Yes, no, yes, no....let's see....I'm going to say....YES.

Bowfishing will teach you a lot of valuable shooting skills for hunting, especially if you hunt from a treestand. It will teach you to shoot from many different positions, any many different angles, and with speed and precision.

I joke around about it, but the 10-pointer I shot in November was three yards from the base of the tree, with me 14' up, when he took a Woodsman through the heart. It was like shooting a big carp with antlers; bent over, canted bow, hard angle. If I hadn't spent as much time as I did climbing out of deadfalls to shoot fish, I highly doubt I could have pulled off that shot.

I also agree with what others have said. You have to get the fundamentals down first, then work on flexibility. IMO bowfishing is one of the best ways to gain that flexibility.

JRW