I'm new to traditional archery and struggled a little bit this year with treestands and a longer bow as well as ground blinds. Does anybody have any good recommendations for brand that make taller blinds or for how they like to setup their stands?
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I'm new to traditional archery and struggled a little bit this year with treestands and a longer bow as well as ground blinds. Does anybody have any good recommendations for brand that make taller blinds or for how they like to setup their stands?
Whatever you do: wear a safety harness.
With my 62" bows, I find that I must stand to take good shot from a tree stand. That's hard to pull off with 6 to 8 eyes looking for you! My fave set-up is just a ladder stand w/platform. Then attach a seat to the tree, using the platform just for your feet. With this you don't have any "arms" to interfere with the bow.
I much prefer tree stand hunting, but at my age and all I just hunt from the ground. Don't recall the model of my blind, but it's tall enough that when seated in a nice chair I can shoot out with no problems. I like the new "see through" blinds, but don't know of a tall model just yet.
With my 62" bows, I find that I must stand to take good shot from a tree stand. That's hard to pull off with 6 to 8 eyes looking for you! My fave set-up is just a ladder stand w/platform. Then attach a seat to the tree, using the platform just for your feet. With this you don't have any "arms" to interfere with the bow.
I much prefer tree stand hunting, but at my age and all I just hunt from the ground. Don't recall the model of my blind, but it's tall enough that when seated in a nice chair I can shoot out with no problems. I like the new "see through" blinds, but don't know of a tall model just yet.
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I ran into tree stand issues that would give me the ability to shoot while seated also. With climbers the sides of the seat frames on my Summits would be an issue with my 64” bow, the string would touch the seat frame on downward shots. I tried a Millennium M60 Ultralight which is very nice but shooting close shots sitting the string would hit the side of the wide seat. I ended up buying an XOP Air Raid Evolution and that stand works best for me. XOP quality has really improved over the last 5-7 years, I’ve had a few of their stands and sticks over the last 10+ years.
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Cant the bow.
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That's why I LOVE my little Bear Super Mag. 48........I can shoot it in all sorts of crazy positions, sitting flat on the ground, kneeling etc. etc!
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That’s a big advantage with shorter bows but I’m not sure how much better you can shoot a longer bow🤔
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With a 48" recurve, if you have a 28" or shorter draw finger pinch is less of an issue. A shorter bow will have more reaction to an imbalance with the draw fingers, even when shooting three under. I am not being critical, for years i tried to get a 50" Browning Cobra to do everything I wanted. My recurve draw split finger was just under 28", my target form draw was 28&1/4". I have very round fingernails, great for playing classical guitar, but not for shooting short bows, I always got that inflammation on the edge of my index fingernail, but when I shot three under I had a problem of block finger drawing when I tried to shoot faster or shooting from unorthodox positions, that creates issues when shooting out to 30 or 40 yards. I still think that being able to shoot with a bow a varied angles and at a varied tempo is important, if one can do it with a 48" recurve, the shots you can pull of in awkward conditions at any bow angle can be of a great advantage. Regrettably, I have issues with attempting to power up when shooting at game that messes up my shooting with short bows, if I ever run into a left hand shorty to play with, I will jump on it in a heartbeat.
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I don't hunt out of a tree too often, but when I do I prefer the River's Edge Classic 1 man ladder stand. It's just a small sitting platform with no arm rails or anything to get in the way. I can shoot a 62 inch recurve comfortably both standing and sitting in it, and wouldn't have any worries about moving up to a longer bow.
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As a bowhunter, I have many bows ranging from 48"-64" and I shoot all of them weekly. I do not see any accuracy advantages with my longer bows......in fact, I much prefer my Super Mag because it truly is "The ONE" for me!!!
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I have shot 68" longbows from a tree stand so I don't think I understand why one would have issues. I am a little thick-headed though. I don't use commercial blinds, I'm too claustrophobic and need my periphery for hunting. I usually just sit on a small stool or a stump with good cover behind me. I can also shoot my 68" longbow from that stool just as easily as a shorter recurve.
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The reason you don't have an issue with 68" longbow is because you obviously have improper 'alignment' and you are canting the bow. Just kidding. When I shoot my 68" longbow from my Nifty seat, I need a little extra cant and then pull the bow string into my chest. I am large bodied, wide across the shoulders and short of arm and leg. Sitting on a wood bench along side someone that is two inches taller, we are the same height. I always read that one must lean when shooting steeply down from a tree stand. My local compound friends say the same thing, and then they don't. They always have issues of finding the bow sight through the peep sight, that is because they are not leaning like a statue over the side of the tree stand when shooting severely down from a too high a tree stand placed too close to the deer trail. No one will ever admit to short drawing when twist leaning from a tree stand. Such a thing will make little difference to a canting longbow shooter and the deer they kill at close range will not know that it was an inch short draw either.
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I’m 5’6 160 and shoot a 60 inche stalker acs coyote longbow. Few dozen deer outta my lock on mobile set up and no issues. Gotta watch the bottom limb tip of shooting behind towards the tree and watch branches above but nothing crazy.
Trophyline TreeSaddle !! If you do a lot of packing in before setting up your stand, don't even go the traditional treestand route. Check out the TreeSaddle and you will never go back. For more remote stand hunting it cannot be beat.
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Actually, shooting down hill or from an elevated position, you need to bend at the waist to align the upper body with the shot angle. I guess you can call that leaning as well. It works the same shooting uphill, but normally at close range of today's traditional shooters, it's not as critical. It is on the field range though or when stretching out those shots up or downhill at crazy squirrels or stumps.
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I use to have a nice straight tree out back that I put ladder stand on so the guys could practice shooting from an elevated higher position, 15 feet up and 15 yards from the targets. The compound guys got the most benefits, they set their complete sighting system from it, while others retrieved arrows, so they could stay on the stand with the required harness. I had one fellow a few years ago, that insisted on no canting with a Martin bow. I did not see him do it, he hooked seat with the bottom tip and stuck his arrow in the ground about 6' from the tree stand. The bow was destroyed.
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