Shooting Angle?
 

How far do you have to be up in a tree before you need to think about compensating your sight pin for the angle. I hunt out of ladder stands that are 15'. I practice from level ground simply because I don't have a place to put the stand in our yard and I leave my stands out year round. I am guessing it depends on how close the deer is but is there going to be much difference in a 25 yard shot on level ground vs a 25 yard shot 15' up in a tree? I have read the formula sheets to figure out the ratio but it makes my head hurt.

Your fine, at your height the difference will never be more than a yard. Bend at the waist to keep your form and shoot for the known distance and the exit hole.

For there to be more than 2 yards difference, you need to have extreme heights and ground slopes. The farther the animal, the less the difference as well.

"Normal" hunting distances is a non issue unless you hunt in hilly terrain.


I assume you are talking about distance and not where you are wanting to hit the animal.

With modern day highspeed bows theres not much need to compensate too much for the angle. But generally If you have a deer at 15 yards you can expect to add at least 2 yards. So youre looking roughly at atleast 17 yards from you to the deer.

I do hunt hilly terrain but I don't have any really steep drops to the deer I would be shooting at. At most they are maybe 3 feet below what would be level from my stand... so at 15', at most it might 18' of height difference.

Correct me if I am wrong here, but when aiming up hill or downhill (elevated treestand) the distance is always slightly less. Meaning if you have a 15 yard shot you might aim as if the shot was 13-14 instead.

Shane

You are correct sir.

For it to be 13yds it would have to be an extreme angle. IT would probably be less than 1yd distance in a normal hunting situation. Unless you were 40ft up in the tree or something like that.

Not an issue.

Put it this way....

If you're 30' up and have a 30YD shot.....your compensated shot (for angle) would be just over 31.5yds.

I wouldn't worry about it.