RE: ground hunting?
I hunt from the ground also. Mainly from over grown fencerows. The early season is the best time to do this. After the foilage has fallen off the trees and brush, it can be next to impossible to draw and go undetected. But if you do your scouting well before the opening of archery season and know where the trails are, you can score well ground hunting. I do take a folding chair with me and a pair of gardening shears. I find the trail I want to hunt and look for a cedar tree on the downwind side. I slide under the limbs and set up my chair with my back against it so that I have to look over my left shoulder down the trail to see the deer coming at me. (It helps if you know what direction they will be traveling down the trail) Then I use the shears to cut off just enough branches to make a shooting lane. I use the cutoffs by setting them up to help hide me. And the added scent of freshly cut cedar helps hide my scent. Your biggest problems are the wind and movement. Always hunt with the wind in your favor. And when you pratice, pratice sitting absolutely still for 2 or 3 minutes at a time. It's a lot harder than you think. OH! And when you get your bow. Don't get it with too much poundage. Because you may have to sit with it at full draw for a long time. Get it set so you can hold it at full draw with ease. I hope this helps. Good Luck. Sorry this was so long.
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