Bow Shooting How Tos

In preparation for bow season, there’s many things to do. Things like scouting, studying the land, checking trail cams, and getting them stands up. However it’s also important to shoot the bow as well. Now whether your experienced or just starting out, there’s something here for everyone. So let’s dive right into what I use and why.

My Gear

I shoot the Diamond Infinite Edge Pro because it’s light weight, versatile, and has the best draw weight range. Seriously, 5-70 lbs is a great range to work with. Especially if your striving to build up your strength as you go along. Reguardless, you should try out a few different styles to see which one best fits you.

My broadheads are Afflictor Broadheads. Using two different kinds, one being the K2-Minis and the other is Ultra Violets. Don’t let the color or size fool you, they’re deadly and accurate to field points.

My arrows are Carbon Express Maxima Hunters, my release is from Tru-Fire, and my bowsight is an IQ with the Retina Lock System. The IQ has really helped my accuracy because it lets you know if your torquing your bow or not.

When out shooting or bow hunting, I always have a rangefinder because my judgement on ranges isn’t that perfect. However many professional hunters carry one too so it’s all good. The target I use is a Morrell Target because it’s durable and dependable. Let’s face it, nothing beats Morrell.

Last but not least when out hunting or enjoying the late afternoon, I must have my thermacell. It keeps all them blood sucking critters away. I mean really, who likes getting attacked by mosquitos and black flies. No one! So this thing is awesome…

Now when I was pregnant, I became more aware of how I pulled back. It don’t really harm the baby, so long as it’s done right. All I changed was lowering the poundage some and I leaned forward a bit to pull back. I sure didn’t need to overexert myself or even accidentally hit the belly.

Prepare

We should always try to prepare for just about anything because your environment is always changing. Which that can also apply to life as well as hunting.

Shooting from many angles or positions can help. It’s also good to shoot as if your hunting. Life if you got your gear on, a coat and gloves, or whatever. You can also shoot through obstacles because there might be a limb or something in your way.

I also like to shoot with the baby on my back because he’s unpredictable with movement and it challenges my abilities to overcome that unpredictability. He even adds a little extra weight which helps improve my strength and endurance.

Another way I found that helps build up strength to sustain and even gain poundage is push ups, pull ups, and planks. I also do lifts with the baby which definantly helps too.

Bow Shooting Tips

When sighting in your bow, it varies on the sight you have. Either way if your shooting low, drop the pin that your setting. If your shooting high, then raise it. If your shooting left or right, then move your sight accordingly. A peep sight helps you line up your pin to the target alot easier.

• Always draw back to the same anchor point. Thats where your hand comes to between your jaw and ear. If that point is off, then your shots won’t be as accurate.

• If your using a kisser button, that’ll come to the corner of your mouth.

• Be sure to keep your arm bent some because it can mess you up and even hurt your arm. We call it getting strawberried.

• Tight grips can sometimes torque your bow. I like to have a slightly loose grip, not enough to drop it of course.

• Also be sure to follow through every shot. That’s basically not lowering the bow until the arrow hits the target.

Remember, don’t get discouraged if you miss alot. It happens to all of us. So get out, shoot often, because practice always makes perfect.