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AlabamaSwamper

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In your personal experiences, how much different does your bow shoot from ground then from the tree.

I never hunt over 20ft and mainly 15-18ft with well placed stands that are hid. I can't find where my bow shoots any different at yardages from either.

What about you guys?
 
If you use the same anchor, form, draw level and bend at the waist there should be little to no difference in impact. I've practiced from 4 stands this year at varying heights and angles and as long as my form stays the same my shot placement is the same. If I get lazy and don't bend at the waist I shoot high every time.
 
with super duper bows and carbon arrows probably not much difference. with my arrows it does make a difference starting at 25 yards. shoots about 3-4 inches low on the ground and dead on from an 18ft stand.
 
I noticed when I was up 18 feet in my climber yesterday practicing that my rangefinder with the built in inclinometer was showing a 2 yard difference between adjusted yardage and actual yardage.
 
Rangefinders with angle compensation are a waste of effort in my opinion. Get up at the height you are going to hunt from and shoot. All the reading and what everyone tells you want mean near as much as getting up in a tree and shooting. Almost all of my practice is from a treestand and the only stand I have to hold low out of because of elevation (I rechecked Monday and I am shooting a 485 gr arrow at 279 fps) is a stand that is 45 feet from the ground. Then the only shot I have really comepensate for is when the deer are inside of 15 yards from the base of a tree. When you are hunting, I believe most people forget that they are shooting a deer and without thinking shoot like they are trying to strike a match instead of trying to make a heart shot or my favorite a double lung. Also I first decide where I want the arrow to exit and then aim accordingly.
 
I have wore this one out, but Secret Squirrel has seen the stand and anyone who wants is welcome to see it. It was a rifle stand, I could see over a thicket, down into the thicket, and a field that was on the other side of the thicket, about 400 yards away. The oak tree it is in is a BIG one. Back then and now, if you lower the stand you cannot see anything because of the trees that are around the bottom of the tree, also the field that was on the other side of the thicket became a subdivision several years ago, so it is a basically a bow only spot now. I tried after the subdivision was built to lower it to several different heights but you just cannot see at all to shoot, not even 5 yards. I still muzzleload it on rainy days and windy days. When I shoot the sound rolls right through the subdivision, so I try to mostly bowhunt it. I killed 2 does with a muzzleloader out of it last year and the cars that were driving in the subdivision came to a stop. People came out of their houses, etc. Nothing dangerous in any way about it in any way other than the sound, which they may be used to since the neighborhood is known for gangs.
 

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