I went traditional a few months ago. I shoot just about every night for an hour. My groups are getting better and so is my confidence. So heres my point:
Last night I started shooting from a kneeling and cross legged seated position. Seated cross legged is too low for me. Show me some pics and give me some advice because I know it can be done. Thanks in advance.
Cant your bow....I have shot while laying flat on the ground!! Can't get any lower than that! Bad part, with my belly I might rock myself to sleep!!! :biglaugh:
You aint right Ron,
Try sitting on your heals, and then get into the cross leg position. As Ron said cant the bow.
I have also shot from lying flat on my belly.
I too have shot lying on my belly
Flat on the ground.. :wavey:
You can shoot lying on your stomach or on your back. It's not that big a deal. You just have to learn how to squeeze the nock a little with your fingers and it will hold it on the shelf. Gary
seems to me the lower I get the weaker I get. On my knees is about it. (with my 55# longbow)
Also shot oh my belly. Never tried it on my back though.
I shot a doe with a 90 pound Hill laying on my back, about 12 yards quartering and uphill. She interrupted my tea and cigar break.
I've shot at two different caribou, one on my belly and the other on my back shooting between my feet.
I think both bulls are still laughing.
I have also shoot laying flat. Not at game that way. Just showing off for the compound boys :biglaugh:
With a little practice it is possible to shoot a longbow from many positions and be about as accurate as standing up. the hardest part about practicing on the belly or on the back is getting down to and getting up from the ground. I find it easier when I can get someone to go get my arrows out of the target, nice green grass and a pillow helps while one is waiting.
I've shot laying on my back but ya gotta watch out when the arrow comes down!!!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by pavan:
With a little practice it is possible to shoot a longbow from many positions and be about as accurate as standing up. the hardest part about practicing on the belly or on the back is getting down to and getting up from the ground. I find it easier when I can get someone to go get my arrows out of the target, nice green grass and a pillow helps while one is waiting.
How right you are. Twenty years ago I thought nothing of it, now it feels like a workout.
QuoteOriginally posted by pavan:
I shot a doe with a 90 pound Hill laying on my back, about 12 yards quartering and uphill. She interrupted my tea and cigar break.
Adapt and overcome...at it's finest!
That's funny!
Jason
Belly, back, kneeling, 90 degree reverse cant are all positions I sometimes shoot from. Like anything else if you practice you can be as accurate as you want.
I never tried to shoot from my back. I have shot from my belly many times. If the ground is not too wet, one of our 3D group will usually pick it for a shot. Similar to a post above, I have an advantage with the clearance my belly gives me.
I am yet to kill any big game from a position higher than kneeling. Pronghorns are probably the animal I have shot at from prone more than any other the grass just isn't high enough for anything else.
MAP
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QuoteOriginally posted by sagebrush:
You can shoot lying on your stomach or on your back. It's not that big a deal. You just have to learn how to squeeze the nock a little with your fingers and it will hold it on the shelf. Gary
Yep - I got amazingly accurate shooting on my back. Put a little twist on the arrow when you nock it and you can shoot under a bush!
You can see my buddies arrow heading for a perfect lung shot right off the back end of the *elk, mine however I think is in that tree.
*(Roy this isn't a real elk)
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Great pic Tom!
Interesting hunting style though...do you guys count to three and let er rip? One guy takes the broadside shot the other takes the quarter away? :p
I try to shoot off of my back and belly everytime i shoot, never know when i might need it! :readit:
QuoteOriginally posted by Over&Under:
Great pic Tom!
Interesting hunting style though...do you guys count to three and let er rip? One guy takes the broadside shot the other takes the quarter away? :p
Absolutely! We like to tag team our critters around here. :biglaugh:
I killed a couple of rabbits laying on my belly.
That's why I do not use bow quivers while rabbiting.
I do not know if I could do it on a bigger animal.
Too much room for error!
I still have trouble being accurate sitting on the ground, but lift me up just a couple inches and I am good. Too much cant and I have trouble. I am sure if I put enough time it would work out, but a low chair is more comfortable for long sits anyway.
"How low can you shoot your bow?"
AT least 6" below the chest of a buck....wait, that's not what you are asking.. :knothead:
Nice pict Tom! That is some high level sniper work! Still too wet here to start that, but looks like a fun summer practice!
Shot laying flat on my back like that Charlie Lamb pic. It is a little tricky to keep the arrow on the shelf until the draw adds pressure, but aside from one disaster shot I was surprised at how decent my group was. It also shows the versatility of a stickbow, and why in many instances it is a superior hunting weapon to a wheelie bow.
Yeah, I love how versatile stickbows are. Anybody use the index finger on their bow hand to keep the arrow on the shelf? I have a to change my grip to apply pressure to the nock, found that I can just put my bow hand index finger up and get good arrow flight. Surprisingly the fletching didn't even sting my finger. I saw a clip of a guy shooting two arrows from a horsebow and he was using his finger as a spacer between the arrows, that gave me the idea.