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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
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11/06/17 01:55 PM
11/06/17 01:55 PM
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Posts: 10,502 Central, Al
Bustinbeards
Booner
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Where Did you aim? Did you have your cheek down on the stock? You need to shoot it and see from ground and stand
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: Bustinbeards]
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11/06/17 01:58 PM
11/06/17 01:58 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,351 D'Iberville, MS
MS_Hunter
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Did you miss high or low?
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
#2283734
11/06/17 02:11 PM
11/06/17 02:11 PM
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Posts: 6,351 D'Iberville, MS
MS_Hunter
12 point
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Missed low and from the ground have no problem. Sometimes when you are considerably higher than your target you have to aim a little higher than normal to compensate for the angle. That's been my experience anyway.
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
#2283804
11/06/17 03:12 PM
11/06/17 03:12 PM
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Posts: 15,179 Ourtown, AL
BCLC
Old Mossy Horns
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Do you practice with the same broadheads and bolts you hunt with?
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
#2283813
11/06/17 03:20 PM
11/06/17 03:20 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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A sq + B sq = C sq 35' up + 30 yards out = shot distance of +/- 33 yards. Aim high.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
#2283840
11/06/17 03:40 PM
11/06/17 03:40 PM
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87dixieboy
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On a crossbow that is likely shooting 350+ FPS a 3 yard error shouldn’t make a difference.
Only accurate rifles are interesting.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
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11/06/17 05:42 PM
11/06/17 05:42 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 2,028 Hartselle, AL
ghost rabbit
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Thanks for the info. Gonna shoot from up in the tree with same broad heads and go from there. If you haven't been shooting with your hunting broadheads then you may not even be close. I never even shoot field tips even when sighting in with mine.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: ghost rabbit]
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11/06/17 05:56 PM
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bholmes
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Thanks for the info. Gonna shoot from up in the tree with same broad heads and go from there. If you haven't been shooting with your hunting broadheads then you may not even be close. I never even shoot field tips even when sighting in with mine. This, sounds like a broadhead issue. I'd bet they are shooting low vs field points.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
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11/06/17 06:22 PM
11/06/17 06:22 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,916 Wetumpka
deerhunter_1
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I have an old Barnett and at 30 from the ground it hits the same when I’m up a tree. I have a single dot and mine hits the same from up close to 30. Sounds like a broad head issue where they shoot different than your field points. Mine shoots my field points and Shwackers the same.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: kkfish]
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11/07/17 08:19 AM
11/07/17 08:19 AM
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mman
8 point
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8 point
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It is the horizontal distance - ALWAYS, whether shooting uphill or downhill, from a tree or in a hole. Many rangefinders have a true ballistic range or something along those lines that will give you the horizontal distance from you to the target and not your actual distance.
For example, if you are 35' up in a tree and a deer is 20 yards (60') from the base of your tree (on flat ground), the deer will actually be 23.15yards from you, but you should still use your 20 yard pin.
Don't blame the angle for you shooting low. Something else was going on there. You either used the wrong pin or your scope is now off, or something.
In other words, if you are at the base of your tree and the ground is flat, you use your 20 yard pin for a target that is 20 yards away. If you climb up 10' up a tree, still use your 20 yard pin. If you climb up 100' up a tree, still use your 20 yard pin, even though the target will look much farther away. If you dig a 100' trench and are standing at the bottom, still use your 20 yard pin.
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Re: Crossbow shooting question
[Re: mman]
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11/07/17 02:55 PM
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Posts: 3,300 Autuaga County
nomercy
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10 point
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Autuaga County
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It is the horizontal distance - ALWAYS, whether shooting uphill or downhill, from a tree or in a hole. Many rangefinders have a true ballistic range or something along those lines that will give you the horizontal distance from you to the target and not your actual distance.
For example, if you are 35' up in a tree and a deer is 20 yards (60') from the base of your tree (on flat ground), the deer will actually be 23.15yards from you, but you should still use your 20 yard pin.
Don't blame the angle for you shooting low. Something else was going on there. You either used the wrong pin or your scope is now off, or something.
In other words, if you are at the base of your tree and the ground is flat, you use your 20 yard pin for a target that is 20 yards away. If you climb up 10' up a tree, still use your 20 yard pin. If you climb up 100' up a tree, still use your 20 yard pin, even though the target will look much farther away. If you dig a 100' trench and are standing at the bottom, still use your 20 yard pin. I agree pretty much with this. Gravity does play a small part in all of this. If I’m 27’ up and shooting level terrain my rangefinder tells me to shoot a 35’ shot like its 33yds. To compensate for angle and drop. As Joe Dirt said. “I don’t know how it works. It just does”!!
Don't blame me for your bad decision-
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