Shooting Angle?
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Stitzer, Wisconsin
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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.
#2
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.
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.
Last edited by Rob/PA Bowyer; 08-21-2009 at 07:49 PM.
#4
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.
#5
Fork Horn
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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.
#6
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
#8
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.
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