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Old 09-30-2011, 02:06 PM
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got a parker buckbuster 150 in the mornin is openin day for deer and bear and i didnt get the chance to pick up a rangefinder season kinda sliped up on me but anyway i have been getting a bear on my trail camera pretty regular and id like to try to take it with my crossbow in the morning i have a 12 ft ladder stand set up and the will around 15 yards from the bottom of my ladder do i hold low with my 20 yard pin if so how much?
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at most an inch or so.
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hey thanks!!
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Old 09-30-2011, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by purplestang90
got a parker buckbuster 150 in the mornin is openin day for deer and bear and i didnt get the chance to pick up a rangefinder season kinda sliped up on me but anyway i have been getting a bear on my trail camera pretty regular and id like to try to take it with my crossbow in the morning i have a 12 ft ladder stand set up and the will around 15 yards from the bottom of my ladder do i hold low with my 20 yard pin if so how much?
Don't matter how high up you are (except for angle of shot) the arrow is affected by gravity over the horizontal distance to target. i.e. from base of your stand to the bear.
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