You hear this bow or that would be good from a tree stand or blind because it's short !! You tree stand guys, how long of a bow do use when you hunt from a elevated stand. Do you like them short or don't it matter to you ? Give me your thoughts ......thanks
i have no problem with a 69" selfbow
Shooting 60" recurves now but have shot 66" and 68" longbows from hang on stands and a Lone Wolf hand climber. I do have to pay a bit more attention when shooting bows over 60" from some of my ladder stands.
I'm the same as Mike, have shot 60-62" recurves out of stands with no issues and since I've started shooting longbows, my longest being 68" have had no issues. Just need to be aware of what's around me, and I typically set up and trim with my longbows in mind. I have a big double ladder stand in the back yard I practice from which helps me out a bunch.
Jason
I shoot 60-inch recurves to 68-inch ASLs. Can't say as bow length has ever prevented me from getting a shot. I always try to set up so I have a good angle toward the area from which the critters are most likely to approach.
Have hunted from my climber with a 74" selfbow. No issue, dead critters.
Shawn~
All my hunting bows are 68". No problems.
Shot this doe from a tree stand using the 66" Blacktail pictured.[attachment=1]
All my longbows are 64" or 66" . Never had a problem shooting from a stand. I think that after years of it, it becomes part of a subconscious decision on how to place a stand.
60" just my normal every day bow.
Thanks guys, pretty much what I figured !!!
All my hunting bows are 60", except for a Kota longbow I won at PBS auction. Have yet to really hunt that bow. But it does shoot well.
:coffee: :campfire: :archer2:
62" recurve also shoot it out of a popup blind, just have to check clearances when I get in the popup to find the best clearance and if I need a little cant.
The length of my bow is the one I'm shooting that day lol
I took two deer from a tree stand with a 69" and one with a 70" longbow this year. Never taken a deer with a bow shorter the 66".
I've hunted from treestands for years with a 62" longbow and never had any issues. You just keep it from hitting things. That said, I have some shorter bows and I like them in the stand, too.
64 to 66"
The bows I hunt in a treestand or on the ground are 60"amo. I have no problems using a 60"amo bow from a treestand or a ground blind.
My normal stand bow is my 60 Bigriver Recurve. Even with that, I have hit my pack and ruined a chance at a giant buck two years ago. Big bucks sometimes make me forget about my surroundings in the heat of the moment. That one still stings.
I think Brian nailed it.
Any length bow can still be problematic in a tree stand. The trick is to know your bow and knows your stand. Get in it and pull the string back in every possible direction you think you may get a shot. While drawn look to see if your tips or limbs will clear the tree, stand branches, platform, boots, knees yadda yadda.
Until this year, for 50 years all my bowhunting in the midwest has been from trees. My bows are generally 58" but I have 54-60".
I also have a 26" draw so I like shorter bows for that reason as well.
I have never in 50 years worried the slightest about my bow length in a tree stand. It's just a non-issue. Now in a pop up blind, that's another story. :shaka:
Ron, 60" - 62" for me with the different recurves I have owned. That said, I recently picked up a Javaman Elkhart at 56" which I think will just be the cats pajamas! :biglaugh:
Used to use all hang on stands and didn't have any problem with shooting 64"-66" bows.
Then I bought a ladder stand with arm rails. Good thing I practiced a few times shooting out of it. On the first shot the lower limb of my 60" recurve hit the the arm rail.
I took off the arm rail and that solved the problem.
Never had an issue with my 68" longbows.
Quote from: smag on February 10, 2021, 05:56:45 PM
Have hunted from my climber with a 74" selfbow. No issue, dead critters.
Shawn~
194 inch selfbow no problems. :campfire:
56" Toelke Pika.
I think bow length choice is a very personal/individualistic thing. What works for someone else may not work for you. Yes, you can practice and train yourself to make most things "work" or adjust your shot selection to comply. However, for me I want a shorter bow to ensure I'm nimble and do not have to think about my bow. Focus on the animal and make the shot. The closer the animal and higher the tree stand the more this becomes an issue with longer bows. Body size/type and shooting form will factor in as well.
I shoot a 54" Black Widow KB and it's the ticket "for me"...
I shoot 62" longbows out lock on tree stands
62" AMO.
If I may, I will tell what we had in the yard a couple of years ago. A friend with a longbow shot either high or low on three deer in a week with a 68" longbow. He claimed his bow was too long to shoot down at the trail the deer were using. He was offered the ladder stand in the back yard for practice. A safety harness with the snap strap was provided and adjusted. Then the funny part, a 5 gallon plastic farm bucket with a folded piece of carpet in the bottom and a piece of cardboard taped over the top. He was given a bag of steel slingshot ammo and a wrist rocket. After a while he got pretty good with it, was not missing the angled bucket. Then he tried his longbow and had no problems at all hitting the deer target. He said, "What changed?" It was the safety harness. He was told to trust the strap going to the tree and lean against it, he did. He leaned into the shot. When asked if he had his safety harness on his hunting stand adjusted the same, he said that he could not get his around the trunk so he just tied it off on a branch. He was not leaning into his shot and not canting his bow.
My recurves are 58" & 60" and my longbow is 68". The only place I worry about bow length is in a pop up blind.
68" from hang on or ladder stand is no problem, I use my 60" from my climber.
Curves 48" obviously no problems there other then the bow pinching.... LOL
I have shot from 58"- 66" with no problems save for checking my positions... Thats on me.
My bow is the same length on the ground as it is in a tree stand :goldtooth: :biglaugh:
I hunted a lot out of tree stands with a 66" longbow without an issue.
I have been shooting a 56" bow for the past few years and I think it is the best compromise for me. Most of my tree stands are in gnarly trees with multiple limbs and trunks that help me remain undetected. Longer limbs limit the shot options but when I used a Bear Magnum 48 I noticed fine cracks across the limbs at the fade-outs after a few years and I figured my 30" draw was the cause. So I went to 56 inches and I am happy with the results. I have missed good bucks because a bow limb has hit a tree limb on release when I was shooting a 62 inch bow. Fortunately, they were all clean misses. I have avoided that problem with the 56 inch recurves I shoot now.
Stick a big one!
JMC
Up to 64", so I guess it doesn't matter.
54" no issues. No issues from a tree stand, ground blind, still hunting, spot and stalk, I like em short.
Killed a bunch of deer from my summit climber and my 58" pch black widow and 60" psa black widow. I prefer the 58" for the climber. I think too much poundage would be the bigger issue out of a tree stand.
64-68" and no troubles from tree stands. I use a LW hand climber so no rails on it and that helps a lot.
Here is the buck I missed when I hit my pack with the bottom limb. Trying to shoot almost behind the tree. A reminder to hang the pack in a good spot, no matter what bow you're shooting.[attachment=1]
Quote from: Russell Southerland on February 11, 2021, 02:20:24 PM
Quote from: smag on February 10, 2021, 05:56:45 PM
Have hunted from my climber with a 74" selfbow. No issue, dead critters.
Shawn~
194 inch selfbow no problems. :campfire:
Thats a typo, right?