ORIGINAL: Krypt Keeper
Had a buddy sit in my stand holding a peice of 50lb fishing line with marks on it for 10, 20, 30 ,40 yards.
Put a couple little things of marking tape into the ground in my shooting area and use them to judge my distance for shoot. I am only in a 15ft ladder stand and too cheap to buy a range finder
I would bet a pay check you will be high when you shoot if you measured that way, but not much. What you think is 10, 20, 30 and 40 is in reality say 9, 19, 28 and 37 give or take a little. When you shoot you will be high, but not much. Measuring from a elevated stand really screws things up when you are 20 to 25 feet and up. And the closer the target is from the base of tree and the higher you are up with measuring that way the more it the more it messes up. The farther away it is the more it becomes equal if measuring from a tree stand.