#2959345 - 09/27/12 09:37 AM
Early morning stiffness
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BirdDog123
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Hey guys,
I don't know if anyone out there is like me but when I am out in the woods on a cold morning my body feels stiff as a board. Usually when I am practicing, my best shots come after I have fired off about 3 or 4 arrows.
What do you do to get rid of that stiff shoulder and make that first shot count on that deer?
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#2959387 - 09/27/12 10:23 AM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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bigasports
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I like to be in the stand 30-45 before first light. When I sit down and get situated I will then pick up my bow and practice pulling it back a few times. This usually helps my muscles wake up. I may do it from time to time throughout the day just to make sure I'm not so stiff.
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#2961034 - 09/28/12 06:08 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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That's what I do also.
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#2961047 - 09/28/12 06:29 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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WestTn Huntin'man
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I have a rubber exercise band. If I don't do strectching exerises every morning I get in sad shape pretty quick. I think it's something called getting old. LOL.You can also do isometric exerises on the stand waiting for daylight. Very little movement but will warm up the muscles.
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#2961054 - 09/28/12 06:40 PM
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Radar
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I practice draw a few times before first light and once an hour during slow times on the stand with no game in sight .
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#2961229 - 09/28/12 09:36 PM
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scn
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I usually try using my Bowfit device for some light poundage warmup/stretching exercises before I leave the house. It helps a bunch.
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#2961751 - 09/29/12 02:09 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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UTGrad
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I wake up with early morning stiffness.
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#2961772 - 09/29/12 02:29 PM
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BlountArrow
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I wake up with early morning stiffness.
Ha Ha, doesn't everybody?
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#2961828 - 09/29/12 03:28 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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UTGrad
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I wake up with early morning stiffness. Ha Ha, doesn't everybody?
LOL
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#2962498 - 09/30/12 08:39 AM
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Relentless
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I wake up with early morning stiffness.
Haha, I thought this post was about something else also, sorry.
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#2962889 - 09/30/12 03:41 PM
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bowriter
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Quit laughing, wait until you are my age. The stiffness goes away.
And stays gone.
As for the bow thing, Just pull it back a few times once you get in the stand.
The bow, I mean.
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#2964547 - 10/01/12 05:21 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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Relentless
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Just pull it back a few times once you get in the stand.
The bow, I mean.
Thanks for clarifying.
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#2964685 - 10/01/12 07:09 PM
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wayne
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And have an arrow nocked when you are parctice drawing in a stand. Dry fires can happen in the woods, too.
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#2964755 - 10/01/12 07:40 PM
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W.Seay
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The adrenalin rush has always keep me from stiffening up.
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#2965818 - 10/02/12 03:35 PM
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StalkingWolf
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I wondered who would be the first to take this thread south.
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#2965839 - 10/02/12 03:58 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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BlountArrow
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The gutter can be a lot of fun...come join us
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#2978180 - 10/11/12 11:29 PM
Re: Early morning stiffness
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Poleaxe
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since I shoot a mathews and I know its garunteed. Il pull it up and dry fire it a dozen or so times so myself and the bow can get limbered up.
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