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Midwest guys, how do you hunt whitetail with your primitive bow?

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Hawkdancer:
 >:DFor a chuckle:  hide under an oak tree and make soft noises like an acorn (lol) (lol) (lol) O:) >:DAlso works under an apple tree, but you have to remember to make apple noises! (SH) (lol)
You could however get swarmed by acor or apples!  (lol) >:D
Hawkdancer

Allyn T:
I haven't hunted a self bow out of it yet, but I love my saddle. I've seen some trade guys hunt out of them with no problems

bentstick54:
I’m lucky to have the privilage of hunting about a 1/2 mile section of a small river in southeast Kansas. Being the only one that has permission to hunt this property I am able to put up hang on stands before the season and leave them for the duration. Hunting from treestands has been very successful for me, but know it would not work quite as well on public property.

BowEd:
I ambush hunt on good sign scouting prior to season and try to practice from a ladder stand a bunch with shots ranging from 10 to 20 yards.They sale for around $75.00 if a person is pateint selecting one.Forget the brand name though.
I have a ground blind too that I've shot from with a 68" bow before killing deer.Shoppng for those taller blinds a person needs to be patient too.A lot of things are back ordered nowadays.Think it has a 72" height inside it.Yes It's 96"by96"by72" blind called a pentagon.I'm 6'3" and can stand up easily without touching the ceiling.Most times I shot from on 1 knee but can shoot standing up in this blind.The bow needs to be canted a bit though of course.The shooting windows are very low to accomodate longer bows too.
I utilize brush piles and blow downs also too.Digging a 2' hole to set your feet in and sit could work in certain areas too.

boxerboxer:

--- Quote from: bentstick54 on September 05, 2021, 02:03:50 am ---I’m lucky to have the privilage of hunting about a 1/2 mile section of a small river in southeast Kansas. Being the only one that has permission to hunt this property I am able to put up hang on stands before the season and leave them for the duration. Hunting from treestands has been very successful for me, but know it would not work quite as well on public property.

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Hang on tree stands work just fine on public land, but if you live in a state where they can't be left overnight you just need something like a Lone Wolf, XOP, or Muddy stand and sticks that are light enough to carry around with you. It's a little more work, but it offers a great benefit too in that it helps make sure you don't over hunt a particular spot or stay in a particular tree when you know you need to be 50 yds from there in order to have a shot.

In short, there's really not much that you need to do differently than you did with a compound, but you need to make sure that however you hunt you practice shooting from your stand, blind, etc. Depending on how far you were comfortable with shooting an animal with the compound, you may need to work to get a little closer than you're used to.

One small thing you probably want to look into is a way to keep your arrow on your bow without having to hold it in your hand, especially if it gets cold where you live. There are commercially available self adhesive products that stick onto a bow, and plenty of DIY solutions involving rubber bands and such that will release when you draw.

You can adjust things like brace height, arrow weight, string silencers, etc to get a really quiet bow, and you'll probably find more followup shots present themselves than when you hunted with a compound.

Other than that, it's still hold still, play the wind, draw when they can't see you, and aim small so you miss small.

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