I've decided to try my luck with a little bowhunting this upcoming deer season. My father has a bow that he hardly has ever used, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. I plan on practicing out back in the yard tommorrow. I was just wondering if anybody has any tips for bowhunting. Maybe some basics to start now and some actual season tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and good hunting

congrats on your new adventure!! It would be wise to take the bow to a pro shop and make sure the draw length fits you first, and is set up right for you. It may have been set up for him but may need a few changes to fit you, such as draw length, peep sight placement, length of arrows, draw weight and so on. they can also show you how to properly grip the bow and help you with your form. after this you can work on your shooting. good luck this season and hav fun!!

Thats a good start. You'll have more questions once you start shooting for a while. Trust me.

Yep, follow what bloodcreek told ya.

The best thing for a beginning in archery to do it to find a good pro shop. Sometimes it is hard to find a good shop. Often they are few and far between.

If you do find a shop and feel they might just be trying to sell you something or fix things you're unsure of, by all means, come back here to get secondary opinions before you jump into anything.

Just a few tips. I got burned early on and it really fires me up when people take advantage of newcomers to the world of archery.

Other than that, hang on to your hat. Bowhunting will take you by storm. It is addicting.

Good luck with practice and don't hesistate to bring questions to the forums.

Iappreciate all the posts so far and I'm definetly excited. Now I have to ask about some of the things posted, draw length and weight. What are some of those things exactly and what are the basic parts?
I apologize for so many questions but I've always had great results from this website.
Thanks

Draw weight is the amount of tension on the string that you will be pulling back (how hard the bow is to pull)

Draw length is the natural "good" position "form" of the draw. There are ways to adjust most all bows so that at full draw you are in good form. A correct draw length should put your pull hand knukles about at your ear. To have the bow fitted to you should be fairly cheep (under 50 over 20 bucks)

go to a bow shop and they will be willing to get you started, bad habbits are hard to break so start off right at the bow shop.

Here is a link on HNI for some beginner archery help. See choices on the left side.
http://www.huntingnet.com/bow/