what are the three most important parts of bowhunting?
 

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You forgot the main part of bow hunting... PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. Al the others are indeed important, but Practice is at the very top of the chart.

Arrows properly splined, sharp broadheads, and practice. You must be comfortable with your equipment and practice regularly and be proficient to make a clean kill.

practice in conditions you plan on hunting in.....
sittin in a stand? you should be sittin the same way when practicing.....
gonna have on camo? practice with your camo on?...
shootin broad heads? practice with broad heads...
wanna leave your wrist strap loose, always practice with it loose..( this one got me 1 time lol was too hot so i loosened it and sure enough drop time showed up haha couldnt reach the trigger)
practice holdin that bow at full draw fer 2-5 minutes and then shoot...
usually the deer wont stick around when you ask em to wait a second while you draw your bow.

I went for stance, breathing, and then I would add practice. The finest equipment in the world won't help you if you can't replicate the techniques from practice sessions. Anchor point up in the treestand is something that alot of guys don't practice enough.

broadheads, not that you need a specific kind but you need to maintain them. release, so you can hold your draw comfortably. and finally, scetn control/sit still, you need your game with in 30 yards usually

Before you get to the wood's practice, practice and practice. Then once you hit the wood's sharp broadheads and shot placement and I should mention that once your positioned in your stand Put Your Safety Harness On! Then enjoy the experiance kill or not.

Practice, shot location, and location of hunt ,being at the right place at the right time

You might want to check your grammar if you are a writer and going to write an article.

IMO, Form is most important! Proper stance proper release and number one is GOOD shot placement! If you neglect the above nothing eles matters!

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Mental preparation see your self accomplishing your goal during
practice practice practice!

I think the most important parts are mental. Understanding the animal you are hunting, its habitat and your own role and responsibilities.

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Hmmm, I think the #1 most important thing is practice.

Follow through. Don't jerk the bow from your face after the release to see where the arrow hit. I think this equates to a lot of misses.

shot placement

#1. practice
#2&3 tie. Broadheads and arrows. This is the only part of the entire set up that actually kills the animal. If these two things aren't up to par nothing else matters IMO.

Brand of bow means nothing. Any bow can and will get an arrow tot he target accurately if the shooter is willing to practice with said bow.

Breathing technique - great for shooting off the line but in a treestand while a big buck is under you is something else.

Stance - Meaningless in a treestand when you are trying to get a shot off at a deer behind you or around a tree, etc... CHances are your stance isn't going to be anywhere close to how you shoot in the back yard.

Tuning your bow so that unfletched arrows, fletched arrows with field points, and fletched arrows with broadheads all shoot the same, and practice.

Practice, practice, practice
 

I first came out of the basketball arena. Shooting foul shots at baskets is a lot like shooting arrows at targets.

Concentration, form, repeated performance(doing it over and over the same way) and others need to be practice. They don't happen by magic.

An inaccurate archer who is hunting n the woods is a wasted life.

Preparation:
Practice and Set-up- Become Proficient and confident in your archery weapon. No matter who the manufacturer of the bow, arrow, broadheads,release, etc. is
Scouting- Know where the deer are and what their patterns are.
Comfort- Ready for long days in the stand and whatever weather you encounter.
Range- Know the range of landmarks from your stand.

Besides the above....
Persistance and Patience are very important, without these you will never be consistently successful.
Ability to adapt as the deer's patterns change and hunting pressure changes.
Your stance will differ greatly when in a stand compared to a range due to obstacles like leaves, twigs, other animals. Your mental checklist should remain the same but body position often changes.

1. Being able to hunt deer to get a high % shot opportunity.

2. Proficiency with your bow at your max range and staying well within it.

3. Not taking advice from TV hero's given in their 30 minute infomercials.

I chose other. Putting your arrow through the kill zone is the most important thing in bowhunting.

haha i was in a hurry at work, and i tried to delete this whole thread but i couldnt figure out how. theres alot of options i want to add because i was in a hurry posting this up here. and i use ms word, spellcheck ! (:

Location, location, location,.....if you're not at the same location at the same time as the deer you want to shoot, nothing else matters...you can be the best shot with the best form with the fastest bow with the straightest arrow that has the sharpest broadhead on it and know where to put the arrow, but if you're not at the same spot at the same time as the deer, it don't matter...

shooting form consistancy, razor sharp broadheads, and practice like its the real thing! in the tree, in the blind, with all your gear.

teachers :confused0024: gotta love em

:rock: just what i was thinking :cool2::barmy:

In order.........

1) A place to hunt.

2) Time - You must have enough time to become proficient.

3) Patience

4) Confidence

5) Knowing your game animal.

6) Being proficient with your weapon.

I selected "other" because I agree that practice is the most important part. Maybe you were looking for the most important component of the equipment?

My third would be patience. It think that is the most important aspect.

Judging range or distance.

So often deer/game is hit high, low, or missed entirely because of our inability to range properly. This is all part of practice, of course. I'm just being a little more specific of which part of practice I feel is most important. All the high dollar range finders in the world can't be relied on. You must practice being able to hit your target at an unknown range and incline. Almost instinctive I'd say.

Just messin' with ya... Good luck this Fall.

Other!
 

I agree with Howler...You ain't nothing but a target shooter, if there isn't a deer to shoot at. Might as well practice, practice, practice for the next tourney.

:busted::busted:

breakfast is served
lunch is served
dinner is served

You have got to be the first honest writer I've ever seen on these boards. Most come on as a newbie asking some question like "How should I hunt a corn field?" and in a very short time an article just comes out of no where in one of the rags about hunting a corn field with the author giving his "expert" advice.

I could shoot straight long before I stuck my first deer. What does that tell you?

There is nothing more important in bowHUNTING than scent control and playing the wind. You can do alot of other things wrong and still score. You get scent control wrong and you are definately going home empty handed.

Blessings.....Pastorjim

There is nothing more important in bowhunting than safety.

i voted "other" because THE most important thing in bow hunting is practice and shot placement. you can kill a deer with a bent branch and a piece of broken glass, duck tapped to a curtain rod IF you hit him in the right spot.

i think the best thing you can have is or do is PRACTICE. If you don't practice, no matter how good your equimpment is, you will suffer tremendously. With that said, I think while Practice is KING, good equipment sure does help. We read a lot on here about people who swear by there kind of equipment. Well, I say if it works for you, no matter how I may feel about it, then for you that is the best equipment there is....but you must practice.

Heavy Arrows (12-14 grains per pound of draw weight)

Broadheads that have excellent penetration properties and are durable (think 2 blade Phantom's by Muzzy in 225 gr weights)

Accurate shooting by the bowhunter




Those 3 things = success in the woods