Bow Hunting Advice

Thank you for the suggestions, makes sense to bend at the waist instead of dropping or raising your arm significantly... I heard shooting hills for the first time can be a bit tricky so we shall see how it goes. I will just have to focus and not let my mind get to me when shooting.

I need to start planning my hunting trip for D13. its coming up way too fast! lol

 

Form is the most important part of shooting a bow. Same stance and anchor point every time will improve your groups incredibly.

 

Hey bengland. Haven't had much time for anything shooting related lately. Hope things are going well for ya. I'll try to catch up on this thread tonight if I go on my computer

 

stance isnt always something you can have out in the field. sometimes your sitting, or on a steep ledge, etc. Those are things to practice as well. also, shooting up or down hill is going to be tricky if you dont have a angle corrected range finder. at least when you get into the heavy incline/decline. for instance, i dont have a angle corrected, but my buddies do, and we mess around to see the difference, and it could be anywhere from 3-7 maybe even 10 yards difference from my range finder to theirs. mines always longer. so if you dont have a angle corrected, take some yards off.

 

or if you are using a non angle correcting range finder find a tree near the target that you can range at eye level with you. Errr... nevermind you are in so-cal there arent to many trees out there.

 

Who uses range finders?

 

any responsible spot and stalk hunter will use one..

maybe if you hunt some treestand you know all the set distances you can get away without one..

 

i keep forgetting to get on here, but i shoot at my buddys ranch, or right below my house. It looks like you have more room than my normal spot though. PM me, id be down to go shooting

 

Apparently I'm not responsible. And yes I do hunt from a tree stand. I carry it in and out every morning/evening. And no I don't know set distances. I judge yardage. And do it pretty well thank you

 

Traditional guys shooting instinctive don't need one but then again we try to get closer

 

I do . I hunt from a treestand. There are times when its nice to have and others when you really dont need it or dont have time to use it. I judge distance as well. Both are good skills/tools to have. I use my range finder more to set my target to practice then I do when I am hunting. Then again I got a smokin deal on my range finder a few years ago otherwise I probably wouldnt have one.

 

I look at the base of trees before I go up. Get an idea of yardage. Long shots are a little tougher to judge but I've done well so far.

 

0-30 yards piece of cake. When it gets around 40-50 or so I like to use the range finder because being off by 5 yards at those distances makes a bigger difference.

 

My furthest pin is 50. I won't go past 40 unless it's a taxidermy bill

 

I picked up a range finder a couple years ago and dont go in the woods without it anymore. I am pretty good a judging distance from shooting alot of 3-D, but after hunting field edges in NJ with a buddy, I decided I needed one. Judging distance in an open field is extremely tough.

 

Yea it is

 

hahah...reading comprehension..it's a skill. try it. it takes practice

i SAID..if you spot and stalk it is essential to use one, and is responsible to use one.

in a tree, you could probably get away without one..no mention of responsibility.

 

I think spot and stalk would be a little easier for myself. Little easier to judge distance on the ground.

 

well there is your reason. I use a range finder cuz i sill shoot up to 70 at game, target up to 100, but those inbetween im not good with given my pin goes to 60. If all i was doing was shooting up to 40 id be fine. Not saying what your doing is bad, cuz it is pretty easy for any well prcticed archer to have good instinct on 30-40. but i use one everytime i can so i know im going for a vital shot other then hoping i guessed right. plus, looks are decieveing out here shooting across canyons and steep shit

 

I shoot a PSE Carrera and 300 PSE Carbon arrows with Vortex mechanical broadheads. I'm very happy with this single cam beast and feel confident out to about 90 yards (with a range finder). I love it when guys show up to camp and pull out their $1k+ mathews or hoyt bows and cant event hit the target out past 50 yards then I back on out to 90 or even 110 and am still nailing the kill zone . To each their own but I will say practice is key and a rangefinder is a MUST. Happy Archery shooting to all.