Stump Shooting

[Ssamac]

So what really is stump shooting and where do you go to do it?

[5deer]

the best practice next to live game  

[twosheds]

I go to a local lake that has a run down 3-D range.  I walk the trails and shoot @ leaves and anything else that catches my eye. Great way to practice and a confidence builder.

[bigiron]

must be nice.you don't stump shoot here in NWArk. as these oak stumps are like rocks, they really like to break carbons. I lived in Wash.state for a few years & can appreciate the stumps out there.

[Ramsey]

I go up in the ceders and shoot a tin can and such
that weekend warriors leave laying around

[Ssamac]

Basically plinking with a bow. Thanks I got it
Here in Illinois, you'd be stump shooting hickory and oak and walnut, which would really eat up some arrows. Do any of you use blunts?

[Dick in Seattle]

ssamac....   check this out... I photo web documented my first stump shooting expedition a couple of months ago... incredible fun and great practice.   My area is under snow for the winter now, but I can't wait till spring...

http://dickwightman.com/archery/stumpexped/stumpexpd.html

[Dick in Seattle]

and here's another page, documenting another expedition with a variation... trash hunting:

http://dickwightman.com/archery/trashhunt/trashhunt.html

[s_mcflurry]

Dick, those are great links!  Thanks for sharing!

I gotta admit I'm jealous of the stump shooting opportunities you gentlemen get.  I live in the city and there are shopping centers and office buildings around me.  Best I have are city owned parks...but I don't think they'd look too kindly on a guy walking around with a nocked arrow.  I'm actually fortunate to have a couple of target ranges within 20 miles of home.  Anybody in Southern California know of a good stump shooting spot?

...or maybe I should move in with my brother in Ohio...    :p

[madness522]

When in the back yard I'll stump shoot a tennis ball with blunts.  Judos are hard to get off a tennis ball without cutting them up so use blunts.

[Jerry Jeffer]

Nice stuff Captain Dick.

[Benha]

I like to take a trash bag and shoot then pick up the trash slobs leave laying around in the woods.

[Ssamac]

This is wild. The trash shooting is a terrific idea. Clean up the world while you shoot! Even the state parks around here don't allow archery except the ones with ranges. One has a 3d shoot. But you have to stay on the ranges. Can't just walk the woods.
sam

[Ssamac]

Dick, Great show. Some things don't get much better do they?

sam

[Ssamac]

And a new species is discovered. Wild Trashes. Good to hunt, no license required.

[Ssamac]

Did my first stump shooting this afternoon and had a great time. Shot clumps of grass, bunches of leaves, even a couple of stumps. Tough to get the arrow out of these.
REally enjoyed this

Thanks
sam

[LONGHORN]

Stump shooting is fun a good practice also.



Serge

[ThomastaylorIII]

basketballs are the best to me, throw them or kick them and shoot away.

[Paul WA]

I go to one of many clearcuts or just walk a logging road picking out tatgets at different distances...PR

[ChuckC]

Yes Sam  use some sort of blunts, although I guess a broadhead would work.  Judos, or hex heads, or a blunt that has been drilled to imitate a hex head's concave face all make great stump shooting tips.  They do not bury too deeply into anything (unlike a broadhead), they are less prone to burying under grass,  specially the judos and they are not prohibitively expensive.

One you get bored with just good shots, then get creative and shoot from behind stuff, below stuff, over stuff,  thru stuff,  and then, when you get really cocky...   Bounce it off this tree and into that target !

The best part is you can shoot a zillion times a day if you wish, unlike most hunting situations.
ChuckC