Tips for shooting straight up!

[44charlie]

Did a little squirrel hunting this past weekend. I like to mostly shoot at them on the ground but when all I was offered was tree shots I took them. I missed all the tree shots(who practices tree shots?)and started to think about form while shooting up.
Any tips?!

THanks guys

[moebow]

Try to maintain a 90* angle between your bow arm and your spine for all shots.  Bend at the waist and/or adjust your legs to "tip" back to the elevation needed while maintaining the bow arm to spine angle of 90*.  Depending on your flexibility, you may have to forgo some really radical/ vertical shots.

[Terry Green]

See the Form Clock Thread featured above.

[57HOP]

We usually practice shooting pretty close to horizontal. An arrow shot straight up or down has no arc...

[Terry Green]

This guy was at least 70 feet up in an oak tree...and I was about 8 feet from the base.  No, I don't practice this shot, but I bent way back from the waist and shot halfway between the fork of the tree and Blacky's chin....which was a split in a 1 foot window.  Worked perfectly.

   

[wtpops]

WOW thats a big squirrel Terry.   :D  

Mostly what was said above. That straight line from the grip through the shoulders to the draw hand elbow needs to be maintained. Once you raise the bow hand the draw arm elbow lowers or lower the bow hand the draw elbow raises and you lose alinement and once that happens things go to heck.

[njloco]

wtpops, I was thinking that is a Guinness book of records squirrel.

I would think that shooting up is the same as shooting down, bend at the waist in an upward position ? I have never done this as yet.