Do you shoot while sitting?
07-27-2008, 11:33 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 147
Do you shoot while sitting?
Hey guys, how many of you shoot out of your treestand while sitting rather than standing? I am asking cause in my first year bow hunting I was busted twice while trying to stand up before shooting. After the second time I just took a few practice shots while sitting and then headed back into the woods and took my first deer without standing up. Call me crazy but I actually think I shoot better sitting because I am alot more stable, better balanced, and am forced to bend at the waist. What do you think?
07-27-2008, 11:46 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,196
RE: Do you shoot while sitting?
Both, I try to be standing if possible but sometimes you just have to stay still and take what you get. Just be sure to practice for anything and you can do anything.
07-28-2008, 12:02 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location:
Posts: 142
RE: Do you shoot while sitting?
I've shot most of my deer sitting down, although I've never practiced it from a stand. For whatever reason, I'm just very comfortable with it. I rarely stand up even when given a sure opportunity to do so.
07-28-2008, 04:59 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: Do you shoot while sitting?
It all depends on the circumstances at hand. If I have time to stand I will. If not, Ill stay sitting. Standing allows you to be able to pull off more difficult shots where sitting restricts your movement and shot angel even though it is more stable that standing. 90% of my shots have been made standing.
07-28-2008, 06:22 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kansas city, Missouri
Posts: 2,571
RE: Do you shoot while sitting?
ive shot all my deer standing up but that was because i was able to stabd up without them spotting me, in any event where a buck is right in front of me or to the left, i will shoot sitting down
07-28-2008, 06:29 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,363
RE: Do you shoot while sitting?
Where I hunt, hunting out of a tri-pod is really a good option and I have been hunting out of them so long that I really have learned to hunt sitting. I can't remember taking a deer out of an elevated position whenI wasn't sitting. I also started about 7 years ago hunting hang-on stands that were like a tri-pod in the fact that they swivel all the way around and give me 360 shooting while remaining seated....I am more comfortable in this situation and I believe it requires less movement!!!
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