RE: "True Shooting Distance"
 

O. and i am in the navy and i appreciate your support. If you ever see a military member stop and thank them cause i can tell you that that is one thing that we never get tired of hearing, is that ya'll support us and our mission of a free country.

RE: "True Shooting Distance"
 

Not tryin to make you mad or anything i just don't understand, I just wanted to know so that i can understand it

RE: "True Shooting Distance"
 

All of you are right.

Yes. The distance is greater.

Yes. You shoot for the horizontal distance.

Good Morning:)

One thing I would like to see......and that's the math that got a 15yd horizontal shot to be over 17yds. from the treestand

RE: "True Shooting Distance"
 

From a treestand, the distance from your bow to the target is essentially the hypotenuse of a right triangle. the formula to figure the length of a hypotenuse is: The sq. root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In other words, the square root of: (the height of the bow, squared+ the distance to the deer, squared). If you do the math, you'll find the actual distance isn't that significantly different than the horizontal distance at typical treestand heights and shooting distances.