Thank you for sharing this. I wish I had found this video last season. All of my misses from a tree stand we’re over their back. I’m excited to get this right so I can reload the freezer.
The story of my life too. I botched an 8 yard shot on a very large doe last year when I grabbed my bow and dropped the arrow, promptly spooking her and the other two does with her. Great video, thank you for the hard work and can't wait for the next podcast/video.
Snuck into a little quiet spot last night after scouting weeks ago and got up a tree - did everything perfect (apart from bumping my bow and dropping the first arrow😂) 3 sambar came in on last light - watched them for 7 min until I got the perfect broadside shot at 11 paces. Shot straight over her back.... Thanks for this video mate I will be getting a 3d and doing more practice from the tree.
Awesome video!!! I practice from a tree stand it's a different ball game than on the ground. I practice worst case scenario and concentrate on my upper triangle more to keep in the se plane of the arrow.
Spot on! I've shot deer and a Coyote at 3 yds! My closest shot ever was a rabbit next to the leg of my ladder stand! I had to put the bow between my legs to draw my bow and was bent over with my torso horizontal to the ground! Close shots are tough!
Great video! Take-away key phrase: bend your body at the waist perpendicular to the angle of the deer. Thank you! PS: Loved the compound bow prepatory dance.
This whole video is completely 100% facts! But honestly I cannot get over the fact that that you said catiwhompass! Or however you spell it. But thank you!! Other than that great videos. And best actual I formational videos out there!!
I currently hunt with a recurve which is 64" I am about to buy a Big Jim Buffalo longbow or a Big Jim Thunder Child longbow, I hunt mostly from ladder stands and I have never hunted with a longbow, the Buffalo will be 64" or the thunder child will be 58" how big of an issue is the length of a longbow when hunting from a tree stand. And which bow would you recommend? I shoot with a pretty strong cant as well.
Great video, there are only a few things that make me do the WIGGLE DANCE in the stand, Buck Fever, or Mexican/ Chinese food the night before the hunt!! Lol
also if you range your distance from up in the stand, for a gap shooter the distance will be wrong, you have to measure the distance to the deer from the same level, that's why most field archery tournaments are shot on uneven ground, and that's why instinctive is the way to go, as you said it all looks different, good advice all the way around
Practice practice practice. And practice possible shooting senerios as well. A 4th reason people miss is from allowing for the deer to drop which many do. Heart shot turns into lung shot. We used to practice from a tree shooting paper cups scattered all over the ground before 3D targets came out. why I love instinctive shooting off of the shelf longbow or recurve. I also shot a lot of elevated shots bowfishing. Had great luck from a shorter stand 4-8 feet high when brushed in with thick cedars to hide movement etc. I started doing this to hide my stands from thieves and other hunters that would hunt my spots. can make for 3-10 yrd shots in some places.
You know what I'm watching this video I really was interested on what you believe the best traditional bow would be? Maybe you have a video on it already I'll look it up but maybe some name brands and why you chose the bow that you hunt with would be a good video.
Great idea. I use northern mist longbows. Steve is a great friend (actually hes right by me in a wall tent as we are hunting in Missouri). He makes my favorite bows. But honestly all bows today are damn good bows!
I actually have had the opposite happen to me. I generally underestimate the range. I think its because i use one of the cheap 3d deer targets that are much smaller than an actual deer... it makes me misjudge the range because real whitetail are much larger
I don’t know why, but I shoot better in a stand. I’m not so great on the ground, though. Honestly, I wish it were the other way around. I much prefer hunting on the ground, but I usually miss high.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast true. I do understand the reason people miss from tree stands. I think my thing is that, I don’t have time to overthink my shot. Between being afraid of heights, feeling like I’m going to be spotted by deer at any time and worrying about something falling... I think I just let my body do its thing and keep myself from fudging it up.
That miss judging the range from a tree stand can be avoided.... by using a range finder...I mean I dont seem to need one.... but ya know if misjudging ranges is an issue for a hunter they can use a range finder....just because we hunt to hunt with a tradional bow doesn't mean we cant use a range finder.......I normally use a range finder when I first set up a stand I'll clump there and range out trees amd bushes around me amd lock in my head yea that trees 25 yards amd that bush is say 15...then come hunting time if a deer walk near said tree u know hes at 25 and if he gets to that bush hes at 15
I'm so glad I found your channel
Thanks. Glad you are enjoying it
Thank you for sharing this. I wish I had found this video last season. All of my misses from a tree stand we’re over their back. I’m excited to get this right so I can reload the freezer.
Happens to all of us! Good luck the rest of the season
Well done Sir!
Thank you
Great info.
The story of my life too. I botched an 8 yard shot on a very large doe last year when I grabbed my bow and dropped the arrow, promptly spooking her and the other two does with her. Great video, thank you for the hard work and can't wait for the next podcast/video.
william keeling lol. If it haven't happened to someone they haven't hunted long enough...lol
Great video and great advice. I got a 15” ladder stand dedicated as a back yard stand. It really helps to shoot at a 3-D deer target before season.
Thanks Matt! I do the exact same thing. Have a 15 foot ladder stand in the back yard as well.
Great video! Just found your channel!
Thank you
Snuck into a little quiet spot last night after scouting weeks ago and got up a tree - did everything perfect (apart from bumping my bow and dropping the first arrow😂)
3 sambar came in on last light - watched them for 7 min until I got the perfect broadside shot at 11 paces. Shot straight over her back....
