RE: downhill shooting
Since I hunt IL there isn't much reason for me to have researched this(since it's so flat out here), but in the last year I read 2 articles in hunting/shooting magazines about compensating for this type of shot.
Both of them said that since gravity only acts on the projectile for the horizontal portion of its trajectory, that you can aim dead on. The trick is that you have to use the horizontal distance between you and the target, not the direct, angled distance.
In other words, if you are 20 feet up in your tree stand and are aiming at an animal that your rangefinder tells you is 30 yards away, and you use your 30 yard pin, you will certainly hit high. The horizontal distance will be less than the angled 30 yard reading and therefore you do need to hold slightly low.
Like POWER said, it will only make a huge difference when shooting on steep angles like when the deer is near the base of your tree.
Keep 'em all in the Bull.
Edited by - Bulzeye on 11/05/2002 12:22:25
Edited by - Bulzeye on 11/05/2002 12:23:48