[BruceBruce1959]

How many of you use range finders? Mine doesn't fiqure the angle in. Anybody got advise to fiqure actual distance when in tree? Shot over a bucks back! Range finder said 22 I shot 20 must have been closer! :no: Hate to have to buy another one!

The Actual distance is the distance the range finder is calculating for you....
Whether you're ranging from the ground or a tree the rangefinder doesn't know you're elevated so the calculated distance is going to measure accurately using a "Line of sight measure"

the following information comes from bowhunter-ed.com

Judging Distances

When judging distance from a tree stand, use the horizontal distance, not the greater diagonal distance. In this diagram you should aim for 12 yards, not 13 yards.
To calculate the horizontal distance “a” from a tree stand to a target, with “b” being the height of your tree stand and “c” being the diagonal distance to a target (you can establish this number using a range finder), use this simple formula:

For example, if the treestand is 5 yards above the ground and the diagonal distance to your target is 13 yards, then the horizontal distance is calculated as follows:

 

[BruceBruce1959]

SM, something else, in Bruce's example the hunter is only 12' up the tree, when your 20 or 25' up it makes even more difference. When you consider there could also be a change in elevation from your stand to the deer the difference could be dramatic, what reads 25 yards could actually shoot 18.

Buckshot it's Actually the opposite, the higher you climb the further (not closer) the shot becomes but what does change is the kill zone,
it becomes a smaller diameter and more of a vertical shape oval.

 

[BruceBruce1959]

i'm with buckshot the closer, the shorter pin, it becomes. it ranges further but shoot like its even closer. if the deer is "broad side" and you're way up the elevation of the kill is shorter but the widage stays the same.

I agree too with "Closer the shorter pin" but his example was a deer at 25 yards he said it might be an 18 yard shot,
that would put him up the tree about (15 yards) 45 feet high....:lol: :lol: