---
title: "Live Hunt: Archery Practice"
description: "Mark Seacat and company put their equipment to the test before Live Hunt ’10. Use their techniques for your best season ever!"
date: "2010-07-19"
modified: "2010-07-19"
authors:
  - name: "Mark Seacat"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/mark-seacat/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2010/07/live-hunt-archery-practice/"
categories:
  - "Bow Hunting"
  - "Hunting"
---

# Live Hunt: Archery Practice

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_07_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/4XJYOYJU5UV7EU3OW4ALCEME7Y.jpg>)
*Focus, Breath, Release.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_01.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/E4IFBPPELVH7J62BPPIEDIZLUI.jpg>)
*Sitka employee Chris Awe enjoys his morning coffee along with the sunrise during our daily practice session*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_02_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/E45RMHWWTTO6IDKEB7HKMQU54I.jpg>)
*Chris Awe, with maybe the most broken in Mystery Ranch Trucker Hat on the planet!*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_03_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/PDLJZ5FT2JW4DERSGMTQ3KZALM.jpg>)
*Grouping well... Chris Awe's 30 yard group.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_04_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/3WLCVXOW7QDWOYYLLMMMBWREAU.jpg>)
*Optifade Athlete Andrew Crow, gearing up for another archery season.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_05_1.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/63BCI65ZGOT4SKKYBB2GF7JLBQ.jpg>)
*Andrew Crow with his Optifade Bowtech Admiral.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_06.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/S4RI3YYAFLOXVINM3NYRIIUTWI.jpg>)
*Mark dialing in his Sure-Loc 1 pin slider sight.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_08_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VZBK4TYXEN6KQL6JG27WLZPHGM.jpg>)
*Quick sight adjustment.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_09_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/6FKP2TSKUTHFBQJXRICHGTADKQ.jpg>)
*Mark dialing in at 20 yards.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_10.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/RMAZMQXE46JUP4AURLNO7GXU6A.jpg>)
*Good grouping with Broadheads leads to more time spent fletching.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_11.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/MSL42J36B4NG4DHHOYCA62MJII.jpg>)
*These Block Targets have each seen 1000's of arrows over the past few seasons of Live Hunt.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_12_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/G4MRQ3IDT73LUEN7KLL2T5UNSQ.jpg>)
*Bitzenburger Fletchmaster.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/A72ASDE2VHMFXWSLBFM6P5YNTQ.jpg>)
*Flex Fletch FFP 360 Extreme Vanes... the vanes used on every one of Mark's arrows.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_14_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/4FV4GJ7E5SHPTNH5PXL4MLYXXE.jpg>)
*Flex Bond Adhesive, a must have with Flex Fletch Vanes.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_15_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/XAEET6NUPIBMDBTJTIMAT4L2NM.jpg>)
*Number each arrow's cock vane... that way you can track each arrows throughout your practice sessions.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_16_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/Y2JFTCZ3LOMEKJJVG5K5AEL44U.jpg>)
*Mark's different Easton Arrows for the Live Hunt Season. A/C/C's for Caribou/Elk, Axis FMJ's for Bison, and Axis Nano's for Deer/Antelope.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_17_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/BFWQMISD6YGBMXX5WRJPMHKBCY.jpg>)
*Different Arrows for different species... taking your setup one step further.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_18_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/F3X4B6TSUVFAYQPCZODJFOZPHU.jpg>)
*G5 Striker Broadhead with replaceable blades.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_19_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/YICSZR5JCSFQQ57PWBXQTJFTWQ.jpg>)
*Practice with Broadheads, make sure you're using brand new blades before you head out on the hunt.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_20.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DEDTIKT77F4DRE4ZS2BT3HWS5U.jpg>)
*Finished product. Check out the cut on contact head...*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_21.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/PMUISMCJKTFHYOP7ROJY5J4AI4.jpg>)
*Mark is archery hunting with Bowtech Destroyer 340's this season.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_22_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/LZACUOJTSUEMWWFI53QYROHCWM.jpg>)
*Mark is using Sure-Loc Sportsman Special Sights... these are 1 pin adjustable sights, coupled with his Leica Rangemaster 1600, all he has to do is get a range, adjust the sight, and hold directly on the animal.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_23_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/PE3OZLB2FWNACRMOFVPT2MMWGU.jpg>)
*For Spot and Stalk hunts, Mark will use the Optifade Open Country Bow (on left), for Elevated hunting out of a treestand, Mark will use the Optifade Forest Bow (on right).*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007Seacat_Creative_Archery_Practice_24_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VSX5SH2O7MLOT4QKZSXHUMOAQE.jpg>)
*Twin Optifade Open Country and Optifade Forest Bowtech 340's. Sure-Loc Sights, Trophy Taker Rests, and G5 Meta Peeps.*