Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum Well Dang It! Rough Season so far...

Killed a doe early season and then a lot of heartache. Drew back on a Matriarch Doe that is SUPER smart 2 weeks ago and string derailed as soon as I drew back (twig under cam). Tonight a super easy 25 yard broad shot and I hit a small branch that I must have looked through somehow.

Struggling boys...makes me want to gun hunt but I'm gonna ride it out with the bow.

Only thing I've ever killed with a bow is a cedar sapling. Considering the time and money I've put into bow hunting that kind of sucks. I've now hunted roughly 90 times and spent probably 3 grand and Notta. But that's ok, I've had 6 close in engagements and those alone have made it worthwhile. I ain't quitting ... Ever ... Toe the line brother, success is just around the corner

just remember to bend at the waist or you'll shoot high !

i spend 6 months hunting every year and usually kill a pile with my bow. I only very rarely use a rifle. But am having a hard time this year.

OH!, I also walked straight into an 8 i have been after after dark the other night after he has walked under my stand twice 5 minutes after losing shooting light.

6 months a year? Where do I sign up?

Ok I'm being completely serious. Is this a running joke, kinda like that clorox stump thing (whatever the heck that is) or is this seriously something that has to be done?

I got my first (and only) bow kill last year from a 16' ladder stand and I don't remember bending at the waist unless I just naturally did it. Now the deer was uphill from me so it was an almost level shot.

I keep thinking about this every time someone says it but it just doesn't make sense to me. If I draw a straight line from my eye, through my peep site, through my pin, and to my target, how can it make any difference what position my body is in (as long as I'm reasonably balanced and not moving)?

Did anyone ever have to lean slightly one way or another or squat a little or even get up on your tip toes to avoid some obstacle just to be able to get a shot? How would you bend at the waist under those conditions?

I've only ever let one arrow go at a deer and was successful but as I said there was not much difference between that shot and me standing in my backyard target shooting.

It's only for downward angles and trust me it makes a difference.

Yeah it's no joke it's a big deal for me because I don't naturally do it. I practice in elevated stands a lot and I'm just now getting the hang of it. If I don't remember to do it I screw up my shot every time

Sorry Honolua. Didn't mean to hijack. I'll start another thread. Hope it turns around for you.

Guns are cheating ! If I cant kill it with a bow, I didnt deserve to get it in my book. Best of luck !

no sweat it is just me having a pity party.

Finally someone gets it!

Bow hunting is one of the HARDEST things I have ever tried!!!
6 hard years w/ a compound while in collage and never even a shot. Every time I started to draw I got burned.
Bought a crossbow three years ago and have only got my first shot this year, really two shots this year and I missed both shooting low.
All of these years I hunted hard and more times than most in good areas.
You guys that kill these studs with stick & string on a regular basis are almost "Hunting Gods"

Unless you are using a spear or recurve, you are cheating.

Good luck with those twigs.

i actualloy was just thinking that i might get a recurve. Which one do you have?