http://www.arrowarchery.com Bow Hunting Tips and Talk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:13:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://www.arrowarchery.com/cold-weather-bowhunting/ http://www.arrowarchery.com/cold-weather-bowhunting/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:40:46 +0000 Bow Hunting Tips http://www.arrowarchery.com/?p=109 I have to say that I am very excited for the Kentucky bow season to start. It seems like it has been a long time since I was in a stand, even though it was only this past January. What I'm not excited about though, is hunting in warm weather.
I look forward to that first cold snap of the fall. The deer start moving so much better, and you tend to have longer periods of movement after dawn and before dusk. As your hunting opportunities increase with cooler weather, so does your comfort level.
With the cooler weather, working up a sweat (and your scent) heading in and out of the woods becomes less of an issue. With the proper attire, cool weather hunting is definitely the way to go for me.
One thing that I have learned through the years though, is that as you add layers of clothing or more bulky clothing to compensate for the cooler weather, you run the risk of throwing your shot off. So as the cool weather comes in, it is a good idea to throw on your bibs and your heavy jacket, and spend a little time in front of your target again. You may find that your shot is thrown off a bit. This is often due to the fact that your anchor point or stance may be altered to compensate for the bulk of the heavier clothing.
Shoot a lot of practice arrows and make a mental note of where your arrows are consistently hitting the target. Don't alter any of your pins until you see consistency in where your shots are landing.

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