Hey everyone I have been a avid bowhunter for a long time and now decided to get a crossbow, but my question is that I use a climber and climb to about 20 feet on a typical hunt, how will this effect my accuracy when using a crossbow if it is sighted in 10, 20, 30, 40 yards on the ground. Will it drop my arrow?? I am not fimilar with crossbow bolts and how they respond to elevation.
I like to get high in the tree as well. I did notice at 20 yards or so, my bolt tends to shoot low. (missed a buck at 20 yards, but he only ran 20 yards, so I was able to get him at 40 yards, and hit dead on. You do need to climb the stand and shoot a few at 20 yards into a target to see what it does. Otherwise, your guessing.
I have a 200# Horton Hunter, and I have noticed that from 5 to 10 yards, my bolt hits low. Just gotta get in the air and fling a few.
So I love my crossbow took 3 deer this season with in while in my climber and stand, did not see any difference in angle when I shot all three deer...honestly I am going to sell my compound this is so much better- better clean ethical kills, not one of the deer ran past 15 yards! I hooked!
I use a crossbow during the late season some when the foliage is off the trees just cause you don't have to move as much.. haven't had any issues as far as accuracy
The only thing that affected mine at any time was not keeping the limbs completely parallel....would throw it off. Hard to keep it parallel shooting offhand without lots of practice. I used a ladder stand with a rail.
technically shooting ANY bow at any angle up or down should cause you to shoot HIGH compared to flat trajectory. Gravity has less of an affect on your projectile the steeper the angle.
In this part of the country finding a tree straight enough to get up 20' is areal rarity. 15 is about the norm and that can be hard to find in the right location. Have not shot from the stand yet. My target center is 20" above ground level and I am stand about 4' higher. When shooting at the target I am shooting down grade all the time. Just the way the ground lays.
