Who prefers to shoot sitting while on stand?

[Bullfrog 1]

Anyone?  Bill

[ChuckC]

Don't know about prefer. .  But I do it,

Especially if it is windy.  

Created clearance issues with my legs sometimes and makes me move more.  But there have been times where I was in position, bow tip (lower) resting in my pants cuff, and I was ready when the animal got there, almost no movement required.

ChuckC

[Bill Carlsen]

I do. 90% of the time I am sitting in the stand or on the ground. Iset my stands to be able to sit and shoot where I think I will be getting a shot.

Almost every shot I take at a critter is from a seated position.

Bisch

[Pat B]

I prefer to stand to shoot but I can shoot seated if necessary.

[Caleb the bow breaker]

I would say based on my limited experience that you are better off if you are comfortable doing both.  It really stinks to miss and opportunity because you get busted trying to stand up.  Dont ask my how I know.    

C

[dragonheart]

I prefer to be standing in tree stand.

[Diamond Paul]

I much prefer standing, and will get up and hold my bow during the last hour of shooting light.  On many stands, the straps that secure the footrest portion of the stands interferes with certain shot angles.  I have shot sitting, and probably will have to now that I'm concentrating on ground blinds, but don't prefer it.

[ISP 5353]

I prefer to stand, but I practice my seated shots too.

[maxwell]

Sitting is my favorite type shot, ground or tree stand.  Feel's more stable.

[ron w]

Don't matter to me.......what ever it takes!

[Fletcher]

I can and do both, but in a tree I shoot better standing and find sitting to be very limiting as far as shots go.  As soon as things quiet down from my entry I stand with bow in hand and stay up until I need to sit.  When hunting on the ground, I'll normally sit, but will go to my knees to shoot if I get the chance.

[fnshtr]

I almost always shoot while sitting when I hunt from a tree stand. I'm a little bit shaky (fear of heights) standing, especially in windy situations. This seems odd as I used to be a USUA Basic Flight Instructor (Ultralights/homebuilts).

Like others above, I set my stands with this in mind. I've taken many, many deer from a treestand, and 90% of them while sitting.

[Keefer]

I actually shoot a little better sitting down and I mainly hunt and sit in my Huntmore 360 chair which lets me turn if needed..

[KyStickbow]

I like to stand when shooting out a stand. And like others I stand for the last hour or so of the hunt..or at prime time to limit movement.

[joe skipp]

Getting ready to head out shortly. Shoot while sitting on my Torges seat...I may slip off now and then to shoot from a kneeling position when a different angle presents itself.

Now...when spring bear hunting from a 12' high ladder stand, I sit on the platform (where your feet should be) then lean out for the shot.

[wtpops]

My first year in a tree stand and i have found that if my shot is to the right i shoot seated if the shot is in front or to the left of me i stand and shoot

[hickstick]

I don't know about everyone else, but were I hunt, deer don't follow runs 100% of the time and tend to meander....therefor I never really know where they are going to come from.  I tend to set all my stands facing north so I don't have rising/setting sun directly in my face (since having LASIK surgery my eyes can be a little sensitive).  

so, more often than not I stand.   that way I can pivot to wherever the deer are.   though I will say that shooting sitting is a little more stable.

[joe ashton]

Standing UP for me. I stand the last hour of the evening so as to limit motion if the animal comes from a direction that I would have had to stand any way.

[tippit]

With a bad back, standing still kills me.  Very rarely will I stand for a shot therefor 99% of my shots are from a seated position.