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Getting Elevated at Home

Wirrex

Wirrex

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Even though I live in the country, the trees in my yard are rather young and not great for climbing which has my wheels spinning. I am thinking this spring I will sink some telephone poles in my back yard for saddle practice. I may incorporate them into a platform because I have non saddle friends over to shoot regularly.

How do you guys practice? I know I can’t be the only one thinking this way.
 
Assuming your tree is on level ground. There is no significant difference in shooting from an elevated perch or from the ground. Unless you are hunting the mountains in extreme heights and drop offs.

Figure your distance from the tree, not your hunting height assuming you are hunting under 30’

Most people over shoot their target because they drop their bow arm thus changing their anchor point. BEND FROM THE WAIST. Keep proper form.

At 20-30 yards you may have a 1” difference of impact.

The biggest problem is when a deer gets within 10 yds of the tree and you have less area for kill shot placements.

Now that being said, once I get my saddle and become familiar with it, I will practice shooting out the saddle.
 
bigjoe said:
Assuming your tree is on level ground. There is no significant difference in shooting from an elevated perch or from the ground. Unless you are hunting the mountains in extreme heights and drop offs.

Figure your distance from the tree, not your hunting height assuming you are hunting under 30’

Most people over shoot th eir target because they drop their bow arm thus changing their anchor point. BEND FROM THE WAIST. Keep proper form.

At 20-30 yards you may have a 1” difference of impact.

The biggest problem is when a deer gets within 10 yds of the tree and you have less area for kill shot placements.

Now that being said, once I get my saddle and become familiar with it, I will practice shooting out the saddle.
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This can't be over stated... Great answer!!!
 
bigjoe said:
Assuming your tree is on level ground. There is no significant difference in shooting from an elevated perch or from the ground. Unless you are hunting the mountains in extreme heights and drop offs.

Figure your distance from the tree, not your hunting height assuming you are hunting under 30’

Most people over shoot their target because they drop their bow arm thus changing their anchor point. BEND FROM THE WAIST. Keep proper form.

At 20-30 yards you may have a 1” difference of impact.

The biggest problem is when a deer gets within 10 yds of the tree and you have less area for kill shot placements.

Now that being said, once I get my saddle and become familiar with it, I will practice shooting out the saddle.
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I understand the physics of it. I shoot a trad bow. Bending at the waist and shooting from a saddle with a recurve makes it very easy to collapse and short draw without practice. I’m sure most of that stuff is far less of a problem with the well defined draw of a compound.

I shoot from the ground almost daily anyway. I need to spice it up a little!
 
I understand about working in the form. I shot my traditional yesterday for the first time in a while. Very relaxing.
 
I'm lucky enough to have a security light pole in my back yard that just happens to be off the side of my range.
I have been incorporating my saddle into small game hunting as well. This spring I will turkey hunt out of it.
 
Safety and less worries of losing arrows. Pros for being elevated.

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Redfeather said:
I'm lucky enough to have a security light pole in my back yard that just happens to be off the side of my range.
I have been incorporating my saddle into small game hunting as well. This spring I will turkey hunt out of it.
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Forgot to mention I also use it for a "tree" to practice shooting steep angles .
 
Bogle said:
What he said. Ill even set up a ladder in the back yard and sit on it and have even shot down my steps inside the house when my wife leaves.

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Funny right there - reminds me of when my daughter was little and the wife was out of the house, I'd shoot out of the daughter's window down to a target out in the lawn. She squealed on me to Mom though!! LOL
 
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