Tree Stand Hunting
 

I did a seach on this question and had no success, so.. When you hunt from a tree stand, and a deer comes into shooting range, do you take the shot sitting in the stand or do you stand up to take the shot? If you stay sitting to take the shot, do you practice shooting from a lawn chair in the off-season? I am just trying to figure out the best way to practice for the situations I may face.

If you stand up to take the shot I would assume you have to carefully pick the time to move as not to spook the deer? Before the deer is in range?

Any advise will be appreciated greatly.

Jer

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people do both . I personally stand i just feel more comfortable but you might want to practice siting in case you have to shoot siting .

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Deer can get on top of you very quickly, sometimes if you stand up that will be too much movement.
I practice shooting from a sitting position, but not very often.

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I've shot them both ways, but the majority I've shot while standing. I stand a lot while on stand anyway. When ever I see a deer I immediately start looking for other eyes and a chance to get on my feet. Standing makes it much easier to shoot at all angles and to both sides and behind.

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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.

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I stand. You just gotta be careful, that rascals got pretty decent eyesight. ;)

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That would have to be how your set up, either sitting or standing. Some can shoot ****ing others have to stand, you make the call at that time.

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While in my tree stand I don't do much sitting. I talk to a lot of people who sit all the time and stand only when they have to. I do just the opposit I stand most of the time and only sit for a couple min at a time. I used to sit mostly till one time on a rainey day it made the woods as quiet as could be, I was watching this little buck come in and decided I'd take him so I stood up to get ready for the shot and asnort behind me I turned to see abruser of a buck running off. He busted me big time. So that cured me of sitting to much. I also look for a tree with multi trunks. But thats a different story. Mike

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Depends on the situation and the shot opportunity. You need to be able to shoot both ways; this will increase your success.

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I've shot them both waysbut the majority of my kills have been from a sitting position. I don't usually stand unless i have too. I practice from a sitting position as much as i dostandingso i'm verycomfortable in taking the shot sitting down.

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I practice shooting sitting, kneeling, and standing, so it makes no difference to me. If I'm already sitting and a deer comes in from my left (I'm right handed), I will shoot sitting to avoid unnecessary movement.

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I personally dont think Ive ever shot a deer sitting. I usually stand most of the time while on stand unless Im using my climber. I try to situate myself in a tree that will allow me to stand up if a deer is approaching without being detected, sometimethat is hard to do. If I dont want to shoot a particular deer then there is no reason to stand if I happen to be sitting.

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Im with the majority of people. I will shoot from either position but I always stand when I can, when I see a shooter approaching. If I get caught by suprise by a vistor from a direction I didnt see them approaching,which is rare, I will try for a shot sitting.

I practice from a tree stand in my yard but I ususally only set up about 2' or 4' high when Im slinging lots of arrows where I have a handy ladder set up for easy access down and up for arrow retreival. When it gets closer to the season I'll set up a stand in my yard at 20' to 25' for real hunting heights, but I only bring 12 to 24 arrows up each time. For tree stand hunting - Pendulum sight for the win!! You can shoot from ground level on up to 20' or 30' without adjusting anything.

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Thanks for all the info. so far.

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. This sounds like a great way to practice.

Someone "nailed" my biggest concern when they said if the deer comes up on my left (right handed Shooter). From the sitting position there is no way I could shoot to the right of my body. I am planning on doing moreelevated shooting this summer.

What are the things to keep in mind when shooting from 20'-25'? I have heard that the norm is that POI will be a little higher? Fixed Sights. The pendulum site looks interesting but is not in my future...for now, Like the guy says " I think I am one gadget away from Victory!";)

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I do not practice from an elevated position, but that may be just because I am lazy and don't want to climb up and down to retrieve every group of arrows. No problems so far though. All of my misses were misses no matter where I was shooting from :DAs far as fixed sights versus a pendulum, I am a fixed sight guy. I am an engineer by trade and just think that if it moves it can fail to move and then you are up a creek. I also use fixed sights because I hunt both spot and stalk and treestand. I have had too many times when I would have missed an opportunity stalkingif I had to reach down and adjust my sight to the right distance instead of just using my second or third pin. Just my opinion and experiencethough.

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When I'm up in my treestand, I'll take any shot that's presents itself if I happen to be sitting down & in my shooting range.
I do try to do as much standing in case I have to move to my right & I practice every possible shot you can think of just to build my confidence up.

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I prefer to stand.

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I have killed them both ways. I hunt tripods alot myself so I do practice shooting
sitting down. When I am in a ladder or climber I prefer to stand for the shot. Of course
that is difficult when they suddenly appear without warning.