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darwin:
This upcoming weekend I'm going on my first bow hunt, not only my first with a wooden bow but my first period. I have been hunting all my life and shooting a bow is nothing new to me. I'm using a 45 lb laminated longbow and homemade arrows, I'm confident that I can make a kill shot anywhere within 20 yd but being that the bow is 66 in long I worry about trying to shoot from a blind (which is the only way I have ever hunted deer). I will be hunting in Goliad, Texas where there is a lot of mesquite and live oak brush. A deer would be my first choice but if a turkey showed up I wouldn't mind, or a hog given the right circumstance. Any tips, tricks or advice would be helpful, I don't get to many chances to go hunting so I want to make the best out of this opportunity.

Thanks again and wish me luck!

crooketarrow:
  Have you done any scouting do you know where to go at. If so I'd for get the blind get a ghillie and build you a couple natural brush blinds. Then your lenth of your bow dos'nt as much of a problem. Build them with the wind in mind. Keep the down wind of where you think the deer will come from. Thats about a basic as I can tell you.

Pat B:
You should practice from a blind before you hunt. Will you be able to shoot comfortably from the blind when the time comes?

darwin:
I've hunted on this property my whole life so for the most part I know where the deer are. The problem with practicing from a blind would be that I live in Houston which is 3 hrs from Goilad (where I'm hunting) second all the blinds are set up with rifles in mind and not for bows. I have done my best to try to practice in conditions that are as close to possible to hunting in a blind but I don't think I'm going to be able to pull that off.

Pat B:
Bring your gun just in case. Might as well bring meat home!  ;)

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