Beginner's Mistake.

[LeeBishop]

I was mad when I first missed a coyote that I shot at, but I'm just lucky that I didn't seriously damage my bow.

I'm still trying to get used to the dimensions of a traditional bow and how long they are and I wasn't paying attention while in the stand the other day to my clearance.

I was turned around sideways and aiming almost directly below me to shoot a coyote at about 7yrds but when I released my bow limb hit the hand rail of my lean-to stand and skipped off of it.

It threw my shot off pretty severely. I missed the coyote to the left by about 4 inches from the side of the darned varmint.

It left a few scuff marks on the bottom of the tip, but I'm just glad it didn't hit the face of the back of the limb and crack the glass.

 http://youtu.be/3lXLV-hw4YU   (I don't know how to make it show up as a photo/box on this forum)

There is the video, but you can only hear the coyote & shot since the thing ran up from behind me out of shot. It's a pretty loud slap on the bow though.

Do most of you guys hunt from hang-on stands or lean-to ladders or what?  I think I may need to try and find a cheap hang-on stand for traditional bow hunting. obviously going to need more clearance. It's going to have to wait though.

[Trad-Man]

I use hang-ons...always have. Railings are for rifle hunters to rest their guns.  Even still you are going to find that close shots with trad equipment are sometimes impossible.