Sight in wont change from flat ground to elevated but shooter form will. The other thing that can come into play shooting from elevated positions is cut depending on distance and angle. No reason to overly complicate the sight in process with that issue.If so why, if not why not? How much does height actually effect POI shift over flat ground?
Sight in wont change from flat ground to elevated but shooter form will. The other thing that can come into play shooting from elevated positions is cut depending on distance and angle. No reason to overly complicate the sight in process with that issue.
If this were true there would be no need for angle compensation in a rangefinder. Gravity plays a small roll in this. If you hunt 8-10 feet up you won’t see a difference, but in a steep hill at long distances you will.If your poi changes from elevation you have a form problem.
If your poi changes from elevation you have a form problem.
That's why I have been using a pendulum sight for thirty years.Are you assuming that he is sighted in for the horizontal and also shooting the horizontal distance from the tree?
For instance, if you are 30 feet up and the deer is 10 feet from the tree base, then your straight line distance is a touch over 10 yards and if you shoot your 10 yard pin then you'll be off. You should shoot for 10 feet.
Are you assuming that he is sighted in for the horizontal and also shooting the horizontal distance from the tree?
For instance, if you are 30 feet up and the deer is 10 feet from the tree base, then your straight line distance is a touch over 10 yards and if you shoot your 10 yard pin then you'll be off. You should shoot for 10 feet.
The amount you’ll be off with your 10 yard pin from 10 yards out to the base of the tree is negligible to the point of insignificant. Let’s say you aim for center mass in the vitals, you miss 1-2 inches either way around where you’re aiming that deer is dead.
Put your 10 yard pin on the vitals and shoot. If you are making adjustments on where you’re placing your pin on a deer under 10 yards you’re WAY overthinking things.
You're right for that example.
If I had created another toy example with longer distances and steeper angles, then we'd be talking a clean miss.
10 yards was just the first thing I thought of but was not the best to demonstrate the angles here.
If a deer is 10 FEET from the base of your tree and you are 30 feet up that tree then you are 30 feet from that deer not 10. That's why my pendulum sight works so good. I don't have to think about the distance out to about 30 yards. Well 25 now that I'm shooting heavy arrows.
31.62ft.
effective gravity on arrow = 10 feet. It's like shooting a 10 foot shot, not 30ft. Pendulum is designed to compensate for that maybe?