Post by: Gobble Doc on October 08, 2013, 06:27:13 PM
Post by: JLS on October 08, 2013, 06:31:24 PM
Don't forget that you should aim slightly low also, depending on how steep the angle is and how far the distance is.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 09, 2013, 01:45:32 PM
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Post by: washelkhunter on October 09, 2013, 02:14:36 PM
I missed a cow at 10 yards for not aiming low. It killed me.
YOU SUCK! Bwhahahahhahhahhahahahhhhhaaaaa! But you got more shots than I did. :(
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 09, 2013, 02:16:25 PM
Post by: washelkhunter on October 09, 2013, 02:17:18 PM
Post by: RadSav on October 09, 2013, 02:42:17 PM
I missed a cow at 10 yards for not aiming low.
Yeah, Yeeeah that's it! I forgot to aim low. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Jon Lovitz: Dec. 26th-28th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3wrfhQaqk#)
Post by: Gobble Doc on October 10, 2013, 07:08:28 AM
Post by: Axle on October 10, 2013, 07:28:46 AM
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As far as yardage when shooting up hill or down figure out the horizontal distance the best you can. Best way I can explain that is if you are shooting something up in a tree, doesn't matter how far the target is diagonally, range to the base of the tree on a horizontal and shoot that yardage. Hope that helps and makes since.
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Post by: headshot5 on October 10, 2013, 07:35:38 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 10, 2013, 08:24:27 AM
I missed a cow at 10 yards for not aiming low.
Yeah, Yeeeah that's it! I forgot to aim low. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Jon Lovitz: Dec. 26th-28th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3wrfhQaqk#)
You're a bum, Rad! You and washelkhunter should get together and pull the wings off of insects, pinch babies, and eat puppies.
Post by: RadSav on October 10, 2013, 10:48:59 AM
You're a bum, Rad! You and washelkhunter should get together and pull the wings off of insects, pinch babies, and eat puppies.
Mmmmm puppies :chuckle:
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 10, 2013, 10:52:29 AM
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 10, 2013, 11:20:42 AM
Post by: RadSav on October 10, 2013, 11:23:14 AM
It really sucked. I don't know if i might have been looking under my peep or if my form was screwed, but it went over her back. Not a hair.
Has never, ever happened to me!
BTW - I have some ocean front property in Montana for sale...if you are interested :dunno:
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 10, 2013, 11:23:57 AM
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Post by: sakoshooter on October 10, 2013, 05:13:47 PM
I'm not laughing at you but with you I hope. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: anyway I'm still laughing :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:Me too.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 10, 2013, 05:38:37 PM
Post by: huntndad on October 10, 2013, 06:18:20 PM
I missed a cow at 10 yards for not aiming low. It killed me.
What?
I apologize if I'm a little late to the party and this is a joke, but this makes no sense. Are you saying that the elk was at 10 yards but down hill, so you should have shot her as if she were at 6 or 7 yards? Assuming your first pin is set for 20 yds, you'd probably already be hitting low at 10. Why would you need to aim lower? Now, if it was an extreme down hill angle, and the horizontal distance was only about 5 yards, you'd actually hit even lower. And even if you had a bow that somehow was sighted in with your sights down at the level of your arrow, the 5 yard horizontal distance that you thought you needed to compensate for would have virtually no affect on where your arrow hit.
If you missed an elk at 10 yards, it has absolutely nothing to do with not aiming low. Sorry!
As has been mentioned many times, the reason people say to aim lower shooting down or up hill is because you want to shoot to the horizontal distance, which is always less than the angled distance. But after spending a lot of time with an angle compensating range finder, the difference isn't usually as much as I thought. I believe the reason most people miss when shooting up or down hill is because they don't maintain their form. They bend at their shoulder instead of their waist.
Post by: BABackcountryBwhntr on October 11, 2013, 01:46:47 PM
I missed a cow at 10 yards for not aiming low. It killed me.
if you used your 20 pin at 10 yrds on a cow, you missed for some other reason then the angle.. there is no angle I am aware of that would be steep enough to miss the kill area on a elk at that range... I shot a buck out of a stand at 6 yrds straight below me.. 20 pin on the spine.... dead buck.... as far as angles.... it takes a pretty severe up or downhill angle to compensate more then a yrd or 2.... so most times you can still use the same pin.. out so say 50 yrds depending on your set up.... just get a angle compensating rangefinder... problem solved.
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 11, 2013, 01:53:57 PM
Post by: sakoshooter on October 11, 2013, 07:45:03 PM
One of the guys I shoot with has the inclinometer built into his range finder. Mine doesn't. Most times he uses it on steep shot it only registers 1/2 up to about 2yds less to hold at. Again, not enough to cause a miss. More important is proper range estimation.
Post by: raydog on October 15, 2013, 08:14:08 AM