Standing or Sitting??
03-28-2006, 12:53 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,598
RE: Standing or Sitting??
I stand and shoot. In fact I stand approx. 95 % of the time when I am bow hunting. I hate getting caught on my tail. I can sneak around my tree as needed when I am on my feet. It gets tuff to stand on that 2x2 square all day but it is well worth it when Moby comes thru and your ready to fire.
03-28-2006, 01:46 PM
#7
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 3,562
RE: Standing or Sitting??
ORIGINAL: newman1
I sit until i seemovement from a deer ,then i SLOWLY stand and take the shot.
I sit until i seemovement from a deer ,then i SLOWLY stand and take the shot.
I do practice from my treestand sitting down and standing up. The shots I have taken have all been standing up.
03-28-2006, 02:03 PM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,716
RE: Standing or Sitting??
I always point my stand toward the most likely shooting lane. If they're coming through it, I'm more than content to stay seated for the shot.
Since I'm right-handed, a seated shot to my hard right is near impossible, so I stand if it looks like that's where the shot will be going, same goes for behind the stand.
I practice a lot from the seated and awkwardly bent and twisted positions, and I've taken a couple of my best bucks from the friendly confines of my snowy white bum.
If you like to shoot sitting down, it's all about stand placement and knowing your deer movement patterns. I used to have an old treestand that creaked when you shifted your weight toward the end, so if I could shoot from the seat, I did. I'vealso been busted a time-or-twotrying to stand up, too.Don't get me wrong, I'll shoot sitting, standing, twisting, bending, or dangling from my safety belt if I have to, but in a perfect world, I'll take that 18 yard broadside shot at a slight left angle from the warm confines of my Summit's seat.
Since I'm right-handed, a seated shot to my hard right is near impossible, so I stand if it looks like that's where the shot will be going, same goes for behind the stand.
I practice a lot from the seated and awkwardly bent and twisted positions, and I've taken a couple of my best bucks from the friendly confines of my snowy white bum.
If you like to shoot sitting down, it's all about stand placement and knowing your deer movement patterns. I used to have an old treestand that creaked when you shifted your weight toward the end, so if I could shoot from the seat, I did. I'vealso been busted a time-or-twotrying to stand up, too.Don't get me wrong, I'll shoot sitting, standing, twisting, bending, or dangling from my safety belt if I have to, but in a perfect world, I'll take that 18 yard broadside shot at a slight left angle from the warm confines of my Summit's seat.
03-28-2006, 03:08 PM
#10
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Morgan County, IL
Posts: 1,073
RE: Standing or Sitting??
Back when I used only ladders and small hang-ons, I stood all the time. But now thatI also havebeen using nicer/bigger stands, I'll split time between standing and sitting.
I'll stand up when it gets to be 'about that time', but if i've been standing for awhile with no action Ill think to myself;"why the hell an I wasting a perfectly good seat???" and sit for awhile.
I'll do this too, sometimes
I'll stand up when it gets to be 'about that time', but if i've been standing for awhile with no action Ill think to myself;"why the hell an I wasting a perfectly good seat???" and sit for awhile.
I always point my stand toward the most likely shooting lane. If they're coming through it, I'm more than content to stay seated for the shot.