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.

       

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.      

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.

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