treestand angle
#3
RE: treestand angle
There are two issues to consider in your question: 1) the angle at which your arrow will penetrate the target to cause the desired effect (massive bleeding) and 2) the trajectory of the arrow to the target. Hight has a profound effect on the former because as it increases hitting both lungs becomes more difficult. However, hight has no effect on trajectory. Trajectory is affected by horizontal distance during which gravity acts on the arrow. Therefore, for trajectory purposes, only the horizontal distance from the target to the bow matters. In short, aim as if you were on the ground, i.e. the distance between the deer and the base of the tree you're in.
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: treestand angle
If the deer is 30 yards from the base of the tree, then hold point on.
If it's 30 yards away on your line of sight angle then you're looking along the hypotenuse of a right triangle. You know two sides, the height and the length of the hypotenuse. Solve for the third side. In your illustration, it's 29 yards.
So, unless you want to be solving trigonometry equations while sitting in the treestand [:'(], make measurements from the base of your tree to landmarks around your stand. That way you'll know that bush is 20 yards, that sapling is 25. That rock is 35. You won't have to be guessin' and cypherin'.
If it's 30 yards away on your line of sight angle then you're looking along the hypotenuse of a right triangle. You know two sides, the height and the length of the hypotenuse. Solve for the third side. In your illustration, it's 29 yards.
So, unless you want to be solving trigonometry equations while sitting in the treestand [:'(], make measurements from the base of your tree to landmarks around your stand. That way you'll know that bush is 20 yards, that sapling is 25. That rock is 35. You won't have to be guessin' and cypherin'.