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Questions about saddles and longer traditional bows
- Thread starter boxerboxer
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A few years ago, I preset a stand in the springtime. It seemed like a great set at first. I wasn't carrying a bow when I set it. I bolted the tree, set the stand, and then I visualized where the most likely shot would be. Good spot, good cover, good tree.
But when I came back in the fall to hunt it and I had a 58" bow in hand, I realized that 90% of the shot angles would have been extremely awkward if not impossible to pull off. Even if I could have actually made a shot, it's likely I would have been so contorted that I probably would have made a bad shot.
It's obviously critical that we shoot our bows well. Some short bows are more difficult to shoot well and a longer bow is generally easier to shoot. But I contend that you should hunt with the shortest bow that you can shoot well. Longer bows can make for difficult positioning of stands in some cases. We try to preserve cover and sometimes it's just not feasible to cut branches and cover. I've had it happen to me countless times. It's often difficult if not impossible to find a tree in the right location, that's not too far or too close to the trail, with the right wind, the right approach, isn't covered with poison ivy, or 10 other criteria. Sometimes THE tree (the only workable tree) has large branches that prohibit shooting bows that are long. Hunt with the shortest bow that you are confident with.
But when I came back in the fall to hunt it and I had a 58" bow in hand, I realized that 90% of the shot angles would have been extremely awkward if not impossible to pull off. Even if I could have actually made a shot, it's likely I would have been so contorted that I probably would have made a bad shot.
It's obviously critical that we shoot our bows well. Some short bows are more difficult to shoot well and a longer bow is generally easier to shoot. But I contend that you should hunt with the shortest bow that you can shoot well. Longer bows can make for difficult positioning of stands in some cases. We try to preserve cover and sometimes it's just not feasible to cut branches and cover. I've had it happen to me countless times. It's often difficult if not impossible to find a tree in the right location, that's not too far or too close to the trail, with the right wind, the right approach, isn't covered with poison ivy, or 10 other criteria. Sometimes THE tree (the only workable tree) has large branches that prohibit shooting bows that are long. Hunt with the shortest bow that you are confident with.
Ballshooter
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- Dec 14, 2023
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I wasn't it the tree long but am practicing with my 62in recurve bare bow off the shelf from a ring of steps. This was shot @ 23 yards an 19 feet up.I shot this from kinda of a sitting leaning position. Only the second time trying this. In the first picture you can see the target just before the brush.It was not too much effort.
