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re: Rangefinder Question
Posted on 8/18/10 at 11:37 am to TexasTiger
Posted on 8/18/10 at 11:37 am to TexasTiger
The higher you are the farther the shot in most cases. I'm talking tree stands. I don't know about mountains and hills but I would think it's the same. Think about it like this... If you had a deer at 20 yards from the base of your tree, you had string between the base of tree and deer.. The higher you go in the tree the longer the string gets. Now the angle is going to get more extreme the higher you go but you're moving farther away not closer..
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Posted on 8/18/10 at 11:42 am to Rebman601
I am just letting you know, I will post the chart when I get back to the office. do to the angle of your shot it changes your point of impact to be less than what you think it is.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 11:48 am to TexasTiger
I'm not doubting you but think about what I said!
Posted on 8/18/10 at 12:01 pm to Rebman601
Not saying I don't need to change, but, for 40 years of bow hunting, this has been my plan. Pre rangefinder days, stepped off distance from tree to different known points, and marked them.. When deer hit that known spot, I knew the close, aprox. distance.. After rangefinders came out, I shoot distance to deer, if it is 30, I shoot my 30 pin, etc. With modern bows, it just hasn't seemed to make much of a difference being up in a tree....However, the higher up you are, the smaller the broad side kill zone is due to the angle. I don't shoot down big hills or mountains normally, but, have killed many deer "below grade" crossing creeks, etc.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 12:09 pm to Ole Geauxt
Here is what I am talking about. Some of the differences are small some are significant and depending how flat shooting your bow, is how you would need to compensate for these angles. Some people have the same pin from 10-25 yards....some people don't.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 12:20 pm to TexasTiger
ok, i looked at your chart..i admit, i don't shoot down mountains, but, using your scenario... 30 yards at a 25 deg. angle=27.5 yds. If you have a (modern wheel) bow, and you shoot your 30 yard pin and miss, it's not your rangefinders fault.... But, that's what is great about this sport,,, buy, what YOU want... 
Posted on 8/18/10 at 12:31 pm to Ole Geauxt
actually my senario was 35 yards, and like I said before its a sport of inchs,
Not saying I would miss the deer at 30 yards with a 25 degree angle if I use my 30 yard pin, but the arrow is going to hit higher than it would at 30 yards depending on how flat shooting your bow is, and what if he jumps the strings...how far does he duck down when he hears the string...so now how much higher are you going to be....
Thats why I love bowhunting there are just so many variables involved with this sport.
Not saying I would miss the deer at 30 yards with a 25 degree angle if I use my 30 yard pin, but the arrow is going to hit higher than it would at 30 yards depending on how flat shooting your bow is, and what if he jumps the strings...how far does he duck down when he hears the string...so now how much higher are you going to be....
Thats why I love bowhunting there are just so many variables involved with this sport.
Posted on 8/18/10 at 2:35 pm to TexasTiger
There are a lot of variables involved with bowhunting. A rangefinder with "arc" is not something that is going to drastically improve your success. If you were climbing 50 and 60 feet high in a tree to bowhunt then maybe you should consider it. I would definitely save the extra $150 bucks you would spend for a rangefinder to tell you 30.5 yards instead of 30
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