tree stand shooting
09-01-2007, 08:55 AM
#11
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Southern DE
Posts: 171
RE: tree stand shooting
I have a 16' ladder stand that I always practice from in the backyard. This way my pins are set up for game time (meaning a hunting situation), not practice time. Iput outa block target or two and use my range finder just as I would in the woods. I personally feel like it's a way to remove one more variableI would haveadjust for when tension is running high, and I've had great success since doing so.
What you're talking about is also the theory behind penudlum sights I believe. The mechanics of the sight compensate A^2 + B^2 = C^2
Just as Wis Bo Huntr said, you need to aim a little lower when shooting from a tree with a bow that is sighted in on the ground. How much or how little depends on the setup, your height above ground, your target's distance away, etc. By sighting in from a tree, and practicing from a tree, all I need to do is worry about my yardage, not my yardage, and then remember to aim a little low... no, no, no, still a little lower.... sh*
What you're talking about is also the theory behind penudlum sights I believe. The mechanics of the sight compensate A^2 + B^2 = C^2
Just as Wis Bo Huntr said, you need to aim a little lower when shooting from a tree with a bow that is sighted in on the ground. How much or how little depends on the setup, your height above ground, your target's distance away, etc. By sighting in from a tree, and practicing from a tree, all I need to do is worry about my yardage, not my yardage, and then remember to aim a little low... no, no, no, still a little lower.... sh*
09-01-2007, 09:52 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2007
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RE: tree stand shooting
ORIGINAL: G_O_N
when you shoot your bow and you adjust your sight on the ground, is there a difference from when you shoot it from the tree stand? do you aim higher?
when you shoot your bow and you adjust your sight on the ground, is there a difference from when you shoot it from the tree stand? do you aim higher?
For my bow @ 260FPS the difference is about 1 1/2" @ 27 yds.
Seems to me the actual difference - line of sight distance is some where around 2.5 yds. @ 30 yds.
I myself don't think it makes that much difference in real world hunting situations,BUT, if you know about it you might as well adjust your sights for it.
IMHO
09-01-2007, 12:03 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,282
RE: tree stand shooting
It depends on the speed or droppage of your arrow, the height of the stand and how far the target is. To know how much tocompensate (now you have your triangle).The easy way to compensate would be to use your range finder and target a tree near your intended target measure your distance the same height up as your are in the stand and go with that distance.
09-01-2007, 02:57 PM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HENDERSON KY USA
Posts: 6,634
RE: tree stand shooting
ORIGINAL: buck_master_101
Thats why i bought the ol' Leupold RX-II takes out the math i was never too good at.
Thats why i bought the ol' Leupold RX-II takes out the math i was never too good at.
The problem is that from hunting stand heigts,all this is way over rated.The biggest difference in a triangle is when the angle is increased,meaning,you have to be shooting very close to straight down for it to take effect.The problem with that is that the distance from your stand is so close it probably doesn't matter anyway.
When you increase the distance from the stand,the angle flattens out dramatically so very little compensation,IF ANY is needed.
09-01-2007, 02:59 PM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Indiana (southern)
Posts: 6,146
RE: tree stand shooting
Me scratching head [8D]I always hated math [:@]
ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d
A^2 + B^2 = C^2 so to find actual C distance we take the square root.
However as relating to the triangle of you in a tree.
You are not shooting the Hypotonuse you are shooting, the base distance.
so if A=base and B=height and C is the Seen distance, you need only shoot the A distance.
Hey it made sense to me when I wrote it.
A^2 + B^2 = C^2 so to find actual C distance we take the square root.
However as relating to the triangle of you in a tree.
You are not shooting the Hypotonuse you are shooting, the base distance.
so if A=base and B=height and C is the Seen distance, you need only shoot the A distance.
Hey it made sense to me when I wrote it.
09-01-2007, 09:53 PM
#20
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: tree stand shooting
Bend at the waist, pick a hair and give it to em.
23 yards from the tree is 23 yards from the tree...the difference in a range finder and the pythagorean theory is what, (we had the chart here some time ago), less than a yard, two at the most depending on extreme heights....in a hunting situation you can't shoot the difference, worst case, pick a hair under the hair you were going to shoot and remember to aim for the exit hole.
23 yards from the tree is 23 yards from the tree...the difference in a range finder and the pythagorean theory is what, (we had the chart here some time ago), less than a yard, two at the most depending on extreme heights....in a hunting situation you can't shoot the difference, worst case, pick a hair under the hair you were going to shoot and remember to aim for the exit hole.