Thanks for this video mate I will be getting a 3d and doing more practice from the tree.
@chrispegg6547 awesome hunt! Glad you are getting into animals!
Awesome video!!! I practice from a tree stand it's a different ball game than on the ground. I practice worst case scenario and concentrate on my upper triangle more to keep in the se plane of the arrow.
Awesome! Yep practice from the stand is mandatory in my opinion! Glad you make sure to get it dialed in too.
Very informative thanks
Spot on! I've shot deer and a Coyote at 3 yds! My closest shot ever was a rabbit next to the leg of my ladder stand! I had to put the bow between my legs to draw my bow and was bent over with my torso horizontal to the ground! Close shots are tough!
They sure are!
Great video! Take-away key phrase: bend your body at the waist perpendicular to the angle of the deer. Thank you!
PS:
Loved the compound bow prepatory dance.
Thanks david!
The one dislike that this video got came from a compound guy.
This whole video is completely 100% facts! But honestly I cannot get over the fact that that you said catiwhompass! Or however you spell it. But thank you!! Other than that great videos. And best actual I formational videos out there!!
Thanks! Cattywampass is such a great word. Everyrime I say it people look at me funny as they try to figure it out...lol
@@SamkoTradBow it doesn’t seem like very many people hear it said. Then you find somebody who does and it’s like a little club!! Lol I love the word!
@@0418baker hahaha very true
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I currently hunt with a recurve which is 64" I am about to buy a Big Jim Buffalo longbow or a Big Jim Thunder Child longbow, I hunt mostly from ladder stands and I have never hunted with a longbow, the Buffalo will be 64" or the thunder child will be 58" how big of an issue is the length of a longbow when hunting from a tree stand. And which bow would you recommend? I shoot with a pretty strong cant as well.
If you already shoot a 64" bow and 66" or 68" longbow length will not even be noticeable . Check out northernmistlongbows.com amazing longbows.
Great video, there are only a few things that make me do the WIGGLE DANCE in the stand, Buck Fever, or Mexican/ Chinese food the night before the hunt!! Lol
also if you range your distance from up in the stand, for a gap shooter the distance will be wrong, you have to measure the distance to the deer from the same level, that's why most field archery tournaments are shot on uneven ground, and that's why instinctive is the way to go, as you said it all looks different, good advice all the way around
Great points
Practice practice practice. And practice possible shooting senerios as well. A 4th reason people miss is from allowing for the deer to drop which many do. Heart shot turns into lung shot. We used to practice from a tree shooting paper cups scattered all over the ground before 3D targets came out. why I love instinctive shooting off of the shelf longbow or recurve. I also shot a lot of elevated shots bowfishing. Had great luck from a shorter stand 4-8 feet high when brushed in with thick cedars to hide movement etc. I started doing this to hide my stands from thieves and other hunters that would hunt my spots. can make for 3-10 yrd shots in some places.
Very well said
You know what I'm watching this video I really was interested on what you believe the best traditional bow would be? Maybe you have a video on it already I'll look it up but maybe some name brands and why you chose the bow that you hunt with would be a good video.
Great idea. I use northern mist longbows. Steve is a great friend (actually hes right by me in a wall tent as we are hunting in Missouri). He makes my favorite bows. But honestly all bows today are damn good bows!
Black widow bows
Your bow is beautiful 😆
Thank you. Made by Steve turay of northern mist longbows.
Keeping it real, right down to dropping an arrow from the stand...
I actually have had the opposite happen to me. I generally underestimate the range. I think its because i use one of the cheap 3d deer targets that are much smaller than an actual deer... it makes me misjudge the range because real whitetail are much larger
Glad you figured out how shoot from a stand effects you and gor it sorted out.
@@SamkoTradBow practice makes perfect, so they say
I put 3 arrows over a six points back before he finally said enough of this and ran off. Took me a while to figure out what I was doing...
Been there myself. Glad you got it sorted out!
I think you are looking for, “We draw *perpendicular* to our vertical standing position.”
Correct. And thank you. Brain fart while recording
Btw. I should have complimented you as I thought it was a really good video.
@@jlastre thank you
I don’t know why, but I shoot better in a stand. I’m not so great on the ground, though. Honestly, I wish it were the other way around. I much prefer hunting on the ground, but I usually miss high.
That's a great problem to have. Its much easier to practice often from the ground...lol
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast true. I do understand the reason people miss from tree stands. I think my thing is that, I don’t have time to overthink my shot. Between being afraid of heights, feeling like I’m going to be spotted by deer at any time and worrying about something falling... I think I just let my body do its thing and keep myself from fudging it up.
That miss judging the range from a tree stand can be avoided.... by using a range finder...I mean I dont seem to need one.... but ya know if misjudging ranges is an issue for a hunter they can use a range finder....just because we hunt to hunt with a tradional bow doesn't mean we cant use a range finder.......I normally use a range finder when I first set up a stand I'll clump there and range out trees amd bushes around me amd lock in my head yea that trees 25 yards amd that bush is say 15...then come hunting time if a deer walk near said tree u know hes at 25 and if he gets to that bush hes at 15
parallel planes
When shooting down gravity doesn't pull your arrow down. That's y you always over shoot