ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Oh my word how many times is this going to be asked.
[8D] There is a ton of good reading in the following pages of this forum.
Just bustin your chops...[8D]
For example if you range the game at 30 yards from a treestand then you should be shooting as if it were 22 yards on theground.
You would miss way low....the difference is less than 2 yards unless extreme heights and angles are used. Worst case scenerio, take 1 yard off your laser ranged distance and BEND AT THE WAIST.
The theroem is the Pythagorean Thereom, a2 + b2 = c2, a being the tree height, b being the ground distance and c being the laser ranged distance.
If you use proper form and bend at the waist the distance is always less than 2 yards and a mere 1 yard under normal treestand heights and distances. Bend at the waist, subtract a yard from your laser ranged deer, pick a hair and split it.
Well mathmatically speaking, I disagree with the last paragraph of Robs explanation
I would also like to know why you disagree. Unless you are 100' up in a tree the difference in distances just aren't much of a factor.