isatarak

The square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

20 feet up X 20=400
60 feet outX60=3600

3600+400=4000

Square root of 4000= 63.24556feet.

davidmil

It JUST looks different. You have to practice it. That's why range finders are so helpful. Even the terrain can make it look different. 20 feet up on a hillside is not the same as 20 feet up on the flatlands. Once you figure that out, you'll find yourself 25 feet up in late season and it all looks different still. Some people can do it quite well without much practice. Others of us have to work at it and play with our rangefinders or measure and step off distances etc. It its different. You do this bowhunting long enough you'll learn just how much different it is. It can and will change from hunt to hunt. I hunt a lot of new places, strange places and one time places. I rarely use the same tree twice. It's always different to me.

mobow

I don't use a rangefinder. Not because I don't like them, I do...but usually my son has it with him and that leaves me to the guesswork..[8D]

This is what I do...right or wrong. I pay little attention to what distance it is from me to it.....I find objects on the ground....The first I try to find is a marker that I estimate 20 yards from the tree. I shoot A LOT indoors at 20 yards, and I can estimate 20 yards pert near dead on every time...so that's the reference I use. I find something on the ground 20 yards from the tree, only I begin at the base of the tree, not from me. Once I find that 20 yards, I find another 10 yards from the first, and so on...I always look on the ground, not from me to the object, but from 2 seperate objects on the ground.

davidmil

But you see Mobow.. that I think would be a problem. You don't want to find something on the ground 20 yards from your tree. You want to find something that's straight out at eye level 20 yards from your tree. I'm not saying we can't estimate distance if given time. I'm saying that the LOOK is different. It JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT when you're elevated. It's easiest to judge distance straight out. The amount of elevation doesn't figure into it. It's a push as far as gravity etc.

mobow

Yes, david, I totally agree. What I should have mentioned is that I do this from the stand when I get settled in to have those "mental" markers ready if a shot would present itself. The idea is not to be guessing when that deer steps into my lane.