When it comes to Bowhunting practice makes perfect
Bow hunting is a demanding sport and what I mean by that is you have to practice almost daily to stay in shape and condition your muscles. My tip today is you need to practice from simulated hunting positions.
When I used to bow hunt I would practice from a tree stand at the height that I usually hunted from. I would also use a 3-d target at different distances and at different angles. When I hunt from the ground I would try all sorts of positions like sitting, kneeling, squatting and even try shooting while looking behind me without moving my lower body.
Try shooting through small windows in brush to get into the habit of concentrating on smaller targets. For example I would pick a dense area and put a target behind it and find the smallest hole to shoot through so I could hit the target in the kill area. Another thing I would do is take a 1 pound coffee can and cut the bottom out of it, then I would hang in in front of my target horizontally and try shooting through that at 20 to 30 yards. It is tough and your going to miss every now and then but once you get used to it your accuracy will pay off when the time comes.
Amen…..we have been shooting since the end of July and we shoot constantly. Just today we were practicing leaning shots. Very fun. Plus the competition is like hunting pressure. Makes for interesting times. We also shoot at 3d targets and even had a 3d range setup. A tornado took that away though recently. I totally agree though on the demanding part. I love every minute of it though.
September 9th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Arthur, keep up that practicing and I’m sure you will be showing me some pictures real soon.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:47 am
I like that idea…creative practice can keep it interesting and fun!
September 10th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Bryan, it sure helped when I shot bow. A friend and I would make up shots and the other would have to follow or buy the coffee.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Rick, I do the same thing. I shoot from every weird position I can think of. I shoot from between brush and from behind and in trees. I also shoot a lot from 50 and 60 yards. Then 30 and 40 yard shots feel really, really easy.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
darrell, It sounds like you are going to have a good year. Keep up the practicing.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
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