As a Central Texas native, I have been used to treestand or ground blind hunting only for most of my bow hunting life. Given the opportunity to do some spot and stalk hunting recently, I realized the difficulty of judging distances especially when all the brush and senderos look the same. I constantly over estimated and used wrong pin, sailing arrows way over them. I was finally able to get it done but not without a lot of misses, lost and broken arrows, and some significantly hurt pride. So I embraced it and made two short videos of my highlights and my blunders for your entertainment pleasure.
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Range finders are worth there weight in gold when spotting and stalking.
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And so is practicing by guessing distances instead of practicing at known distances all the time. In spot and stalk situations you may not always have the time to range the animal.Originally posted by westtexducks View PostComment
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Just remember it’s always twice as far as half way . But I have to use a ranger finder after about 35 yards .Comment
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Great advice I always try to look for 10-20-30Originally posted by Strummer View Post
Landmarks.
Will try thisComment
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It really gets tricky in the mountains. I always try to guess the distance before I range it.. on flat ground within 40 yards I'm pretty good .. I usually find something close say 10 yards and work my way out to the target in 10 yard increments.Comment
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Back some yrs ago I was a part of a group in SA that shot animal silhouette targets at unknown distances---at the Olmos Basin range next to Gassman's Archery. That helped me enormously in learning to judge distance.Comment
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Stump shooting with judo heads helped he when I switched over to stick bows. Now I’m good out to about 30 yardsComment
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Get in on some 3D shoots. Get practice for judging distance.Comment
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