How low can you shoot your bow?

[kbaknife]

Originally 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!

[KentuckyTJ]

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)

 

[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

[huskyarcher]

I try to shoot off of my back and belly everytime i shoot, never know when i might need it!  

[KentuckyTJ]

Originally 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.    

[Frenchy]

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!

[maineac]

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.

[Hermon]

"How low can you shoot your bow?"

AT least 6" below the chest of a buck....wait, that's not what you are asking..  

[maineac]

Nice pict Tom!  That is some high level sniper work!  Still too wet here to start that, but looks like a fun summer practice!

[LimBender]

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.

[Austin]

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.