Not even close pal......

You're the one who made this bed, now your crying because you have to lie in it. Maybe you should have thought of that before you opened your big frickin mouth eh?

All I did was post a picture and asked bayfire300 if he was you. I even posted a smile face below it and said"I couldn't resist". I wasn't the only one who picked up on the similarities of the posts and the subject about them. I don't know, maybe you lack the mental capacity to have seen the irony there.

The kicker is....Iwasn't even talking to you!!Butyou had to startwith your Internet commando ninja tough guy BS as well as yourchildish tiradewithall the insultsabout me to boot.

Now you want to play nice nice and say I should get to know you........I think I know enough, trust me.

I agree. Now, internet tough guys who refuse to post thier name or location is what annoys me more than anything. It drives me out of my mind.

Back to the topic, the OP has a point - although a small one.

I for one, don't mind posts on "form" at all. More power to people trying to improve. However, I do think hunters should be less concerned with perfect form, and more concerned with practice in less than perfect positions. I have shot many big game animals, and I'm not sure I've taken two shots from exactly the same position. Sometimes I'm kneeling, sitting, crouching or even standing. My body is usually at an angle I'm not most comfortable with. I often hunt in very thick undergrowth and all this is necessary to get around limbs, trees and other obsticles. At times, I'm in a ground blind. At others, I'm in a tree stand. I stalk on quite a few hunts. Combine this with unknown angles that animals approach and the odd positions one can get into are many.

I practice shooting in these positions all the time. I never shoot with only an open stance or closed. I vary it as much as it can be varied. I learn what to expect from each position and I'm confident I can pull off the shot or I don't take it. In order to pull this off, not only is a lot of practice in these positions necessary, but a tad shorter than normal draw length is beneficial. The only real critical form factor for me is to try to keep my shoulders in a plane perpendicular to my spine while hitting my anchors. Other than that I'm all over the place and that's how I like to practice.

I've seen more than one superb target shooter who was a miserable shot when hunting. Hunting success can be attributed a lot more to practicing hunting situations, than practicing perfect shooting form - in my opinion. Practice perfect form, but practice varied hunting postions at least twice as much.

Straightarrow,what understanding good form has taught me about hunting situations is knowing when I have good alignments to make good shots.Anchors are crucial as is draw length.

Proper form is a base tht we can work out from.


I practice some weird shot also,as Germ can attest to.I showed him a couple I do for just that occasion.I was actually shooting better that day from some of them.


The biggest problem for a hunter is draw length and leaning back.(2 seperate issues that sometimes overlap)

its posts like this that annoy me.....

Mus tang I think you need to enroll in a anger management class.

This forum is about learning, CORRECT FORM is part of it. If you don't like a thread, don't look into or read a thread.

One thing we will not tolerate is profanity and skirting the filter to use profanity, vicious attacks and personal attacks. Consider Mus Tang banned, the rest, stay on topic and start a new thread if necessary.

BigJ, I commend you on your civility and still getting your point accross.

Carry on.