I do not practice from an elevated position, but that may be just because I am lazy and don't want to climb up and down to retrieve every group of arrows. No problems so far though. All of my misses were misses no matter where I was shooting from As far as fixed sights versus a pendulum, I am a fixed sight guy. I am an engineer by trade and just think that if it moves it can fail to move and then you are up a creek. I also use fixed sights because I hunt both spot and stalk and treestand. I have had too many times when I would have missed an opportunity stalkingif I had to reach down and adjust my sight to the right distance instead of just using my second or third pin. Just my opinion and experiencethough.