there. I got back into trad to simplify things! Instinctive shooting and keeping hunting shots at 20 yards and under does that. Oh and my groups are under 3-inches at 20 yards, even on my bad days. Granted that is after a lot of hard work, research, and shooting daily for 5 months.

wingnut · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2009, 08:22:00 AM »

Clay,

Dang man if you shoot under 3" at 20 everyday, you could be a big winner at Vegas and other big money shoots. The best shots in the world don't shoot any better then that.

Mike

reddogge · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2009, 08:23:00 PM »

Sorry, I was a stringwalker in the 60s on still targets and I don't want to repeat that bad trip now.

I see no practical use of stringwalking in all phases of bowhunting...deer, small game, squirrels, flying targets.

trashwood · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2009, 06:44:00 AM »

Red I have being doing it for over 40 yrs and find it very practical. I had a string of 12 straight recovered Texas whitetail. I got started stringwalking after a turkey tom flew off with an arrow that was a little missed placed. that never happened again either and I am up to about 10 toms.

rusty

trashwood · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2009, 06:46:00 AM »

Ah this is where you moved me to, now if you will just move all the "i missed" threads over here we'll have a match

.

rusty

zetabow · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2009, 07:37:00 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by trashwood:

you will be shooting 4" groups a 20yd

rusty

The best Stringwalkers in the world are keeping consistent 6" groups out to 50 yards in Field Archery, it's the most accurate (without a sight)aiming system you can use.

Good pic Rusty

trashwood · « **Reply #13 on:** October 21, 2009, 09:06:00 AM »

Zeta - that is a true statemant.....I just can't shoot groups like that.

Still 4" groups at 20 yds for 60 arrows will get you close to the 260 -280 range on a 300 indoor target. I don't do as well as in competition. I don't have the mental tuffness I need but I am getting better.

rusty

trashwood · « **Reply #14 on:** October 21, 2009, 09:11:00 AM »

stgringwalking will put an bunch of deer, pigs, and turkey in the freezer. even if you ya can not shoot 4" groups at 50 yds.

you just have to work on your form. the good thing about aiming is you know if it was your form or a poorly aimed shot. you can now work on your specific form problems.

One interesting thing about stringwalking is that is not a one way street. the form you are leaning will be with you when you want to to shoot 3under or split finger.

I shoot some 3D matches that don't allow stringwalking split finger with a index finger anchor. never in my life shoot so well. working on your form is a bane to all deer and turlkey

rusty

trashwood · « **Reply #15 on:** October 21, 2009, 09:28:00 AM »

Missouri - I do exactly the same thing you do when I shoot in 3D matches that don;t allow stringwalking. I use a split finger anchor though with a index finger. I tune a longer arrow so that my point on is 25 yds. I gap off the point, aiming right down the barrel fo the arrow.

Aiming is the tgrad bowhunters best friend

.

rusty

zetabow · « **Reply #16 on:** October 21, 2009, 09:42:00 AM »

Agree Rusty, I've got to the point where I'm so confident with my aiming that if I put an arrow out, it's either a damaged (woodies) arrow or a form error on my part.

I just keep working my shooting form the refine and make more consistent, aiming seems the easy part these days. lol

Ragnarok Forge · « **Reply #17 on:** October 22, 2009, 10:59:00 AM »

Wingnut,

I shoot with several world class finger shooters and FITA competitors at the local archery shop.

I started out with 2 foot size groups about 5 months ago. I have been practicing diligently and have been getting a lot better very quickly. Throw in all the great advice on this site, coaching from competitors, and using Byron Ferguson's shooting method and I have improved very quickly.

I was shooting poorly at first and a couple of the guys spent some significant time coaching me and helping me with my form. I ended up shooting 6 inch groups at 20 yards after 2 months and dropped to 4 inch groups at the end of month 3. Two months ago it really came together for me. It was like a light came on and I can repeat my form consistently. I took to shooting at a 3 spot target to avoid robin hooding my arrows. Gets darn expensive quickly.

The last three times I have been down at the shop the guys have been pushing me to go to Vegas and shoot.

I have not shot my longbow in competition so I suspect I would fall apart under the pressure. I am shooting in a local target competition on Friday night and plan to hit a few other competitions over the next few months to get some more experience and see if I enjoy them or not. If I like it I may well go to Vegas and shoot this year. I won't expect to do all that well. It would just give me experience and help me get over the jitters and pressure so I could shoot and potential place or win there in the future.

I am very suprised with how well my shooting has improved and plan to keep working on cranking it in tighter. I know it isn't over realistic but I would like to be able to shoot 4 inch groups at 30 yards and 6 inch groups at 40.

Just call it a compulsion. I have always been a bit obsessive about tight groups with everything. Compounding I wanted all of my arrows to touch. With rifles I won't own one that won't shoot 1/2 minute of angle, which is better than I can shoot them by the way. So I guess I am carrying it over to trad shooting.

frank bullitt · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:17:00 PM »

Clay, if pressure from Vegas is tough, how's the hunting side?

Some spend so much time trying to find something that's not there, I had a friend like that.

Rusty, Daala bow, what happen to the selfbows you were touting? Boy, getting old does that too you? I'm almost afraid to wake up in the morning!
I

zetabow · « **Reply #19 on:** October 28, 2009, 02:25:00 AM »

Clay Walker enjoyed your post, reading about somebody making great progress with their shooting and enjoying the Bow is good to read about.

Just a quick word of experience. when your shooting hits those lows (it happens to us all) dont get frustrated, the less you let it affect you the quicker your get back in the groove.

The more I enjoy my shooting the better I become ;-)

News:

Author Topic: hunting with the stringwalker. (Read 837 times)

Users currently browsing this topic: