sitting accuracy

[goingoldskool]

First off, I want to wish everyone a happy 4th of July!  Thanks Vets!

Secondly: I am going on a bear hunt next month and started practicing shooting from a sitting position. The shots at bear camp are <15 yards and usually taken from sitting in a chair.  I started off hitting right where I wanted... but then started shooting left about 4-6 inches.        I'm a right handed shooter.  The only thing that I can come up with is that I'm collapsing right before release. I know that the dynamics change some from different positions, but form is form.

This was toward the end of my practice session, so fatigue could have played into it as well.  Any info would be appreciated.

Thank you and God Bless!

[moebow]

Rodd,

Kind of guessing here so take it for what it is worth.  I wonder if as you practice from the chair, if you aren't letting your torso relax too much and that in turn is not allowing your shoulders to align with the shot?  If you are used to a standing shot, you automatically have more core tension with which to turn your shoulders. Now when you sit, you don't (or might not) have that and IF your shoulders are open to the target, you kind of have a built in collapse.

This is mostly a guess -- not actually seeing what you might be doing.

Arne

[goingoldskool]

Thanks Arne,
I was thinking that it might be something like that...  I will try to keep everything tight and let fly!  Happy 4th!

[RETARMY06]

I shoot from a seated position too, since this is how I will hunt 99 percent of the time. What helped me was watching my bow cant angle. The more your cant (the closer your bow gets to parallel to the ground) the more your normal "left and right" is really now "up and down." So left/right/up/down may be different from sitting than from standing up.
It's easier to think about if you draw it out on paper. I actually shoot much, much better sitting on my plastic 5 gallon bucket than standing up. Could be the way my body is shaped, who knows? All I know is I pity those compound bow shooters who shoot with a level as part of their sighting/aiming system. That must be rough.

[mahantango]

Shouldn't matter what your body is doing from the waist down. Alignment is all in your torso, shoulders and arms. Practice standing, sitting, kneeling. The only thing that may change is the amount of cant necessary for the lower limb to clear the ground. Check out Terry's form clock and some of his shooting vids.

[goingoldskool]

I shot alittle last night and came out satisfied with my outing....  concentrated on keeping my torso the same as when standing...  leaned forward in the chair and let fly.  4 arrows inside 3 inches at 18 yrds. I can live with that for right now!

thanks for the replies!