Compensating for elevation

[everlast]

First deer ever in bow range yesterday, and damn the adrenaline. Joined new club, scouted exactly once, for 2 hours. Found a scrape and a rub, put cameras on both. Hunted twice, one morning and yesterday evening. Check cameras on way in. 0 pics on rub, camera on scrape crapped out, but i could see scrape had been freshened up. Wasn't very hopeful of seeing anything. Climbed up, got settled, and within 15 mins a doe and a mature, wide 8 came out, bee lined right to scrape to smell and freshen. The scrape is 20 yards at my 10 o'clock, but lets say i'm facing north, he was facing east. Any movement would have been spotted. He walked a few more steps east, sensed something wrong, turned and walked west. I drew, but felt the angle was too severe. More than quartering away. Waited and at 30 yards he turned just enough, merped him, and let loose.

In the excitement, i know that i forgot to compensate for him ducking, which he did, and the arrow probably shaved fur as it flew just over his back. Wondering if i was misinformed on how to aim from elevation. Any rules of thumb? If deer is at 30 yards and i'm 25 feet up, do I aim a little low?

I realize that ideally I should practice from elevation, but had no access to the land before 1 week prior to season and leave in suburban hell.

Thanks

[b-stick]

Bend at the waist.

Most archers bend with their arms which causes them to shoot high out of a tree stand.

I shoot sitting down 90% of the time but it doesn’t make much difference.

Bend at the waist and you will be ok out to 30.

[JBK]

Aim low. Bend at the waist.

[SCSwitchback]

Always aim low. You really can't hit them too low