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Old 11-15-2004, 10:24 PM
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LBR
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Default RE: Stand heght for recurve?

It's kind of confusing depending on how you look at it. Just remember that the arrows trajectory is only affected by a straight-line distance, not the angle up or down. It's the same if you are shooting up. Think of it like this--over-simplified, but hopefully it is a clear illustration (man--not used to using big words like that!).

If you were 300 feet up a tower and shooting at a target 3 feet from the base of the tower, would you need to hold for 100 yds, 101 yds, or 1 yd? The same applies if you were standing 3 feet from the base of that tower shooting at a target 300 feet up.

That's why it's important to practice different situations, especially from treestands if you hunt from them. Convincing your brain that what looks like 20 yds actually is a lot less can cause you to bugger a shot.

Chad
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