RE: shooting from a treestand
This is a related story... I've got a buddy who's killed a few deer with his bow but has missed many more than that. He said he shoots over there back and had determined the reason for that was that he didn't have one of the new range finders with angle-compensation. I told him that was probably not the cause but he went out bought one anyway.
He came over recently and shot from the ground and was spot on. Then I put him in oneof my treestands andall of a sudden he'****ting high and to the left everytime, even at 20 yards.
The culprit? He wasn't bending at the waist and he was canting the bow. After a few form adjustments, he was hitting right where he aimed again.
He was simply amazed b/c he'd never practiced from a stand before. It can be quite eye-opening if your form is suspect.