A.D.D. BOY

When hunting from a stand do you aim higher or lower? IM hunting from one for the first time tomorrow please let me know.

Droptines

[&:]Man,,if your going to hunt from a tree stand,,YOU NEED TO PRACTICE FROM A TREE STAND...Not good, buddy, not good.
The only thing worse than being unsure about the stand location you picked is,,,BEING UNSURE OF HOW YOUR EQUIPMENT WILL PERFORM !!.
I have been there,,a long time ago.Since then I ALWAYS make sure my gear will get the job done

A.D.D. BOY

Its not mine i want to go hunting so im going to my dads friends land on his stand. So i was asking for advice from another hunter not harrasment.

txjourneyman

If you don't know this late in the game perhaps you should pass on the stand until you have the opportunity to practice from the elevation you will be hunting from. If you don't know with a reasonable certainty whereto aim, then you don't need to take the shot and risk wounding and not recovering any game animal. I know this isn't what you wanted to hear but it is the best advise I can offer you. I think what Droptines means is that you have no idea how your bow shoots from elevation. BTW the advise I offer is constructive criticism. If you take it as harassment it pretty much tells me your mind is made up and you're going to hunt from that stand whether you are ready to or not.

Virginiashadowhunter

It depends on how high you will be hunting and how you have your bow sighted. Droptines was simply suggesting that you need to practice from the conditions under which you will be hunting, he wasn't harassing you, he was being honest. Typically, you aim at the lower 1/3rd when hunting from above, like 18+ feet. I suggest that you do not hunt from a stand if you havent practiced from one.

Virginiashadowhunter

gibblet

just remember the distance is the horizontal distance to the deer, the diagonal you're shooting on doesn't matter. so if the deer is at the same elevation as the base of the tree, and 20 yards from the tree, use your 20 pin. it doesn't matter that the deer may be 22 yards from you as your up in your stand. don't ask, its physics, and its real. and bend at your waist. don't drop your bow arm to aquire the target. draw and anchor like you always do and bend at your waist and you'll be fine. if you drop your bow arm you'll be changing a lot of things about your shot, and it will effect placement. if you bend at your waist, and know the horizontal distance to the deer, you'll be just fine. good luck.

Buellhunter

Get up on your roof or a tall ladder and shoot a few arrows tonight. See where you are hitting.
Do this in full hunting gear, everything you will have on tomorrow.
As long as you have been practicing from the ground and are accurate you'll be fine after shooting a few arrows from above.

Buellhunter

PS
Shoot your broadheads. The sharpen them up before tomorrow.

fl.huntress

i agree with the others...you should really practice from one first...the difference between the ground and a treestand is like night and day....please wear a harness if you're huntin' from a stand...if you don't have one then please stay on the ground...we would hate to have to read your obituary.

Buellhunter

Good point, I forgot to mention a saftey harness.
Nothing good can come out of falling out of a tree!