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zenmonkeyman:
Just wondering if anybody has a technique for shooting while prone?  This year I had a 100% busted rate hunting off the ground, and yet that delicious looking gang of elk were often in open field.  I started to wonder if I could lie in the grass and shoot off my back thus removing that large movement of coming to my knees to shoot.

That photo we've all seen of Ishi shooting at a deer makes me see possibilities, because he's shooting off the wrong side of his bow (sorry Josh  :P) with some kind of a pinch draw that I can't quite figure out.  But if I could figure it out, or go with some kind of a thumb ring release, the hunting opportunities would really open up.  Thoughts?

Will H:
I'm pretty sure this is in the wrong section but...you can shoot off your back. It's not that hard. Just shoot bare fingers and squeeze the arrow between you index and middle finger with a standard meditranian release holding the arrow against the bows shelf. I'm not sure trick shooting on big game is the best most ethical thing to do but if you were so inclined it would work with practice.

Dazv:
shooting from your belly would be easier i think

burchett.donald:
   Just an idea to throw at ya, I don't know your situation or terrain but I've killed some white tails by hunting from holes I dig along travel routes and place small amounts of brush around them. Sometimes I get busted but it's been working better than my brush blinds. when I sit in them my head and shoulders are the only thing above ground level. It is a lot of work but I use them over and over now that their established. This would be great in high grass! The indians also used this technique and a lot of other hunters as well.

CherokeeKC:
If you practice enough it wouldnt really be "trick" shooting so therefore it would be ethical if he could shoot accurately in any position.

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