Stands for long bow

[altaberg]

Couple of years ago I got rid of my compound.
Now I'm mostly hunting with a 64" long bow.

Trouble is, my tree stands and blinds date from the days when I was hunting with rifle and compound only. I finally had to concede that they just don't work with the long bow.

If the experienced trad archers could provide advice what tree stands or ground blinds work well in their experience for hunting with a trad bow, I would be much obliged.

[CNP]

Originally Posted by altaberg

Couple of years ago I got rid of my compound.
Now I'm mostly hunting with a 64" long bow.

Trouble is, my tree stands and blinds date from the days when I was hunting with rifle and compound only. I finally had to concede that they just don't work with the long bow.

If the experienced trad archers could provide advice what tree stands or ground blinds work well in their experience for hunting with a trad bow, I would be much obliged.

On a stand:
Standing up vs sitting down gives you more bow room
Canting your bow gives you more bow room

In a blind:
You are definitely contained within a working space.....a bigger blind is better
Cant your bow if you run out of vertical space

Get another bow..............a shorter one

[58thecat]

Use tree stands that the rifle rail can be tilted back out of the way.
Ground blinds just build them out of deadfall to your specs.
That what I do for ground blinds and have for tree stands.
Good luck.

[Knotter]

My lone wolf is pretty comfortable but no need to break the bank. You will likely need to stand up when you shoot but it's not impossible to shoot sitting down.

[altaberg]

Originally Posted by CNP

On a stand:
Standing up vs sitting down gives you more bow room
Canting your bow gives you more bow room

In a blind:
You are definitely contained within a working space.....a bigger blind is better
Cant your bow if you run out of vertical space

Get another bow..............a shorter one

Thanks,

I am shooting a trad bow canted. I would say I'm about 20 degree off from vertical.

[altaberg]

Originally Posted by Knotter

My lone wolf is pretty comfortable but no need to break the bank. You will likely need to stand up when you shoot but it's not impossible to shoot sitting down.

I think I have come to the conclusion that it's better to stand up.

I have shot sitting, but it puts an awful lot of tension into the upper back to shoot well sitting. One of my tree stands has a narrow seat and it's pretty much impossible
shooting a long bow reliably. There is just too much tension in the back to get your shoulders and back elbow aligned.

[calgarychef]

If your pop up blind is too short consider digging a hole to give yourself more room vertically.

[petew]

Originally Posted by calgarychef

If your pop up blind is too short consider digging a hole to give yourself more room vertically.

or prop the legs up on some deadfall that is lying around. Much easier than digging a hole.

[altaberg]

Originally Posted by calgarychef

If your pop up blind is too short consider digging a hole to give yourself more room vertically.

Digging a hole never occurred to me but thinking of it, there are a few places where I regularly hunt where that would make sense.

This year in the early season it would have been a bit of a wet affair though.

[Cpetersen4]

Cool

[muzzy]

To raise my blind I use a few large logs and place blind on top of them or if not too far off a field where you can drive/quad close buy a few straw bales and place blind on top of them