Shoobee

You do not need angle technology as long as you are not geometrically challenged. Just think about it. On a shot straight up or straight down, the drop will always be zero. On a flat shot, the drop will always be 100%. Notice the shape of the "L" angle. That equals 90 degrees. Therefore 100% equals 90 degrees. Therefore further, since 100 / 90 = 11, for every 10 degrees of angle, you need to adjust your range by decreasing it 11%. To figure out angle, just look at your target, and imagine what flat looks like, and imagine what 45 degrees looks like, and estimate where in between your target is. It applies to bowshots as well as rifle shots. Only with bowshots you will be dealing with up to 50 yards max, and with rifle shots up to 500. It is quite hard to hit anything with a bow past 50 yards, and quite difficult to see anything past 500 yards.

I cannot imagine hunting without a range finder. Rifle or bow.

I use the Leupold RX-1000. Great for rifle or bow.

I never aim for the heart. I always try to put an arrow through both lungs. The heart is about the size of your clenched fist. The lungs are each the size of a football. You can miss low on a heart shot so it is not worth that unnecessary risk. If I came upon a downed deer and it was still breathing and not moving, that would be the time to finish him with a heart shot.

Being a very focused person, the weather is what I am most interested in, so I will start listening to one AM-station news channel, and after I get a thorough weather report from them, I will switch to another AM-station news channel, and hear their version as well. From that point on, I will shut off the radio and go over in my mind how I expect this hunt to go. Normally the first thing I will do, after refueling, is to pull into one of my favorite camping spots and set up my tent, to claim the spot. So I will visualized doing that. Normally it just amounts to spreading a big tarp, setting up the tent, spreading a smaller tarp, and setting up a camp chair and sun umbrella. Next thing I will do is load the bow quiver or unlock the rifle and put cartridges into my left shirt pocket, then head out to do some live road scouting. So I will visualize that, and think about the places that I intend to hunt. When I have thought through all that detail, then I will put on some music on my CD player, usually something relaxing, popular music. My dad loved country music but I think I burned out on it as a kid. I still remember Johnny Cash and "I fell into a burning ring of fire." When I asked my dad what that burning ring of fire was he said awe don't worry about it now. On the way back home it is the opposite. Then I will listen to music all along the way. Sometimes even Inagoddadavida. It's a love song actually, about being in the garden of eden, which is a girl, of course. And all the usual lies about being true etc.

Don't you just hate when that happens?!

Ever notice how picky trophy hunters are? To a meat hunter this looks like Valhalla. No complaints.

I will always remember watching the tv coverage of the first moon landing in 1969. In the USA it was broadcast live on Sunday July 20 at 7 pm. In Europe it was broadcast live at 4 a.m. Monday July 21, and then rebroadcast later again that morning. You could easily hear the emotion in his voice. "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed." It is on the list of the things you remember where you were when it happened. JFK shooting 1963 Tet Offensive 1968 Moon landing 1969 Big Quake Calif 1989 Twin towers 2001 The moon landing was a good thing, unlike the other memorables.

Before anyone buys a bow, I believe they should go to an archery shop and try shooting a few. This will tell you what feels best for you. There is such a big difference between them, that picking one off the internet could be a major disaster.