Shooting instinctively from an elevated stand

[LostHawg]

I use the force! Something I learned from an old Scottish dude what wanted me to hold his Dr Pepper just before we sunk in the mud in his 4WD.

Bending at the waist and "aiming" low always works for me. Mostly, itmes with practicing the shots you expect to take. If you can't practice it, wait for the shots you practice.

[LostHawg]

Only bad thing about shooting off the roof (or even out of a stand) is that you have to keep climbing down to retrieve arrows then back up again to shoot some more. I guess that's ok if you're young and full of P & V, but not so much fun when you get old and fat like............well you get the idea.

The getting up and down keep your shots honest and not zeroed in.

(does that make sense to anyone else sides me?)

[Txnrog]

Even with focus on form, I tend to shoot high from elevation as other have mentioned. One thing to think about is that the animal visually looks further than it is, so if you're shooting truly instinctively, your mind is going to think that animal is further than it is and look for a different sight picture.

Nothing beats practice, but I still have to tell myself the horizontal yardage before the shot. I do usually cheat a bit and memorize some distances when shooting from elevation. I missed my first 3 attempts at game from an elevated stand (all high) but got the hang of it after a while.

Another thing that helps me is a stand with a bar I can lean against (like a climber or rifle tripod) - it's just unnatural/unnerving to try and lean forward from a treestand to bend your waste, so that doesn't help your focus.

[TWP]

Check out the new Trad Bowhunter magazine, F Asbell has an article on just this thing.

[JEFFRO]

Only bad thing about shooting off the roof (or even out of a stand) is that you have to keep climbing down to retrieve arrows then back up again to shoot some more. I guess that's ok if you're young and full of P & V, but not so much fun when you get old and fat like............well you get the idea.

thats why we got kids. i put a rope on a bucket and ty would pull arrows and i'd haul them up... neetz has vidio some where of us we would change out
b.t.w. and i'd pull and ty would shoot....good times
oh and i wasn't fat then.........

[Mike Javi Cooper]

thats why we got kids. i put a rope on a bucket and ty would pull arrows and i'd haul them up... neetz has vidio some where of us we would change out
b.t.w. and i'd pull and ty would shoot....good times
oh and i wasn't fat then.........

So... she had the 8mm converted to video...