This may sound like a no brainer. But being new to saddle hunting last year, I was SHOCKED at how much of a difference your shots are when shooting at that downward angle vs flat footed on the ground. All my shots were 2-3 in higher on the target when shooting from 20ft up in the saddle.
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Practice Shooting From The Saddle
- Thread starter MAHunter
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Get a range finder that gives you horizontal distance in addition to true distance.... Shoot horizontal distance and your pins will match what they are set on from the ground
I set my target 30yards from the base of the bottom of the tree.
I recently read an article that suggested if you are 20ft up, setting a single pin sight at 27yards for a 30 yard shot. I don’t remember if the “math” was the same moving out. Best practice, is to of course shoot the distances you will encounter in the field.
CharlieTN
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I have found that when shooting from a saddle I really have to concentrate on building the shot from the waste up, especially the back tension. If I don’t, then I’m off. If I focus on getting enough back tension and proper anchor points, then my shots hit the same as from the ground.
For us hunters, we need to put more time in practicing from the positions we will be in while hunting, which is rarely standing, perfectly sideways to the target on flat ground.
For us hunters, we need to put more time in practicing from the positions we will be in while hunting, which is rarely standing, perfectly sideways to the target on flat ground.
Agreed.
From a Physics standpoint, shooting at a downward angle to the target would result in slightly different shot placement than when shooting flat footed on the ground. Shooting downwards, you have gravity helping pull the arrow to the target. Conversely when shooting from the ground, gravity is pulling your arrow down to the ground, resulting in more arrow drop than shooting from an elevated position.
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Being a physicist, this is close but there is a subtle flaw.... Gravity is pulling on the arrow in both cases. The difference is not in the help from gravity. You have to think of the arrow flight in terms of two orthogonal vectors; one horizontal and one vertical. The difference is gravity only acts on the horizontal vector. If you were to shoot an arrow straight down, gravity is still there but it does not change the impact point. If you shoot an arrow straight across, gravity does change the impact point. This is the reason you base you aim off of horizontal distance.
Yes I am a big nerd
lol correct, i was just keeping it simple