that is one ugly tree lol

Theorem Error
 

The problem to the theorem you just put up is that you are using feet for your stand height and yards for the distance to the "deer". So, you would need to do 15 as the stand height, 60 as distance from the base (to get 20 yards). So, if the deer was at 20 yards from the base, the rangefinder from the stand would show 20 yards....because it would be 225 + 3600 = 3825. The square root of 3825 = 61.8 feet. No difference to the range finder. The further out you go in yards from the tree, the closer together the two distances are going to get. For example, if the animal is at 50 yards (150 feet), the numbers look like this: 225 + 22,500 = 22,725 = 150.75 feet. Still 50 yards to the range finder.

Don't waste your money on the arc "technology" unless you are going out west to hunt in very, very steep terrain. From a treestand, it is not gaining you anything.

Exactly - use the time you would spend shopping for , reading the instructions on, practicing with the rangefinder, etc. to go out and practice from tree stand height. You'll end up spooking fewer deer and have more $$ left in your pocket!

That's my idea of how to figure it.

Thanks ILArcher3 that is my reason. Good math explination.

CVG Ohio

Thanks for all the info.Sorry it took so long to get back to you all, I have been out of town.

I learned a trick from a buddy who puts booners on the wall every year..think of where your arrow would "exit" the deer (on the opposite side) from the angle your at...you will need to aim high enough to hit that spot for the arrow to exit where you need it to from that angle....works every time...try it..you will see where im coming from..made a believer out of me and ive yet to miss a kill zone...

With this example you have to have common distance [ feet or yards]
so that would be 25 feet verses 20 feet at base. I doubt you would be 15 yards up a tree or 45 feet

right on, i never have climbed in a tree to be 15 feet up, 5 yards.... it would almost be on the ground if there is a hillside...lbut what would the difference be if you were 30 feet in the tree, ...and if the deer is say right under you 5 feet away from the tree, on the downhill side of the tree with a 40 degree incline?

in that example you are 10 yards up and the deer is less than 2 yards from the tree.
would you have a different pin between 2 and 5 yards, i think not.the range finder would say 30.4 feet or 10.1 yards hardly worth adjusting for