A little advice for the new guys...

[joe skipp]

With hunting season rapidly approaching and for others, they are already in the woods, thought I would offer some advice for the "New Trad Bowhunters" this year.

Never stop practicing...even during the hunting season. A common mistake made by most bowhunters is they are in the "hunt" or "kill" mode and fail to keep their shooting skills honed by every day practice. We don't have the luxury of shooting bows with 80% let-off....we need to stay on top of our recurves or longbows during the hunting season.

Find the time to practice...warm up with 6 arrows before you start your hunt, shoot a few arrows during your mid day break...or carry a few judos and stump shoot your way back to your truck or camp. Shooting on a daily basis during your hunting season will keep you sharp when opportunity knocks.

Even the weekend bowhunter can find 30 minutes a night to fling a few arrows and keep in tune. My hunting buddies and I constantly MAKE the time to practice daily during our 2 months of bowhunting. Hope this little bit of advice helps....Keep The Faith.......  

[JPE]

Thanks Joe, I agree compleatly. Everybody needs reminding once in awhile

[Son of Texas]

Good advice     Thanks for the reminder.

[centaur]

Yep, that's part of the fun; stumping is almost as much fun as shooting at game; well, maybe not. I always carry a judo along.

[Over&Under]

That is good advice of new and experienced Trad Bowhunters.  

[Lamey]

Being a fairly new guy myself I will also ad,  use the SEARCH function on this site,  there is a ton of info and most questions that you have are covered multiple times.

[DELTA]

Joe great advice, and thanks for the reminder.  

[Larry Surtees]

Thanks Joe!      

[straitera]

Yessir Joe. Good advice.

[xtrema312]

Great point. When it get too dark to shoot after work a night I still shoot in the barn.  I can only shoot about 8-12 yd., but it is still good just to work on form and release.

[Eugene Slagle]

I couldn't agree more, if nothing else I'll shoot into my basement which gives me 15 yards "if I'm standing in the driveway" or do some blind bale shooting inside & that's if I don't have time to go into the club range just to keep myself in shape for the time in the woods.

[Guru]

Joe that's great advise brutha!!

[bentpole]

Skipper great thread there Bud !          I shoot just about every day during the season!      

[Bonebuster]

A loud, long AMEN!!!

TTT

[mcgroundstalker]

Way To Go Joe! That's why you are my hero...  

... mike ...

[LA Trapper]

Amazing how quickly it slips.  Good advice Joe.

Billy

[nybowman]

Nicely said Joe. Good advice for all and a great reminder for me. thanks

[swampdrummer]

Great advice! I've blown more than one shot because I didn't follow it. More than 3 or 4 days without shooting and it slips for sure.

[Mudd]

Anyone would find it very difficult to beat the advice given here!!

Great job fellas!!

Thank you for the reminder!

God bless,Mudd

[Brian Krebs]

A couple of rules that I have learned; is that no matter how old you are- you can still get into bad company.

 And the one thing in bowhunting that you can do if you live to be 100: is not practicing enough.

 good thread...