Post by Buckfever on Jul 18, 2006 18:52:38 GMT -5
I am a big believer in the use of 3-D targets and shooting from an elevated position if you're a treestand hunter. I have witnessed too many fine archers fail miserably in the field, because very simply, they did not know where to aim. Moreover, even if they knew where to aim, they weren't well practised enough to be able to do it automatically. In the field the shots develop quickly.
I don't mean any offense to anyone and if you have the skill, take the shot. Lord knows I'm as aggressive as anyone in the field. So don't take this the wrong way, let's just look at this a little.
35 yards elevated:
Looks far, here's a close up:
First let's consider a broadside shot:
And the exit:
Now here I measure 3" off the group horizontally and place 2 arrows:
Those are all in the kill zone.
Now lets look at 35 yard quartering away shot, which BTW just give it a try sometime, it took me quite a bit to get this group:
Here I pushed a couple through to look at the exit:
Now here's where it gets interesting, I place an arrow on both sides of the group, 3" off the group:
Here's the tape to show the 6" of horizontal measure:
But what do we have on the animal?
A 6" group at 35 yards, on a quartering away animal results in a 9" group horizontally on the animal. Draw your own conclusions.
Now let's bring it in closer, not even all that severe an angle, 10 yards:
Does that look a little high?
Here's the exit:
Anyway I hope this illustrates the point, that you need to practice the angles at various distances. Get down there and look at how that arrow is going through and what will happen is, you will start to automatically aim for the exit. And your familiarity with where to aim, will make you much more proficient in the field.
I don't mean any offense to anyone and if you have the skill, take the shot. Lord knows I'm as aggressive as anyone in the field. So don't take this the wrong way, let's just look at this a little.
35 yards elevated:
Looks far, here's a close up:
First let's consider a broadside shot:
And the exit:
Now here I measure 3" off the group horizontally and place 2 arrows:
Those are all in the kill zone.
Now lets look at 35 yard quartering away shot, which BTW just give it a try sometime, it took me quite a bit to get this group:
Here I pushed a couple through to look at the exit:
Now here's where it gets interesting, I place an arrow on both sides of the group, 3" off the group:
Here's the tape to show the 6" of horizontal measure:
But what do we have on the animal?
A 6" group at 35 yards, on a quartering away animal results in a 9" group horizontally on the animal. Draw your own conclusions.
Now let's bring it in closer, not even all that severe an angle, 10 yards:
Does that look a little high?
Here's the exit:
Anyway I hope this illustrates the point, that you need to practice the angles at various distances. Get down there and look at how that arrow is going through and what will happen is, you will start to automatically aim for the exit. And your familiarity with where to aim, will make you much more proficient in the field.