OK, I was a flat lander when I lived in Northern Illinois, I admit that. Every time I went hunting or fishing up around Eagle River all you cheesheads would call me that, lol.bstout wrote:Mike, you're not dealing with much of an angle with a shooting distance of 25 yards or more, especially if you're hunting over level terrain.
No offense, Mike but many flat landers don't have to deal with this very often or at least not to the same extent as hill folks.
There's very little level ground around here that doesn't have crops growing on it. Almost all of our woods are located in extremely uneven, non-tillable terrain. We get some nasty steep downward shots into deep ravines.
I was even more of a flat lander when I lived in Kansas. It was like a billiard table.
But I grew up in the "Hill Country" of Texas and we sure had some ups and downs.
Where I live now bstout is very hilly. The glaciers really did a number here in southwestern Ohio. I hunt very little level ground. Level ground here is also utilized for crop fields just like where you are. You might say I am in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Our hollows around here run deep and steep.
Now that that's out of the way, here is what I think.
I do not shoot beyond thirty yards. I don't think there is much of an issue of hold low or hold high within that range regardless of the terrain. If there is, I am not a good enough shot that it matters as I think the difference either high or low is small enough that my poor shooting is more of a concern then the trigonometry of the shot.
I think the answer to this entire discussion is to shoot short distances. So that's my story and I am stickin to it.
That is until awshucks weighs in and splains it to me.
He can really cipher.
