At the beginning of the season I missed a doe at 30 yards. She didn't duck my arrow I just shot over her back high. Well yesterday the same thing happened I missed a doe twice at 40 yards and I shot over her back twice again. She didn't duck my arrow neither. The second time I even rolled my sight over to 35 and I still missed high. Both of these encounters have been at about 15 Feet up the tree with the same bow. I killed a buck this weekend about 25 foot up the tree with a different bow at 35 yards and didn't have this issue. I feel like I'm bending at the waist good enough and I got up about 13 feet this morning and shot fine from the air at 25 yards. Is horizontal distance really a big issue when tree stand hunting or am I probably just rushing the shot even though I feel like I'm not?
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From 15 feet up, at 35 yards away you're only looking at less than a half yard difference in true horizontal difference. -
So do you think it could be just me rushing the shot and not aiming low enough? I've even thought that maybe at the anticipation of the shot I might raise up the bow but I'm not sure if I'm doing that. When I'm practicing that doesn't happen but when your high up a tree full of adrenaline rush, different things can occurOriginally posted by SunsUpGunsUp View PostComment
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Hard to say. 'they did not duck' very hard to catch with the human Eye.
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I can't tell you as I never shoot past 25 yards at a WT deer.Comment
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My guess is as you are aiming instead of bending at the waist, you are dropping your extended arm. This changes your anchor point slightly as well as the pin as it relates to the peep (there is a scientific name for this, but it escapes me, parallax maybe?).Originally posted by SunsUpGunsUp View PostComment
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You are bending at the shoulders and not the waist.
I do the same thing on the 3D Range. Yes, it will make a huge difference and something I need to work on.Comment
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Ok I might be doing that. So even on not so steep shots should I draw my bow high and then ease my way down by bending at the waist?Comment
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That's what I do.Originally posted by jjaimes View Post
Draw like I am shooting straight ahead and then bend at the waist till I am on target.Comment
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I usually hit high when shooting from an elevated stand unless I am very, very conscious of making sure I bend at the waist. To do this, I draw with the arrow horizontal, anchor, and then bend at the waist to bring the pin on target. If I try to draw with the arrow pointed towards the target instead, I get high hits frequently.Comment
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I feel like I've been doing that but I might be wrong. Can't sit here and say I'm a perfect shot. Thanks!Originally posted by Rubi513 View PostComment
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It's hard to say but I think when I see the deer I draw back and put my sight on it so I might just be failing to bend how I should.Originally posted by dustoffer View PostComment
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I would be willing to bet what it is.
When you practice, you are shooting one eye shut.
When you are trying to make a kill shot, you are leaving both eyes open to see whats going to happen and where you hit it.
I did this a couple times and finally figured it out.
Go test on a target doing the opposite of what you normally do with your eyes. Its about a 6 inch difference for me.
I will find the link when I posted this same thingComment
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your targets are too far awayComment
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I just ran the calculations. At 35 yards and 15 feet up (which in reality is probably ~18 feet up since your either sitting or standing above the 15 foot tree stand.....you would shoot for 30 yards.
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