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How to learn to hunt with a selfbow?

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Fox:
I want to start bow hunting , i have been shooting bows consistently for 3 years.. And hunt with a rifle ... but i am young and go with more experienced hunters... but i don't have any bow hunters around to go with... should i wait till i am more expereinced and just go by myself?  Ideas? Thanks

-Fox

Pat B:
If you can find someone to go with that would be better, safer but if not go by yourself. It may take you a while before you figure it out but you'll never kill a deer(or whatever) unless you go hunting. If you are a stand hunter place your stand near a game trail(about 10 to 15 yds off) with plenty of cover and stay alert. With a rifle you probably hunt open areas. With a bow you need to be close, let the deer get close and all along concentrate on where the arrow will go and take your first shot opportunity. If you can see a deer's eyes he will see you, if you move, he will see you so wait til everything is in your favor and the deer is where you can put the arrow through the boiler room. Study a deer's anatomy so you'll know where to put the arrow. Be sure the deer is calm too. An alert deer is faster than your arrow.

StickMark:
Beginner's luck is real. Be ready on Day One, Hour One.

Hawkdancer:
Practice!  Lots of it!  Like Pat said set your stand or blind in good cover downwind from the trail, be alert, the world needs more lerts, a long shot is 15-20 yards if you can hit that boiler room.  Good luck! Maybe this is my year, too!
Hawkdancer

BowEd:
My advice would be to just get on the board first with a kill of any sized deer.It gives you confidence for your next outing.Being persistent.Pay attention to wind directions.A quartering away shot to the side of your bow arm.Set your stands up in that way.I like to let the deer walk past me quartered away.On the ground type shot broadside is fine.

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