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I try to take all my shots standing up. I'm just plain and simple more confident and more accurate when standing. What I do is I try to stand during the "prime" times to see a deer and sit during the slower times. If I am sitting and see a deer I imediately begin a plan to stand up, like Davidmil stated, you have to look for other deer and then slowly stand.

Now to your second question. If youplan to hunt from a stand, you need to practice shooting from an elevated position regardless of whether you choose to sit or stand. My bowseason begins about the second week of September. I start the first week of July shooting several arrowsa weekfrom a tree stand at 3d targets. There are 3 of usand eachhas our own 3dtargets. One gets in the permamnent built stand(made specially for practice), while the other twoset the targets at different angles and distances for each shot. It's themost realistic and beneficial practice that I have used for bowhunting.