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shooting in prone position
zenmonkeyman:
Thanks guys, lots of food for thought there. Will, I'm definitely going to have to look up this Mediterranean realease. Davz, it IS possible to shoot conventionally off the stomach but it's extremely awkward. Definitely in the realm of trick shooting. Tried it the other night and out of 4 arrows at 15 yds, 2 were "kills" and two were misses or gut shots. Lots of thrashing to draw since the right arm does double duty keeping your body off the ground and drawing the string. On one shot, my draping clothes severely caught the string on release. Donald, that's a fantastic idea but I don't know how I'd pick one spot in a large field to do it. Plus the farmers might not be thrilled, lol. I'm a firm believer that an ability to be dynamic and reactive and able to move at a moment's notice is a huge advantage in a game that's skewed in the quarry's favour on most days. Thanks Cherokee!
Prarie Bowyer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzDbH9TK_mY
Alpinbogen:
Cool video. Yes, you can shoot on your back or your belly. If shooting on your back, you just have to grab the bowstring with your fingers curled a little more around the bowstring then normal. When you draw, you'll also need to pinch your fingers against the arrow nock. When you draw back, your fingers will naturally straighten out and twist the bowstring and nock towards the riser. Your finger pinch on the nock will hold the arrow tight to the riser even though it's unsupported on the front end. I've practiced both ways and even hunted like that a few times in certain field or meadow crossings where there isn't any cover. Never had a shot at live deer like that though. It's definitely more of a 10-15 yard thing. 20 is stretching it.
crooketarrow:
I can save you from getting cold laying on the ground. I've shot 36 bucks with a self bow since 06 all from the ground as well as 15 gobblers 2 last spring one with and OSIDEN HEAD. And I been busted so many times I can remember them all in my 42 years of hunting. There's 3 things you got to do.
#1 LEARN TO HUNT THE WIND PERIOD NO IF'S ANDS OR SENT- LOC thats better.
No matter what kind of sent-loc or how much spray you use. YOU CAN FOOL AND MATURE BUCK OR ANY DEERS NOISE for that matter.
#2 If your hunting off the ground get a GHILLIE.
#3 And until I started doing this I like you got busted dozzens of times. You HAVE TO SET YOUR SITES UP WHERE THE BUCK OR TURKEY GO'S PAST YOU. All animals focus ahead of themselves where their going. They know it's safe where the just came from. This is how indains lived by the bow for 1000's of years. Not by thying to draw whille the animals broadside to them. They pick you off everytime unless they turn their head away from you.
So it you let them go past your ground site far enough that the don't see you in their prefuale vision. You can't draw. A decoy or anything that will draw their an tation your twice as better. I set up like this and lots of times depending on the angle of the ground site and the trail I'm shooting. I do this I take some doe urine buck urine any sent. Put it in one of those tinks orange canester.
Don't ever go on the up wind side of your trail or cross it for any reason. I've throw it across on the up wind side of the trail. Just to draw the bucks attention that way. He'll differently turn his head that way when the smells it. I like using this trick when ever I can't set up where the buck where ever the buck can't quarter past me.
Thats the only way you can draw when he's perfectly broad side to you unless he turns his head walk behind a tree or bush. Then you have to draw while his heads hidden. Lucky if he stoped there. You don't have a compound where you can draw while his heads hidden and be drawed when He comes out the other side.
Hunting from the ground is differently 10 times harder I long for the freedom of movement and how well it keeps your scent above the deer when your up in the limbs. Exsecialy calling.I know I stand hunted for over almost 30 years but now I wouldn't have it any other way. There's no cheating from the ground like it is up in the limbs. But alot less work everyyear puting up and down a dozzen loc-ons. That I don't miss and if you fall off your stool the grounds not so hard.
Learn to do these 3 things and you won't have to lay on that cold ground for hours. I promass you lots more shots.
zenmonkeyman:
Thanks for the input Alpinbogen, it can get lonely in my head sometimes, lol. Crooketarrow, that all sounds like fantastic advice. Gonna start pricing some ghillie suits!
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