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Wacky practice shooting positions/ideas

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polekat

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So although I have yet to loose an arrow from my saddle/platform setup, it seems clear that shooting from a saddle could present some unusual body postures and positioning, I figure that deserves some practice, but living in a condo in a big city doesn't exactly lend itself to taking my bow up into a tree nearby and letting some fly. I do have a little place where I can shoot on flat ground, so about the best I can do so far is to put a lawn chair in the back of my pickup, face north, and put my target behind me to the south, and shoot twisting to my left 180 degrees.

Any of you good people have any other creative ideas about readying oneself for shooting from a saddle?
 
I don't find any difference from shooting out of a saddle or a tree stand with a tradbow. Compound shouldn't be any different. Main difference is to make sure the bridge isn't in the way. So if you can shoot off the ground with the tree strap hooked up that would be good practice.
 
You can "saddle up" to a tree on the ground - not climb up.

You can then figure out what gets in the way, where tomput stuff, angles you don't like, etc.
 
You will definitively need to practice. The biggest thing will be to find out what does/does not get in the way of your bow/bowstring. Also you are not going to be anchored on two legs as stable as you would be on the ground so you will need to get used to that. Thirdly, with practice you will be able to contort yourself into some positions that you can can get a shot off that you never would in a regular stand. I would work on anchoring 2 feet on your steps and bending around to shoot as far behind you as you can (to your left for a righty). I have made quite a few shots in a position like this that I never could have done without a saddle.
 
Thanks Redsquirrel. That's what I'm trying to simulate in the back of my truck. I rock back on to the back legs of my folding chair, twist as far left as I can, and put my feet up on the toolbox and let her fly. Definitely a challenge, but a heck of a lot of fun. I haven't shot anything out of my saddle yet, but I've been in the trees with it for a few sits now, and I'm with you Redsquirrel...I love saddle hunting!
 
polekat said:
Thanks Redsquirrel. That's what I'm trying to simulate in the back of my truck. I rock back on to the back legs of my folding chair, twist as far left as I can, and put my feet up on the toolbox and let her fly. Definitely a challenge, but a heck of a lot of fun. I haven't shot anything out of my saddle yet, but I've been in the trees with it for a few sits now, and I'm with you Redsquirrel...I love saddle hunting!
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Great! Make sure you get some actual practice in the saddle when you can too! :cool:
 
I hunt with the Guido's Web and I have found that the bow shooting positions are not to bad. I can't speak for the saddles but n the wed, my bow shooting form is still like shooting from the ground. The upper body form is still good because these stands seem to keep you in great form but u r side ways if the shot is steap and the farther the shot, the straighter up and down the body is, even while sitting..
 
Learn the foot work and positioning of your feet so u can get as stable as possible during the shot. I try my best to set up so the deer will pass to my bow hand side so I don't have to move to much but you always have those deer that don't read the script right!
 
If you use a bow holder that sticks out from the tree, be sure to screw it in above where the tether is around the tree. If u don't it will get n the way of the tether during your movement around the tree.
 
Autumnrider said:
If you use a bow holder that sticks out from the tree, be sure to screw it in above where the tether is around the tree. If u don't it will get n the way of the tether during your movement around the tree.
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I do the opposite. I screw it in low enough so that my strap clears it as I come around. Sometimes it takes a little tweaking to get the position right on my first hang in a new tree.
 
The bow holder that I put above tether is the one from team real tree (folding type). But when I use the utility screw n hanger, it below the tether cause it does not get in the way.
 
Autumnrider said:
The bow holder that I put above tether is the one from team real tree (folding type). But when I use the utility screw n hanger, it below the tether cause it does not get in the way.
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Gotcha
 
I have found no difference shooting from my saddle. But I am a newbie so I might not no what im talking about.
 
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