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that s really cool
I wonder what animals with many aerial predators have? Is a squirrel round pupils to split difference sense pretty much everything bigger than a hoagie bun tries to eat them?
17ft is plenty high for plenty of deer.
But 15 is too low, lol.
it's something about odd numbers
I guess I'm the minority here. I rarely go below 20'. I don't have a set height but I find you can get away w/ so much more movement the higher you go. 22-25' is my preferred height depending on the tree. I definitely try to go as high as the cover will allow. With that said, I've killed them at 14' and at 40' but that was situational. Also some on here have mentioned shot angle. It's true that it's decreased the higher you go but it has been a problem for me. High lung entrance and low lung exit. Usually watch them fall.
There isn’t and shouldn’t be a status quo on this question. As I say in nearly every thread on tactics: across this forum there is a HUGE range of conditions and environments.I guess I'm the minority here. I rarely go below 20'. I don't have a set height but I find you can get away w/ so much more movement the higher you go. 22-25' is my preferred height depending on the tree. I definitely try to go as high as the cover will allow. With that said, I've killed them at 14' and at 40' but that was situational. Also some on here have mentioned shot angle. It's true that it's decreased the higher you go but it has been a problem for me. High lung entrance and low lung exit. Usually watch them fall.
For late season hunting on a food source, it may be beneficial to setup off the food and catch them before they get into that "Oh crap something is going to get us" circle. Couldnt put a pct on it but a dang bunch of the times I have gotten picked in a tree was late season on a food source because they are generally more skittish and usually grouped back up so more eyes and ears.Where I hunt there a lot of large oak trees with not much for branches until 20-25 ft. In the late season last year cover was scarce and I found myself climbing at least 25ft to get up out of the deers eyesight. Somehow I would still get somewhat picked off, even some times without movement and wind in my favor. I definitely see now why lower height is preferable for trad shooters as far as shot angle is concerned, but I struggle to keep myself concealed before and during the shot. I am going to try and take advantage of the early season cover this year and hopefully have some better success at staying hidden. Downside to early season is it so stinking hot I hardly want to be out there in the first place. Can’t have my cake and eat it too.