Drawing Methods for Bowhunters

by Bowhunter TV • July 26, 2011 • 6 comments


One of the greatest challenges in bowhunting is drawing your bow without getting busted. Mike Carney and Curt Wells examine drawing methods for bowhunters for all situations.


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6 Responses

  1. mark janusz

    when elevated shooting whats the change in yards. for example 10 feet off the ground, is 1 yard difference then shooting from the ground?. or is over 10 feet .

    On July 28, 2011 at 9:13 am • Reply
  2. Travis White

    You can use the Pythagorean Theorum (a x a + b x b = c x c) using the base of the tree as the right angle in the triangle to see that the yardage difference between the line of sight yardage and the horizontal yardage is actually very slight for bowhunters. Much more effect comes from the changes in shooting form that happen when bending or twisting to shoot out of a treestand.

    On July 28, 2011 at 3:19 pm • Reply
    • Brian

      I worked out the math for you all. It's based on a 10 yard shot (30 feet)

      height in tree (feet) shot distance(feet)

      0 30.0

      1 30.0

      2 30.1

      3 30.1

      4 30.3

      5 30.4

      6 30.6

      7 30.8

      8 31.0

      9 31.3

      10 31.6

      11 32.0

      12 32.3

      13 32.7

      14 33.1

      15 33.5

      16 34.0

      17 34.5

      18 35.0

      19 35.5

      20 36.1

      On July 31, 2011 at 1:19 am • Reply
  3. Anthony

    30' in the air? are you getting nose bleeds? 18' – 20' is ample enough, but I guess whatever floats your boat. lol. I've been using a pendulum sight for 25 years and never had a problem. I never shoot more than 40 yards because the sights have a high percentage failure rate at those distances. Besides, most of us kill deer inside of 30 yards anyway. Just my .02.

    On August 3, 2011 at 1:27 am • Reply
  4. Matt

    30 feet is WAY too high…I've taken deer at just 6 or 7 feet! as long as you dont cut everything down like some people do!

    On October 21, 2011 at 2:52 pm • Reply
  5. MATTHEW

    IF IM NOT MISTAKEN WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE HEIGHT IN FEET OFF THE GROUND AND THE SECOND IS THE DISTANCE TO THE TARGET FROM THAT HEIGHT OFF THE GROUND ITS NOT SAYING YOUR HUNTING FROM 30 OR MORE FEET UP.

    On October 26, 2011 at 7:03 am • Reply