angle compensation

[adam.WI]

It's not different for rifles, always shoot horizontal distance.

[MichaelJ]

Well dang that's an embarassing fact to learn after I been hunting for 9 years and shooting for a lot longer than that! lol  Oh well I've never not gotten a big game animal that I've shot at!   

Michael

[h2ofowlr]

A good rule of thumb if your shooting steep down hill angles is that 90 percent that miss an animal miss high.   

[DOUBLELUNG]

Bluebulls that is the answer i was looking for. Would ever one agree uphill or down hill aim for less yardage.

Exactly

[AKBowman]

Its the same whether your shooting a gun, bow or throwing a rock.

[rooselk]

FIND A 3-D RANGE WITH LOTS OF UP AND DOWN.THERE IS ONE IN MT VERNON. I FORGET THE NAME BUT 90% OF THE SHOTS HAVE ATLEAST A LIL ELEVATION VARIANCE.

The club and range you're referring to is the Silver Arrow Bowmen. You can get information about the club at the Washington State Archery Association website:

http://washingtonarchery.org/Files/WSAA%20Chartered%20Clubs.htm#_Toc217653095

[Todd_ID]

A good rule of thumb if your shooting steep down hill angles is that 90 percent that miss an animal miss high.   

Very true!  About 20% of those high misses are from the yardage differences that have been discussed here, but the remaining 80% are from form errors.  Most people drop their bow arm when they shoot downhill, and that moves the anchor point giving a high shot.  The proper form is to draw the bow and aim level to get your normal anchor point and then bend at the waist to get down to the target.  This keeps the anchor point the same, and then all that's left is to make a strong shot; that's hard to do without practice since it feels all messed up and contorted but is actually correct.

[videostomper]

Go to Amazon.com and look for the book 'Bowhunting Equipment & Skills' by Dwight Schuh, then preview page 94. It states that at bow distances the horizontal distance theory is applicable to both uphill and downhill shots, though at some point they diverge. Technically, and scientifically, Guardian lost the bet. For practcal purposes he won.

[SHANE(WA)]

I just get out my leupold range finder it tells me the yardage with angle compensated for

[elkoholic1]

always will cut yardage on uphill and down hill shots, how much depends on the angle of shot and the yardage and the speed of your bow. archers advantage has a program that u can put on a palm pilot, but ull need a range finder and a inclanometer to tell the angle,  dont think a animal will stand there while all that is happening..  practice practice and practice so u knowur equipment.

[BULLBLASTER]

I just get out my leupold range finder it tells me the yardage with angle compensated for

but you always have to compensate for something shane!

[follow maggie]

Bullet or arrow, it's the same- gravity pulling the projectile down.  I'm not a good judge of distance or as smart as Bob, so I let the Leupold do the figuring for me