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Offline bowmaster12

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what changes?
« on: April 28, 2009, 11:39:00 AM »
I do 99% of my huntign from tree stands from 12 to 25 feet up this is going to be my first year hunting with my recurve and was wondering if anything changes when it comes to shooint from an elevated postion.  DO you need to look lower than you want to hit? etc  once summer gets here ill start shooting from elevations but i thought id ask and get some insight thanx   :campfire:    :archer:

Offline saltwatertom

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Re: what changes?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2009, 12:12:00 PM »
I've never hunted from a stand, but as far as advice, there is some on the MMOBB vids. At least on #1 and #2, I haven't made it to #3 yet.

BTW, great videos!
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Offline wollelybugger

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Re: what changes?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2009, 12:14:00 PM »
It is the same, bend at the waist and you can use the same anchor as if you are standing on the ground.

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Re: what changes?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2009, 12:31:00 PM »
I'm like wolley - I just bend at the waist and don't think about it any differently than any other shot.  

Practice drawing when you set up your stand to make sure you have clearace for the bow limbs and your drawing elbow so that you don't have to worry about that at the moment of truth.
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Re: what changes?
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2009, 02:00:00 PM »
High hits or misses out of tree stands are as much a result of visual misperception as shooting technique.  The critter looks smaller from above so we tend to overjudge distance.  Also, the eye tends to be attracted to center of the animal's body, up/down.  From the ground, center body will take out the lungs.  From above, it's a pretty high shot, and if one shoots just a little high on top of that, it becomes a bad shot real fast.
The higher in the tree, the more acute the shot angle and the smaller the target for a killing shot becomes.  These are the reasons I don't like to get my feet more than 12-14 feet off the ground.

Offline Friends call me Pac

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Re: what changes?
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2009, 02:52:00 PM »
I didn't do anything different than I did with my compound from a treestand.  20 feet is about as high as I go though.
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Offline bowmaster12

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Re: what changes?
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2009, 03:21:00 PM »
thanks for the input guyess i kind of figured that things would be the same as shooting the compound, keep everythign teh same bend at the waist it wont be long and ill be up off the ground letting arrows fly

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