GF.
09-15-2009, 03:52 PM
They sure sound like a great idea, don't they?
In the example in the Cabela's catalog, they show how a 40-yard shot at 40 degrees really requires the hold that you'd use for a 36-yard shot, which is just about enough of a difference to make a difference to a bowhunter....
Maybe my math is off, but I'm looking at A-squared + B-squared = a C-squared of 1600, so if 'A' is 36 yards (correct, horizontal distance) then the B (stand height) must be about 17.5 yards, no?
Which is a helluva long way up, IMO....
Q: How many guys hang their stands 52 feet up from where they expect the deer to be???:eek:
Add some zeros all the way around, and a ridiculously long shot (for my tastes) with a rifle at a sheep half-a-thousand feet below you is gonna hit what, 3" high, max? But not at all 'high' if you hold in the same spot you'd choose for a shot on level ground and let the shot angle make the correction inside the beast...
What kinda chaps me is that now that I'm possibly in the market for a rangefinder, they don't seem to be making them without this oh-so-valuable new feature, about which I really don't think I give the first sign of 'D' as in 'damn'
:confused:
And I think I'd really rather save myself whatever the cost differential has to be for adding the circuits and levels and programming.
Am I crazy, or just cheap?
Guess Santa will be shopping on eBay this time around :D
In the example in the Cabela's catalog, they show how a 40-yard shot at 40 degrees really requires the hold that you'd use for a 36-yard shot, which is just about enough of a difference to make a difference to a bowhunter....
Maybe my math is off, but I'm looking at A-squared + B-squared = a C-squared of 1600, so if 'A' is 36 yards (correct, horizontal distance) then the B (stand height) must be about 17.5 yards, no?
Which is a helluva long way up, IMO....
Q: How many guys hang their stands 52 feet up from where they expect the deer to be???:eek:
Add some zeros all the way around, and a ridiculously long shot (for my tastes) with a rifle at a sheep half-a-thousand feet below you is gonna hit what, 3" high, max? But not at all 'high' if you hold in the same spot you'd choose for a shot on level ground and let the shot angle make the correction inside the beast...
What kinda chaps me is that now that I'm possibly in the market for a rangefinder, they don't seem to be making them without this oh-so-valuable new feature, about which I really don't think I give the first sign of 'D' as in 'damn'
:confused:
And I think I'd really rather save myself whatever the cost differential has to be for adding the circuits and levels and programming.
Am I crazy, or just cheap?
Guess Santa will be shopping on eBay this time around :D