Seated or Standing?
12-11-2006, 08:36 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Monroe County, IL
Posts: 1,188
RE: Seated or Standing?
I will shoot both ways but I would guess 80% of the time I am standing.. Have been busted due to standing an the wrong time, mostly when I first started bowhunting but there are times when your better off just staying put.. Practice these shot though.
12-11-2006, 11:34 PM
#33
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location:
Posts: 725
RE: Seated or Standing?
Every deer I've shot up til this year I have been standing on stand 16 years of bow hunting. This year shot my firstdeer off the ground @ 10yds and I was crouched up almost in fetal position it was a very awkward shot but it was right on the money. That said I prefer standing but I am now addicted to hunting on the ground eye level with the deer.
12-12-2006, 06:04 AM
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Wisconsin
Posts: 1,161
RE: Seated or Standing?
I have a climber with arm rests but if the deer are in front of me and not on the sides i can take the shot. I love sitting down and shooting since its one thing less i got to worry about. Then when im sitting and pulled back i put my elbow on my knee so its just like a rest. That way you dont move as much.
12-12-2006, 07:34 AM
#35
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location:
Posts: 99
RE: Seated or Standing?
I have done it both ways and actually find it more comfortable to shoot sitting. However, my range of coverage is far more limited in the sitting position.
I prefer to stand: first, I need to watch 360 degrees which I find to be much easier standing. Second, I can position for a shot over about 270 degrees including some while facing the tree as opposed to at most 120 degrees while sitting. Also, it is much easier to position for a very close shot while standing.
Like others, I try to avoid the need to stand when the deer appear by spending the prime time portion of the hunt already standing.
Most of my hunting lately has been from ladder stands. I buy the cheap ($50) stands at Dick's because there is a very good chance of a more valuable stand getting stolen, but I would much prefer a more expensive model with a flip-up seat. My Lone Wolf hand climber is supposed to be suitable for flipping up the seat, but then I would have to give up the extra security of strapping the seat to the platform. A flip up seat arrangement would be a huge improvement in comfort: I could stand and lean against the tree.
I prefer to stand: first, I need to watch 360 degrees which I find to be much easier standing. Second, I can position for a shot over about 270 degrees including some while facing the tree as opposed to at most 120 degrees while sitting. Also, it is much easier to position for a very close shot while standing.
Like others, I try to avoid the need to stand when the deer appear by spending the prime time portion of the hunt already standing.
Most of my hunting lately has been from ladder stands. I buy the cheap ($50) stands at Dick's because there is a very good chance of a more valuable stand getting stolen, but I would much prefer a more expensive model with a flip-up seat. My Lone Wolf hand climber is supposed to be suitable for flipping up the seat, but then I would have to give up the extra security of strapping the seat to the platform. A flip up seat arrangement would be a huge improvement in comfort: I could stand and lean against the tree.
