WHY STUMP SHOOT

[Terry Green]

Almost fun as actual hunting...a quiver full of judos and unlimited targets at unknown distances....mushrooms, pine cones, dandelions, bright leaf, dark leaf, small shadows, spiders in webs, clumps of grass, a single dangling leaf on a sapling...and of course stumps.

Raging....my Bheads most of the time weight 175 grains...and so do my judos....judos are harder to loose and tuff as nails.  I like judos better than rubber blunts because I like for my arrows to 'stick'...and the do much more often with judos.

[30coupe]

Originally posted by hunterjt:
SOUND LIKE FUN LOOK LIKE ILL BE STUMP SHOOTING AND IT DOES MAKE YOU STAY OUT IN THE OUTDOORS LONGER. ILL GIVE IT A TRY.

Mainly it is lots of fun, especially with a hunting buddy. It improves many skills at the same time and cures boredom.

Oh, and please take the caps lock off and stop shouting at us. I have my hearing aids on!    :rolleyes:    

[Steve Clandinin]

Jeremy ,Its what everyone has said AND more.The best practice for hunting bar none. All your daily problems are lost as your mind wonders into the future of hunts planned.You'll see !Its just one of the many benefits of being a Bow-A-holic.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jeremy,

Go stump shooting!  If you have the same question when you come back, I cannot answer it.  If you have any other question regarding stump shooting then ask away.

Ps only shoot old old stumps or anything softish. If not you'll see why.  

[HUNT 24/7]

Originally posted by David McLendon:
Because they're always in season, there is no bag limit on them. You don't have to drag them out and gut them, they don't jump the string, and all you have to do is move ten steps and it's a whole new target.   :D  

But are they good eating???  

[Rob DiStefano]

for me, roving is the next thing to hunting game.  i like judo points best, and durable carbon arrows with bright fletching.  oh yeah, and now with tracers added.  

[brock donald]

i find that i shoot much better stumpin, makes me concentrate better that the same ol spot. try it its the best practice.

[Kenneth]

Roving/Stump shooting is as almost as much fun as hunting and I believe it is the best practice aside from 3D for hunting.

[LimbLover]

Nothing like it other than the real thing. It forces you to take shots from awkward shooting angles, focus on your target, and teaches you to shoot around, under, over, or through obstruction.

Saunders bludgeon points (those are hard plastic) work almost as well as judos. I like them better in some cases.

[Covey]

It's a hole lot more fun than just shooting straw bails in the back yard. Me and my 11 year old son have a great time and I have to pratically drag him to the truck when it's time to leave. Try it and you will see what everybody is talking about! Jason

[WINDTALKER]

I shoot them to help keep the population in check.

[ChuckC]

cause its fun.  When done right it may be the most fun you can have with a bow and arrows.
ChuckC

[Jock Whisky]

Stump shooting doesn't mean you have to shoot at stumps. They're great if you have them but anything will do...rotten logs, clumps of dirt, pine and fir cones, yes even cow patties and horse apples. You pick the target. Just be sure the arrows you are using can take a beating and that you have a good stumping head such as a judo, hex head etc. One of my favorites heads for aluminum or carbon arrows is a standard field point with two 1/8" dia steel pins set into the head at right angles. I cut the pins 1" long and epoxy them into the head. They're indestructable. Word of caution. Don't do this with  field point heads for wood arrows. They will break.

JW

[gregk]

This time of year when im out shed hunting, i take my bow along and stump shoot. It's good practice and i can look for sheds, can't beat it.  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

It's fun.

And, on the long, hot walks back to the ute or camp, it makes you forget about plodding the distance away, and before you know it, you're back.

[sou-pawbowhunter]

Because it's a whole lot of fun.

[huntin_sparty]

I am new but I think it is great practice.  When out scouting I pretend a stump, dead tree, downed branch is my prey and practice stalking into range and shooting.  I love being in the woods but this makes it more fun.  Its gotten my 8 yr old son more interested than Dad just dragging him out and moving cameras and trimming shooting lanes.

[Ceb]

I have a bag target and a 3-D in the backyard and shoot them, but I'm also fortunate enough to live were I can walk out the back door and be in the woods. Roving is loads of fun and helps your shooting. Don't get any better than spending a spring day in the woods shooting arrows.

[Autumnarcher]

Stumpin is the best form of practice for hunting. Every shot is an inknown distance, which will train your eye much better than regularly shooting known distances. You learn to find holes or lanes through brush and branches, and how you CAN make a shot through a seemingly impossible collection of obstructions.

Picking a small spot on a leaf,the top of a stump, a pine cone hanging from a branch reinforces target focus.

Even if you slightly miss the spot, by an inch or so, you know that you would easily be within the vitals of a game animal.

But you are shooting your bow, and it becomes an extension of you. You will find you think about the shot less, and it "happens" more naturally.

I think many of us are somewhat limited in the distance we can shoot at a target, or we tend to stick within the comfort zone. Stumpiin allows you to take many more shots at longer distances, which hones your skills, tightens your form and makes you a better archer.

Plus, its fun.

[joekeith]

Raging Waters..."I'd love to have the arrow stuck in the stump but does it come out? Do the arrows break?"
  If you have screw in points you just need to use your broadhead knife, you've got one don't you?