For all the compound shooters out there, do you stand up and risk blowing the deer out with your movement/noise? Or, shoot from a seated position?
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For all the compound shooters out there, do you stand up and risk blowing the deer out with your movement/noise? Or, shoot from a seated position?
I always shot standing, but I practiced both.....a lot.
It would depend on the circumstance.
After getting busted more than I'd like to admit, I learned how to shoot sideways while sitting. A far better way, a more stable profile and a lot less movement.
Crossbow . Seating..
Both, sitting and standing. I cannot sit here at my kitchen table and tell you what shooting position I will be using a month plus from now. A person should be prepared to shoot from different positions as determined by the situation.
If you are going to shoot a vertical bow seated then you better practice that way, things do not line up the same when shooting seated as standing or as bent like you would be shooting down from a tree stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug
I really really prefer to stand so i can shoot to either side or even behind me comfortably, and without a tight hardness tether to contend with. It entirely depends on the situation and how much time i have.
It's a broad question, and of course each encounter will be different. I would always prefer to shoot from a standing position as well. I thought the conversation around the pro's and con's of movement/position, what others do, and their reasoning could be interesting.
Reminds me of a fella that came over one day with his block...the centre looked like a porcupine filled with arrows..he was so proud that he shot them 35 yds off his deck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox
I took him to one of my tree stands (16') and put his block about 20 yds out front.....he missed the first 5 shots and was dismal in his accuracy on the rest...HaHa...
Unlike the videos you see on youtube, guys talking to the camera and twirling around to look at it etc are usually filmed on game farms so the deer are a lot less leery.Quote:
Originally Posted by ride.lift.shoot
Real life, deer see and hear everything. It's very hard, especially deep in the woods to go undetected. So if you can master shooting while sitting, it opens you to a more opportunities to take a shot on that deer that shows up in front of you without warning.
No one likes to sit on your hands and let a deer walk becasue it caught you flat footed.
Whether standing, sitting, or even lying down, one's shooting frame should be unwavering and unchanged. Your shooting frame is like the foundation of a house; everything builds off of it, and your success in shooting depends on it.
If you are interested, in the video below I discuss the importance of utilizing a solid "T" shape shooting frame and how to use your frame to shoot in different positions, from a tree stand or sitting down. (this is later in the video)
Now I actually made this video to help compound shooters who are interested in trying out traditional archery, but archery is archery and whether you are shooting a compound bow out of a tree stand, or a tricked out recurve on a 70 meter Olympic line or shooting ducks out of the air with a longbow, the shooting frame is a shooting frame. All archery requires the same fundamental principles. So in other words, sitting, standing, etc., really is no different from one another. It is only different when one collapses their frame. That's when shots are blown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebS6YPG1Q5k
Also here is a photo of John Schultz who is shootng a longbow laying down on his stomach. For fun I turned the photo upright so that you can see even though he is laying down, his shooting frame is still a solid T shaped form unchanged.
https://imgur.com/pEXqJR8
https://imgur.com/Lv6MWo9
All good points on how to shoot, any kind of bow or gun, but it all comes down to the moment when the shot needs to be taken, so practice shooting every way possible, just like throwing a ball, there is a more comfortable position to be in to get that ball to your intended target, but how many times have you seen the play made from an almost impossible position to throw that ball, watch Ron Laclair shoot his trad bow, it doesnt have to be the same anchor point, same stance, same anything, just be ready, and be prepared to take the shot
Yes that is correct, but when starting out and learning, it's easier when you have that foundation to build off of. As one shoots more and becomes more proficient and consistent with their shot sequence, things slowly begin to become more fluid and it becomes easier to take more liberties.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdog
Have you ever watched " Byron Ferguson " shooting a longbow from different contorted positions , in his trick shot shooting exhibitions ?
Both Ron LaClair and Byron Ferguson are living legends in the trad community. It's a small community and everybody knows everybody. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by jaycee
Coincidentally, just watching Clay Hayes's latest video and caught him mentioning your channel just before the 4min mark. You guys put up some great contentQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Kavanagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzWQ5_1bXtM&feature=youtu.be
Thanks. I haven't put anything up in a little over a couple of years now though.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
My internet here sucks and I got frustrated with it. I don't shoot nearly as much as I was back then either. Lots of other interests.
Archery barely exists here in Ontario and I was only doing it for my own fun. Others are making it into a business (like Clay and the guys from the Push) but they are located more centrally and I could never afford to travel to the events you need to to make that sort of thing happen.
My shooting is a bit different too. Most are interested in all the 3D tourneys and stuff like Lancaster. I've always been more interested in knocking ducks out of the air. lol
I agree with mikepal, you need to practice the shots you may make in the field, so in the stand, on the ground standing, sitting twisted. you should practice all positions you can think of, so when something new comes along you may get it right. This goes for xbow, guns, whatever you shoot.
Well, for many many years, I made my own tree stands which only had a small platform for standing, and no seats!
Shooting my old compound from a sitting position was never an option. Now, I am a crossbow hunter.
"Archery barely exists here in Ontario". Man is that ever an accurate statement, and I'm sure we could have a lengthy discussion on why that is. As for the events, i'm fortunate to be 3.5hrs from Denton Hill, so i'm able to make that one every yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Kavanagh
I've been shooting now for over 45 years and way back when, there was nothing to learn from. I mean nothing. I found a copy of The Archer's Bible by Fred Bear and looked at the pictures to figure out how they were shooting. Talk about being self taught! Haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Back then it wasn't called "traditional archery" it was just called archery.
There, of course, was no internet, no videos, no television shows, and of course, it wasn't covered in any of the hunting magazines which were present. That's one of the reasons I started up my YouTube channel with all the teaching videos, was to help people get started and shorten their learning curve. Now people say they are self-taught, but they've watched all the videos, etc. They have no idea how difficult it use to be. lol
I stand and stretch let out a big yawn and scratch my balls then flick my smoke to the ground.....
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