Remember, when shooting “on the level,” a bullet’s trajectory curve is maximized because gravity pulls it at a 90-degree, right angle. The steeper the angle, the more it alters the trajectory curve. The “shoot high” effect results from the angle at which gravity pulls against the bullet’s line of travel.
But the acceleration of gravity has minimal impact on this because it’s pulling just 32 feet per second and bullets are flying at thousands of feet per second. It makes sense that bullets fired downhill would land higher than normal because gravity is accelerating them, right? It makes no sense that they’d also strike higher going uphill where gravity is working against them. I have never found a rangefinder (and I’ve owned many brands) that perfectly matched my bow’s performance.Uphill Downhill Shooting Phenomena Explained However, you must practice in the mountains with your rangefinder. Now that we have these tools at our disposal, it is much easier. Before the advent of angle-compensating rangefinders, this was very difficult to estimate. The rule of thumb is to shoot for the horizontal distance to the animal rather than the line-of-sight distance. Bowhunters, especially those pursuing game in the mountains, need to practice steep uphill and downhill shots throughout the off-season. First, you can’t just range the animal and shoot you have to figure out what the “shoot for” distance is before you draw your bow. Making these extreme shots is tough for a couple reasons. Sheep and goat bowhunters have to shoot straight down as well as straight up. Treestand bowhunters sometimes have to shoot nearly straight down. Shooting steeply uphill or downhill is a very common occurrence for bowhunters. In this series of columns, we will discuss most of the types of extreme shooting you will face while bowhunting - and how to master them. The most important thing to realize is that the only way to get proficient at making extreme shots is to practice them. So, I would like to give you some advice in order to shorten your learning curve. These mistakes have given me a great deal of experience, and I would like to believe I’ve learned a few things.
I’ve made just about every shooting mistake one is capable of making - and most of them I’ve made again and again.
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