where do you hang your bow while hunting from treestand?

[Possum Head]

I use a forked bow holder much like the commercial ones offered for wheel bows. Bolts to stand and the bow is upright leaning slightly forward and arrow on rest. Works great if I could just master hitting what I'm shootin at!

[draco]

I keep mine across my lap. To keep it from sliding off, I sew a little hook you can buy at sewing stores, to my pants right on the flap over the fly. It works great.
 

[Todd Greenwald]

I hold her in my hand and rest the bottom tip on the toe of my boot.  This enables me to always be ready with minimal movement for the shot.

[Hoyt]

Keep mine in my lap or upright with tip on my boot. Have a string with hook on the end tied to my belt that I loop over bow string and onto arrow in bow quiver when I put hands in pockets or whatever.

[Butchie]

If sitting, I  also slide it down my boot.    

[Gary Logsdon]

I can honestly say that I've never hung a recurve or longbow while on stand. My hand is always touching my bow. Guess I'm a little paranoid that something will catch me off guard!

[hitman]

I use a screw in fold out bow hanger. It swings from one side to the other.

[doubleo]

I have a rubber bow holder built right into the front of my lone wolf stand. I just reach down and grab my bow when i spot a deer. Works great!

[Danny Rowan]

Learned a long time ago to keep the bow in my hand resting across my lap, both in a blind and in a tree.

[Terry Lightle]

On my lap like said above

[JamesKerr]

Originally posted by joe ashton:
I install a tree step at shoulder height on the right side of the tree (standing and facing the tree that right side).  I hang the bow by the quiver with an arrow on the string.  I can pick it up without much motion.  I can also use that step when climbing into the stand... double duty.
I hang my pack on the left side of the tree so it is out of the way but handy.

Same here.

[BUCK-EYE]

x3 in my boot  

[MCNSC]

I hold mine most of the time. If standing the tip is in my boot. If I need to hang it to use both hands for something like putting on or taking off a jacket then I hang it from the free end of my tree strap. Just wedge the end knot between the limb and string

[dnovo]

I just put in a small bow hook or tree step and hang the bow from it. A lot of trees I get in, I will have small limb end I have trimmed to clear for shooting and I can hang the bow from one of those. I spend way too many hours on stand without seeing anything to hold my bow the whole time. If I cannot grab the bow and get a shot within the time it takes, I know that any shot I would have taken would be rushed and messed up anyway. I will say the fastest I have done is to look back and see a buck coming in at 20 yards and I stood, picked up the bow and grunted to stop him and shot him at 12 yards. Total time ???? maybe 3-5 seconds

[Plumber]

I keep it in my hand across my lap.If I hang it in a tree something bad will happen.it will drop or a monster will walk by an I wont be able to reach for my bow with out getting busted.

[lilbobby]

Same as hitman!

[Gregg S]

I have a Summit bushmaster, which is two pieces. I have a 1 1/2" button tied to a string that is in turn tied to the arm of the top portion of the stand. The string is about 4" long and tied at the front edge of the seat section. Just put the button through the bow so that as you ease it down the string is caught between the limb and the string with the button preventing the string from being able to slip back through. When sitting I just reach down and grip the bow and as I lift it up the string and button will pull loose and flop out of the way. I do use an arrow holder too, just incase I bump the bow with my knee, so that the arrow doesn't fall off of the rest. Simple and very effective with less movement then reaching to get the bow off of a hanger.

[ishoot4thrills]

Originally posted by TxAg:
I break off a small limb to hang it on, or use a small screw in hook.  I don't like it on my lap

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[bobman]

Lap... I use a hip quiver and hang that on my stand

[gregg dudley]

Lap.  Like Gary I don't want to be caught off guard.