This year will be my first time hunting out of a stand. How different is the POI compared to shooting from the ground? Do you aim for where you want the arrow to come out so you know you are passing through vitals? Looking for you experienced guys to give me a little bit of info on what to expect as i will be having my first practice session either tomorrow or the day after.
Don't just lower your bow arm to aim downward... keep the "T" form of your upper body intact, and bend at the waist. If you do so, you shouldn't experience any change in POI.
Quoted for truth. A couple other notes: 1. ALWAYS wear your safety harness. All it takes is dozing off 1 time and you're done. Well all love hunting, but I bet your family loves you more. 2. It's fun laying in bed after a breezy day and still feel like you're moving slightly.
I always aim for the off shoulder on quartering away. Ive never taken a shot where the deer was not quartering away with my bow. Although I do have a stand location where deer have walked right under me on numerous occasions so a different shot would be needed in that situation.
If you do the math, the actual range (compensating for angle, ect,ect) only changes by a yard or so. I found that after sighting in my bow on the ground, a shot from the stand had the same POI. The only way to know for sure (for you) is to get up into the stand and take some practice shots. I think what changes for some people is their form changes when shooting from a stand as opposed to the ground, and this may change the POI. Just try to keep good form no matter where you shoot from and you should be fine
For me,either shooting up or down hill gravity is my friend.I hit a few inches ''high'' on said shots. Like the others wrote.Shoot from the stand.bend at waist,practice! practice! practice! Shoot from sitting position,left side right side,be prepared 4 any(every)thing.
You can also do as I do. I wait for the deer to get directly under my stand and armed only with my knife, I ascend from the top of tree landing on the "deer’s" back, all the while, positioning my knife in the center of the "deer’s" head. My proven method delivers results unlike any other. While your buddies are out tracking deer all night long you are standing on top of your trophy as if you were Captain Morgan. OH YEAH!
Wanted to thank you guys for the pointers. Had my first practice session today and after getting over the shakes, i'm afraid of heights, i did pretty good. About 2" groups at 20 and 4" at 30.
Well done, that's good shootin' p.s.- heights scare the hell out of me too, but as the years go by, you'll get more and more comfortable. I like to have little practice sessions from a stand I leave up in the "yard" all year round.. nothing major, just a few shots here and there. It helps keep my shooting skills "fresh", as well as my comfortability of climbing in/out of a stand, and being 16-18' in the air.
Yea practiced out of a stand in my neighbors yard. Rickety old stand scared the hell out of me climbing it and my first six arrows I was shaking like a leaf in a stiff breeze. By the last 6 I was good and steady. Can't wait for the 24th here.
I'm leary of heights as well. Tis why I have a very comfortable harness that I use every time I'm in the stand. Not to mention I only go 15-20 feet up. I didn't used to have issues with being high up in a tree, but climbing stands are new to me, and those are what get me a bit nervous. I used to hunt out of tree house style stands, they were like a house in the air. Man, I miss those days.
I thought you wanted to know where to aim not how to aim from a treestand. Always think about the arrow path through the animal; what's it going to tear a hole through. That was a big deal in teaching my son. How is the trajectory going to change what the arrow cuts. Horizontal (ie on the ground) shots are easy, just aim at the chest, squeeze the release and Bingo!! double lung hit. Not so in the air. POI will change depending on how high you are, what direction is the deer facing,etc.
I always think about the trajectory, my mind is very physics oriented, so i aim for the backside of my target and make sure i put the path of the arrow through the vitals. Its how i have been practicing and i check my angle of impact and what it would have gone through for each arrow i shoot, just a habit now.
