Say you are 10 feet high in a tree. How close to the tree is too close to take a reasonable shot? The closer it gets the more likely you are to hit only one lung.

You are right the closer they get the harder it is to get an angle to hit both lungs. I take the first standing broadside shot under 20 yards. There is no reason to let them keep coming in. Too much of a chance that they will bust you or something will go wrong. Take them alittle further out if you can.

SW: Wow, that wasn' t the asnwer I expected. Just goes to show you how different people think. 20 yards is my shooting limit. I could probably shoot out to thirty, but it seems to take forever for the arrow to reach the target. I shot a doe last week at ten yards. I was thinking maybe 5 yards or closer.

SW: OK, I' ve reread your post and maybe you' re saying the same thing I am. I thought you were saying to try not to let them get closer than 20 yards. I' ve gotta read more carefully.

It doesn' t matter. Atlas was 25 feet in the air and got both lungs and the heart.

10 feet isn' t really that high. Just hit a little higher and you should get both lungs. It would have to be pretty much right under you not to get both lungs. Be sure to practice the shot.