G_O_N

when you shoot your bow and you adjust your sight on the ground, is there a difference from when you shoot it from the tree stand? do you aim higher?

mobow

Line of sight distance is longer than the "actual range." I forget the exact formula, but the #1 reason people miss from their treestand is they don't bend at the waist. They drop their bow arm to get on target and shoot high. You need to keep your upper body level, and bend at the waist to get on target.

RIStrutStopper

The difference in line of sight and actual range isn't that much, but it is longer. a squared + b squared = c squared.... Its a right triangle, the Pythagorean theorem applies.

CTJohnB

we went out and bought a ladder stand and use that in the back yard shooting at full size deer targets from as close and as right staright down to out at 40 yards. you gota !! besides its worth the investment to put your shots where they count. We shoot ofteen it helps a lot.
Besides You'd be crazy not to.I mean Why go in the woods and spend all that time and money toNOT know where your arrow is going to go!!
If youhave a climber Use try to use it in theback yard or where ever you can.and practice and fine tune from there before you attempt to kill something. Injured Deer give Hunters a really Bad name when they fall in Open Veiw of others. As far assights the best one for your question with reguards for tunning only on the ground! Thatwould be a pendulume Sight. you can sight them on the ground and they are very accurate upto 30-35 yards for me W/out any drop.Persoanly I use one and Love it.
I feel itgives you no reason to second guess to many pins when your hearts ready to jump out ofyour chest. Good Luck

GR8atta2d

A^2 + B^2 = C^2 so to find actual C distance we take the square root.

However as relating to the triangle of you in a tree.
You are not shooting the Hypotonuse you are shooting, the base distance.

so if A=base and B=height and C is the Seen distance, you need only shoot the A distance.

Hey it made sense to me when I wrote it.

twildasin

I dont notice a difference when shooting from the ground or from the tree!

G_O_N

now that made no sence to me GR8atta2d im a little slow

buckmaster

Thats why i bought the ol' Leupold RX-II takes out the math i was never too good at.

graysonelement

i always aim a little low when im huntin from a tree stand cause of the downward angle

wis_bow_huntr

actually you aim lower or adjust your sight from the desired height you will be shooting from so all you do is aim and shoot.