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<blockquote data-quote="Fishdeeper" data-source="post: 2337317" data-attributes="member: 110706"><p>yep, gravity only works over the horizontal distance. But when an animal presents a shot, it can be confusing to start doing cosine calcs in your head.</p><p>many rangefinders have a slope function..they give you both the straight line distance to the target, and they give you the slope adjusted distance.</p><p>i just use the slope adjusted distance in the Strelok calc, dial the resulting MoA, hold dead on, and never worry about angle.</p><p></p><p>edit: if you know the angle, say maybe your compass has an inclinometer function, or maybe you've got the Theodolite app on your phone, you can just plug that slope plus the straight line distance into Strelok and it will give you a slope adjusted elevation dial also.</p><p></p><p>clarification: if you use slope adjusted distance in Strelok, then set slope to 0 degrees. If you use straight line distance, then you must enter the slope angle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fishdeeper, post: 2337317, member: 110706"] yep, gravity only works over the horizontal distance. But when an animal presents a shot, it can be confusing to start doing cosine calcs in your head. many rangefinders have a slope function..they give you both the straight line distance to the target, and they give you the slope adjusted distance. i just use the slope adjusted distance in the Strelok calc, dial the resulting MoA, hold dead on, and never worry about angle. edit: if you know the angle, say maybe your compass has an inclinometer function, or maybe you’ve got the Theodolite app on your phone, you can just plug that slope plus the straight line distance into Strelok and it will give you a slope adjusted elevation dial also. clarification: if you use slope adjusted distance in Strelok, then set slope to 0 degrees. If you use straight line distance, then you must enter the slope angle. [/QUOTE]
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