How high is too high?
07-12-2005, 05:54 PM
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How high is too high?
Well, in another post regarding treestands, I have seen the comment made several times that the hunter is hunting too high in the air. As long as the aforementioned hunter is comfortable, and attached to a fall restraint system, why not? No one ever comments on WHY it is too high, just that it is.
So, what, in your opinion is too high, and explain why you believe so.
So, what, in your opinion is too high, and explain why you believe so.
07-12-2005, 06:02 PM
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RE: How high is too high?
There is such a thing as too high. Depending on terrain, you can get to a height to where the angles get "worse", or more severe, with each inch you climb. In a perfect set-up, all shots would be flat. However, we all know that getting up in a tree conceals movement, scent, and sight. Once you get high enough to achieve this, I feel you are only hurting your chances by ascending any further. There is not a harder shot in archery than shooting straight down on a deer between the shoulder blades.
07-12-2005, 06:02 PM
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RE: How high is too high?
Anything above 30 feet is too high in my opinion. I used to be one of those that was against going anywhere above 20 feet, but after reading several articles concerning string jumping, I changed my mind and my habits.
I'll try to paraphrase what I learned and make it simple enough to understand.
When you're hunting from a lower stand, say 12 - 20 feet off the ground a deer that 'jumps string' will be jumping out of the way of your arrow. If you're in a stand 25 - 30 feet off the ground a deer that jumps string, due to the angle of the shot, will be jumping less away from you and more toward you. You've got less of a chance of making a poor shot on a nervous deer from higher up.
I realize that probably makes absolutely no sense the way I wrote it out, but the article made it clear. I'll see if I can't find it. If I remember right it was an article written by Chuck Adams. I'll see what I can find.
I'll try to paraphrase what I learned and make it simple enough to understand.
When you're hunting from a lower stand, say 12 - 20 feet off the ground a deer that 'jumps string' will be jumping out of the way of your arrow. If you're in a stand 25 - 30 feet off the ground a deer that jumps string, due to the angle of the shot, will be jumping less away from you and more toward you. You've got less of a chance of making a poor shot on a nervous deer from higher up.
I realize that probably makes absolutely no sense the way I wrote it out, but the article made it clear. I'll see if I can't find it. If I remember right it was an article written by Chuck Adams. I'll see what I can find.
07-12-2005, 07:08 PM
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RE: How high is too high?
Hunt how ever high you want. You want to talk about string jump?? I have killed deer 15 feet in front of me on the ground. No deer is going to jump the string at 15 feet with 303 feet per sec. compound bow. So if you don,t want string jump get up close and personal. I usually have 3 tree stands and several ground spots and I would say my kills were about equal tree versus ground hunting. But the tree shots were a whole lot easier to pull off.