Good video, but I would have taken my arrow out after each shot and marked my target,therefore not damaging my arrows. The hole in the targets don't move so no reason not to pull arrows out before shooting each time.
You should make a video on shooting from a stand vs a controlled setting and even ground. If I sight in at 20 and take a deer from a stand at 20 yards, will the shot be dead on? What would I need to adjust?
Andrew Sanchez If you are in a tree stand and the deer is 20 yards out from the base of the tree, you will be dead on. If you are in a tree stand and your Rangefinder says the deer is 20 yards away, it is actually a bit less than 20 yards out from the base of the tree due to the fact that you are measuring the hypotenuse of the triangle. However, the distance will be such a small amount less than 20 yards that you do not need to compensate for it. Using the Pythagorean theorem,. A squared + B squared = C squared, you can easily figure out the exact distance. C squared is equal to the 20 yards that is shown on your range finder. A squared can represent the height of your tree stand. And then B squared will be the actual distance away from the base of the tree that the deer really is. Assume that your tree stand is 12 ft high (which is 4 yards). So, C squared - A squared = B squared. C (20x20 or 400) A (4x4 or 16) So B squared = 400-16 or 384 The square root of 384 equals 19.6. So the deer is actually 19.6 yards away from the base of the tree when your range finder says that it is 20 yards. It is virtually impossible to adjust your aiming to compensate for less than half a yard distance difference. I suppose if you wanted to be perfect, you could aim about 1/32 of an inch low . Hahaha . In other words use your 20-yard pin when the range finder says 20 yards. No compensation is needed.
@@kevinkelly1529 great answer. Just curious how much this equation differs at say 30 or 40 yards, is it a much bigger difference to figure out the actual distance versus the rangefinder distance?
@@xkyox4945 depending on how high you are really. But if you are 10 yards up a tree. The math says deer actually 30 yards away you will be reading 31.4 on a range finder. 40 yards away it's even less because the angle is closer to 90. Bigger issue is if there is elevation drops like the tree is on the side of a hill. This is when there will be added yardage on range finder that aren't truly there in actual distance. Either way a crossbow is shooting so fast we are talking half an inch changes. Remember to aim slightly high to hit the heart sitting in the center of deer body and you will be fine aiming dead on.
If you are shooting low shouldn't you bring your crosshair down to where you shot then readjust the bow on the rest then take another shot to be dead on? To me I think less shots taken an less bolts damage hmmm I wonder
Nice to know this. But I have one issue, you used 2 different targets. Your first shot holes are in the wrong spot with the other shots you were doing. But good tutorial anyway bud.
It's a shame you edit your targets.It would be better if you explained what went wrong after the first target.We now have no confidence in your videos.
Thank you,Great video best one on you tube, watched many,Perfect.U da man
I looked at a lot of video tonight about crossbows yours was #1 Thanks You
Thanks for the Information.
Good video, but I would have taken my arrow out after each shot and marked my target,therefore not damaging my arrows. The hole in the targets don't move so no reason not to pull arrows out before shooting each time.
Thank you.
You should make a video on shooting from a stand vs a controlled setting and even ground. If I sight in at 20 and take a deer from a stand at 20 yards, will the shot be dead on? What would I need to adjust?
Andrew Sanchez
If you are in a tree stand and the deer is 20 yards out from the base of the tree, you will be dead on.
If you are in a tree stand and your Rangefinder says the deer is 20 yards away, it is actually a bit less than 20 yards out from the base of the tree due to the fact that you are measuring the hypotenuse of the triangle. However, the distance will be such a small amount less than 20 yards that you do not need to compensate for it.
Using the Pythagorean theorem,. A squared + B squared = C squared, you can easily figure out the exact distance. C squared is equal to the 20 yards that is shown on your range finder. A squared can represent the height of your tree stand. And then B squared will be the actual distance away from the base of the tree that the deer really is. Assume that your tree stand is 12 ft high (which is 4 yards). So, C squared - A squared = B squared.
C (20x20 or 400)
A (4x4 or 16)
So B squared = 400-16 or 384
The square root of 384 equals 19.6.
So the deer is actually 19.6 yards away from the base of the tree when your range finder says that it is 20 yards.
It is virtually impossible to adjust your aiming to compensate for less than half a yard distance difference.
I suppose if you wanted to be perfect, you could aim about 1/32 of an inch low . Hahaha . In other words use your 20-yard pin when the range finder says 20 yards. No compensation is needed.
@@kevinkelly1529 great answer. Just curious how much this equation differs at say 30 or 40 yards, is it a much bigger difference to figure out the actual distance versus the rangefinder distance?
@@xkyox4945 depending on how high you are really. But if you are 10 yards up a tree. The math says deer actually 30 yards away you will be reading 31.4 on a range finder. 40 yards away it's even less because the angle is closer to 90.
Bigger issue is if there is elevation drops like the tree is on the side of a hill. This is when there will be added yardage on range finder that aren't truly there in actual distance. Either way a crossbow is shooting so fast we are talking half an inch changes. Remember to aim slightly high to hit the heart sitting in the center of deer body and you will be fine aiming dead on.
Cool but if you get off your butt after each shot and mark the hole maybe you want wreck so many arrows. But thanks for the video info
+cajunski1 You are welcome!
cajunski1
I was thinking the same thing. Destroying arrows like that is ridiculous.
If you are shooting low shouldn't you bring your crosshair down to where you shot then readjust the bow on the rest then take another shot to be dead on? To me I think less shots taken an less bolts damage hmmm I wonder
Agreed. Don't group arrow. Dude just wasted at minimum $20 by busting 2 arrows.
Nice to know this. But I have one issue, you used 2 different targets. Your first shot holes are in the wrong spot with the other shots you were doing. But good tutorial anyway bud.
It's a shame you edit your targets.It would be better if you explained what went wrong after the first target.We now have no confidence in your videos.