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TheMadCatter

TheMadCatter

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Do you shoot standing up or sitting down in the stand? One of my friends is telling me with light wind he can't hunt my stand because it's too windy and he can't stand up to shoot. I've never stood up to shoot, I'm always sitting down.
 
Depends on situation sometimes you have to stand and turn, sometimes you have to stand to clear brush. Some stands you have to stand for you bow limbs to clear the railing.
 
I look at it this way. I practice shooting standing up, so I shoot from the stand standing up. However like stated above if I need to shoot under a branch or something I will stay sitting.
 
I shoot sitting. I broke my back in 2001 so my knees get iffy in the stand.
 
About75% standing on the bucks I have shot. If I spot the deer in time, I'll try to stand so that I can cover a wider shot area.
 
Stand when possible.

Try taking a shot to your right while sitting. Go ahead, pretend you have your bow drawn as you are sitting there reading this and do it. Bow arm out, release arm at proper anchor, full draw, and elbow back. You are lucky to get little more than 90 deg of the 360 deg around you. Standing lets you twist around or silently take mini foot twists or steps to make that shot to the right when the animal presents the shot there. Even with feet planted, you have far more range than when sitting. Stand and see for yourself. My last challenge to you is to shoot a few groups when sitting and compare them to when you are standing. If you are honest, your groups will be better when standing. Practice for standing AND sitting shots, but hope for standing.

The negative part is it is harder to stand still than to sit still. I find myself sitting the better part of the sit for that reason but when the activity going on, I am trying to stand.
 
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I have only killed 2 deer while sitting. And only been at full draw 4x- twice w/ no shot.

My take is, most of my practice is while standing.. and I have more range of motion while standing. Sitting is <90° comfortably. Standing is up to 300° sometimes more sometimes less.

I prefer to stand. But to each his own.
 
So nobody practices sitting down?

What about spring turkey out of a blind? Are you standing then?
 
I prefer to shoot while standing but will shoot sitting down if I can't stand without feeling like I'd alert the deer.
 
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