debate- Hold point from tree stand
10-31-2007, 10:06 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,358
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
Climb 15 feet up, toss out a target and shoot at it to see where you end up. Everything else is just suggestion everyone is different, depends on bow fit, shooting form etc.
Me, I aim where I want to hit.
Me, I aim where I want to hit.
10-31-2007, 10:14 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
why try to debate it when you can go PROVE it???
take a target out and shoot from a stand, house roof, elevated deck, where ever you can get.
bend at the waist, maintain your anchor points, settle the pin where you want your arrow to hit, and watch it strike right where you wanted...
definently take a target out and practice though...some guys say it feels unnatural and takes practice...i found that for me to release an arrow, i have to have my anchor points or i KNOW something is wrong...bending at the waist helps keep those anchor points the same when shooting downward...
take a target out and shoot from a stand, house roof, elevated deck, where ever you can get.
bend at the waist, maintain your anchor points, settle the pin where you want your arrow to hit, and watch it strike right where you wanted...
definently take a target out and practice though...some guys say it feels unnatural and takes practice...i found that for me to release an arrow, i have to have my anchor points or i KNOW something is wrong...bending at the waist helps keep those anchor points the same when shooting downward...
10-31-2007, 10:15 AM
#6
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
Depends on the situation. No general answer will do here.
Heck, very seldom do I stand. The last 10 years ive just set. That is when im not on the ground. On the ground ill usually be kneeling.
Heck, very seldom do I stand. The last 10 years ive just set. That is when im not on the ground. On the ground ill usually be kneeling.
10-31-2007, 10:19 AM
#7
Spike
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 58
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
i am in full agreement on practicing - i shoot 5 nights a week typically with the wife.
i agree with the hold on where you want to shoot.
it was more of a generic question for the fools i work with
i agree with the hold on where you want to shoot.
it was more of a generic question for the fools i work with
10-31-2007, 10:19 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
I agree, you should practice the way you hunt. I climb all over the place when I practice. On the house, on the shop, on my office, in a tree, on the ground kneeling, on the ground standing, even setting shooting behind me,etc. etc.
10-31-2007, 10:35 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 291
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
Yeah this is something that I honestly believe that will be different with diffenent people.... You have to see for yourself... My buddy can hold right on and hit bulls eye all the time.... I have to aim a little low cause my shots from 15 feet up at 25 yards tend to be approx 3-4 inches high when I hold right on bulls eye.... I don't know why but I have come to accept that thats the way it is and i make adjustments for it.... good luck
10-31-2007, 10:54 AM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: debate- Hold point from tree stand
As long as you use proper form and have a good rear reference or 2, have practiced with your broadheads and with or without your face mask then the arrow will hit right where you aim...Leave any of these out and you are guessing.