How high is to high??

[ole9point]

How high in a tree do you hunt? I think the 25 & 30 ft. stuff is overrated. I killed 5 or 6 deer last year and I was either in one of my 15 ft. ladder stands or on the ground. Good camo and scentlock and spray at 15 ft. beats 25 ft. and know details like that anyday. Besides the fact that the angle to the vitals makes it smaller is it even neccessary?

[hopesman]

Sept 4, 2009 21:04:15 GMT -5 ole9point said:

How high in a tree do you hunt? I think the 25 & 30 ft. stuff is overrated. I killed 5 or 6 deer last year and I was either in one of my 15 ft. ladder stands or on the ground. Good camo and scentlock and spray at 15 ft. beats 25 ft. and know details like that anyday. Besides the fact that the angle to the vitals makes it smaller is it even neccessary?

I can't wait to hear Greg Krause's response to this ;D ;D
As for me, 15 ft is just fine

[BT]

yeah...15-16...good for me

[red]

I've found 20 feet to be a good compromise.

[BT]

The question was "how high is too high"
I didn't even offer an answer

Let me stop being lazy and answer it more pointedly.

I have a serious thread speaking to this issue here on the site somewhere for those wishing to look back but I will just verbally go over it again....


What the question is for me is at what height does the arrow have the possibility of hitting only one lung.
It does not take much elevation.
standing flat footed and on the same level with the deer, there is no way to hit one lung is the deer stands perfectly side to.
The lungs will shadow each other.
As you elevate, the lungs (having a space between them) start to have an overlap, which allows an arrow to find only one lung when hit extremely high.

As you move higher, the shot does not need to be so extreme and at some point....the angle of the shot (to hit both lungs) starts to invert to where you have to start aiming high to hit both lungs.

To my recollection, height is in direct relation to distance to the target.
In the DVD, we found that at 15', the target had to be out to 15 yards before the shot angle was not considered to be extreme.

What we resolved this to be was that rule of thumb became 1 yard out for every foot of elevation.
SO....
To answer the question....nothing is too high if you are far enough away.

The limiting factor should be at what distance are you spot on?.
If you are limited to 30 yards, then 30' is the limit.....by the rule of thumb.

[Greg Krause]

I have been know for having some stands upwards of 30', but I was also setting up for shots over 30yds for the most part. It let me get away with a lot with "cheating" the wind and moving. I have been moving more and more to 20' climbing sticks so other people can come hunt my stands and it's ideal for trad gear. BUT I am having t pay a lot more attention to wind and backround cover

[jamaltwy]

12-17 feet is good for me!!!

[bambeklr]

Well usually for me it when I cant see straight and I start to get sick. OH you are talking about in a deer stand. *lol* I am good from 10-30+ feet. It all depends on my situation. In most of my setups I rarley find the need to go above 20 feet. The highrer you go the smaller your killzone gets on a close animal.

[madoktor1]

10-15 feet is plenty for me.

[red]

Probably 95% of my shots have been from 25 to 32 yards. That makes being 20 feet up about perfect. Wind becomes much less of an issue and you'll rarely get busted because of movement. This of course is relevant to bowhunting only. I still rifle hunt in PA...in some circumstances I am 30 to 33 feet up. When the temps drop into single digits and the gales are blowing you begin to wonder whether you've lost your mind.