[quote]Originally posted by WoodieSC:
NO!! A lot of people miss over the back when hunting from an elevated stand. Here's why...most of the time, an archer is tuned in to shooting a target at a pre-arranged distance where his sights are then set at. In other words, you get real comfortable knowing what 20 yards looks like. Well, from an elevated position, you may think that deer is 20 yards away, but the effect of gravity on your arrow is less than if you were on the ground. Hence, you shoot high. Now, with the modern compounds that shoot arrows as fast as they do, it makes less of a difference. With a recurve or similar (slow) bow, it makes ALL the difference..
Picking a spot makes a lot of sense, but would it also be this low from a ground blind?
So, if you practice at 20 yards, and shoot from a ground blind, you needn't worry!
Personally, when I shoot my compound, I don't think of distance. WHAT?!?! Yep. I think of "PIN." I have one pin that is set at 20 yards....but with the speed of the bow, it is dead on from 15-25 easy. SO, when a deer comes into range i don't judge the distance as a number, I only think of where i need to put that single pin on the deer to hit the "bulls-eye." If you shoot often enough, you really can visualize your arrow flight from 5 yards out to 100 if you want to. Then, all you do is decide where the deer is standing in your arrow flight.
i can't do this with the recurve....yet.
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