Okay guys I have to ask am I crazy? As i crawled up my little latter to the perch atop of my garage my wife from the ground explains to me how I have lost it. I kindly explained to her the only way I am going to be ready this fall is to practice like I hunt. I dont have a stand in my yard so the garage is the next best thing.......
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do what ya can with, with where you are, with what ya have!
Young guys like you bounce when you fall and heal quickly, looks like a deathtrap for me though :scared:
I would never make it up there! LOL!
I used to do the same thing when I was singal till the landlord told me not too be carefull on those metal roofs they are slick
Yes they are! This one is pretty old the shine has worn off pretty well so its not too awful bad!
Think about foot placement while practicing and pretend you are in your stand. Keep your feet "closer" together as you will in a tree stand. Try to practice with the same form that you will hunt with. Do the aforementioned and your effort will be rewarded.
Don't fall dude...house calls are expensive. Might cost you a Great Plains longbow for me to patch you up :readit:
Oh well I forgot you're young and bounce. Us old folks break :goldtooth:
I don't have the metal roof, but I do that too. Just be careful. You could attach a ring to the roof and wear a safety harness.
wear good gripping shoes and always step on the perlings and you should be fine on such a low pitch roof. I have played around with the idea of building an elevated platform next to the creek by the house just for that. Kinda a pain getting strapped in to a stand several times using a stand.
Good idea on the ring and safety harness. I didn't know you took trades on services Mike? Ive got alot of coyote pelts we would have to talk about before that Great Plains leaves the house!
Yep - crazy describes its! ;)
Looks good - I'd get down now!
I definitely gotta try this!
I'd just check to see if the ht is right.
Practicing from the wrong ht might mess you up in the woods....
Theres a fine line between crazy and stupid,that line would be the edge of that roof.
Just get used to it...they keep thinking we are crazy the rest of our lives! Have fun! I would do the same thing if I could. But where I live the neighbors would have the police out and they'd be hauling me away before I could get off the roof. haha
I leave an extension ladder up against a tree in the yard all late summer and fall. Climb up to the right height, turn around and shoot from there.
Thanks fellas. I knew I wasn't the only one!!
Trust me a backyard shed of any kind is a priceless tool for practice lol. Cant say i dont do that frequently myself.
My house backs up to a 10 acre "lake". There is an earth dam that is about 15 to 20 feet tall. I put my target below the dam and shoot from there downward. It works pretty good to get you use to the angle. My wife thinks that I am crazy too.
We use to do the same thing when we were in college back in Alabama. TUarcher (another tradganger) and I use to climb up on the roof of the house that he and his wife were renting and shoot our recurves and the blackhawk longbow that his dad let us hold. Boy were those great times!
I smell a Co-Pay.
I've done the same thing many times myself!
I once brought a 3D pig to a city pool that had been drained for the winter. Set the pig in the bottom of the 12' end and stood at the edge of the pool shooting down into it.
Wasn't long before the cops were called...not because I was at the pool while it was closed, but because someone drove by and thought I had a dog trapped in the pool and I was shooting arrows at it. Cops told me to carry on.
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I do the same thing. Easier than going up in a tree stand. Shoot on.
Looks like a good idea.
When I was a kid my dad mounted a basketball hoop over the garage door for pickup games in the driveway. I'm picturing a hang-on stand mounted in the same place...
Now if you can get the lady of the house to pull arrows and send them up to you, I would say you got it going. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
You guys have got me in stitches with some of these responses. I tried to get the Lady of the house to pull my arrows. Said she couldn't do it one handed! Had the baby on her hip. I was proud she attempted!
Yup.... that's pretty crazy. anyone knows you need scaffolding to practice on...
This was my training for my first tree stand adventure for white tail in Illinois..... at age 55 i shouldn't be doing this crap anymore.
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Been there, done that, still do sometimes.
That does look teetery to me. Especially accessing that ladder to go down from the roof! I don't think you have enough height for the reserve chute to do you much good, but remember..turn your head and cross your legs if you have to pull it.
I did some roof shooting many years ago -- teenager. Now I can shoot from the end of the deck which gives me a nice simulation. I stand on a tree-stand-sized piece of foam to 1). Get my bow shelf above the top rail and 2). To constrain my stance a bit.
What about a safety harness? You know - for safety! I know - where to attach? It's the up and down that would bother me. You need an arrow fetch-it.
Stay directly above the ladder and remember to tie off the ladder to the gutter straps. Stay safe! Have fun!
I'd say bolt a ladder stand to that gable and use that. Much safer. While we were building our house my Dad and I would go up to the second floor and shoot out the window holes before the windows were installed.
Glad to see other pics of "crazies" just like me. Thanks for all the safety tips guys. Already did some mods to make the up and down a little safer.
Do it off the roof of my shop every year for lots of years now. Start about mid-August. i don't bounce anymore either, I Stick! But a fella needs some good practice,and you don't have to get that close to the edge. The steel roof is another thing. becareful man!
Hell man, you could shoot to Updyke or Mt Vernon from that high