Tree Stand Aim Point?

[spotsanddots]

As "the day" gets closer, just wanted to throw this out there and see what every ones aim point is from a tree stand? Maybe this could be good review for all of us too.

[Playa]

Not sure I understand the question. The point I’m aiming at varies based on the deer’s position and posture.

2 things for sure:
1) I am intentional that I bend at the waist rather than lowering the bow by lowering my arm.

2) wherever I aim at the deer, i am actually aiming for the exit

[220swift]

I think he is referring to compensating for the elevation of the height of the stand.

None of my stands are high enough to bother. I hold exactly where I want the arrow to hit.

[spotsanddots]

Oops, I guess I should have said, where on the deer are you aiming? Most threads on this topic seem to be shot placement from a ground blind. The ol "deadly V" shot. Just wondering if it differs a lot from a stand?

[Hoss163]

Aim a little lower if your up more then about 12’

[The Insurance Guy]

Not sure I understand the question. The point I’m aiming at varies based on the deer’s position and posture.

2 things for sure:
1) I am intentional that I bend at the waist rather than lowering the bow by lowering my arm.

2) wherever I aim at the deer, i am actually aiming for the exit

Very similar to this but I aim lower because I’m expecting the deer to drop.

[sqiggy]

First and Foremost
Practice on how you hunt.
If you hunt 18ft up in a tree, then practice 18ft up in a tree.
Learn to shoot sitting down. Makes no sense to stand to shoot, unless you absolutely have to. Movement is what will get you busted most of the time.
For me, I aim low, being I don't do the bend at the waist thing while sitting down. Easier for me to just drop the arm. Just something else I don't have to think about. Since I practice this way, when the time comes, everything goes into auto mode!!

[Drycreek3189]

You have to picture the vitals and aim where the angle of the deer dictates. No holdunder necessary unless you are high and the deer is close. There is no one shot fits all because there’s no telling how the deer will be turned. May be behind the shoulder, may be in the middle of the ribs, that will be determined at go time.

[TheHammer]

Very similar to this but I aim lower because I’m expecting the deer to drop.

I’ve thought about doing this, but what happens if there is no drop? Maybe aim for the bottom of the heart, and hope if no drop you still catch part of it.

[super_dave]

I like to aim where the tip of my broad head will exit just behind the opposite front leg inside the lower 1/3 of the animal and ONLY take a perpendicular or quartering away shot

In a spooky deer I aim even lower


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[rocky]

First and Foremost
Practice on how you hunt.
If you hunt 18ft up in a tree, then practice 18ft up in a tree.
Learn to shoot sitting down. Makes no sense to stand to shoot, unless you absolutely have to. Movement is what will get you busted most of the time.
For me, I aim low, being I don't do the bend at the waist thing while sitting down. Easier for me to just drop the arm. Just something else I don't have to think about. Since I practice this way, when the time comes, everything goes into auto mode!!

For me, it’s just the opposite. I rarely hunt over feeders, so most shots I am presented with are at a traveling animal. Sometimes I stop the deer, and sometimes I don’t in the event he’s jittery and might blow out. Standing allows for more mobility, and makes it easier to maintain firm so that your arrow hits where you aim, and allows me to take the first best shot the deer presents.

[TxAg]

Aim for the exit

[whakm]

Like others have said, aim for the exit. Depending on the height of my stand, as a general rule, I aim towards the bottom of the heart. That way if he ducks then I'm still solid in the lungs. If he doesn't ( and most of my shots are around 15 yards or so) then you hit him in the heart ( and may get lungs as well) . Either way, make for a short blood trial.

[Playa]

Aim a little lower if your up more then about 12’

This is why I said I’m intentional about bending at the waist. The only time an arrow has flown “high” on me from a tree stand is when I lowered by extended arm, which in turn changed my anchor point slightly.

In my opinion modern bows shoot flat enough that shooting elevated inside 30 yards is negligible. But shifting that anchor point is dramatic