Seven pin sight setup question

[rhendrix]

For all you 7 pin owners, how to you currently have your pins set up, I'm thinking something like this:

10
20
30
35
40
45
50

Or

10
20
30
40
50
60
70

Leaning towards the latter so my pins aren't all jumbled up, just wanna hear how others have theirs set up for curiousity sake?

[Mudslinger]

Depending on what set up you have and what speed you are shooting it is doubtful you will need a 10 yard pin. I would set them starting at 20 and going in 10 yard increments to 80, that is how I have my 7 pins set. Until i went to a 560 grain arrow and got under 300fps, it was hard to get my 20 and 30 close enough so my 30 was not shooting high.

[rhendrix]

What do you do if you have a shot that's 10 yards or under then? And I'm only shooting 285ish with a 440ish grain arrow. Never planning on taking a 70 yard shot for a kill but I'm definitely planning on taking 10 yard kill shots.

[rocky]

My deer bow is set up with a fixed single pin set at 25 yards, and I shoot between 275 and 285 with all my set-ups.
I sight in 1 inch high at 10 yards.
Shouldn't miss at 10 yards.

[Mudslinger]

Rocky is right, with a 20 yard pin you should be a little high at 10 yards, but not enough to miss unless you are shooting at a gnat!

[rhendrix]

Haha, truth be told, that's all I hunt, I'm in East Texas after all.

I set up my sight using the 20 yard pin (2nd pin), am I gonna have to make a vertical gang adjustment if I decide to use my first pin as the 20 yard pin or can I just use the microadjustment?

[scott123456789]

I thought typically your bow is still rising at 20 yards so actually your 10 pin would be below your 20 pin. Also it typically works out that your 30 pin hits darn close at 10 yards so you shouldn't have to worry.

7 pins is just a whole lot of pins hard to know if you are at 5,6 etc but whatever gets your going in the morning. I would be much more tempted to run 20-80 so you can impress your friends and shoot much further than them but if you would never even have a shot at a hog from that far it would be pretty pointless.

[rhendrix]

I thought typically your bow is still rising at 20 yards so actually your 10 pin would be below your 20 pin. Also it typically works out that your 30 pin hits darn close at 10 yards so you shouldn't have to worry.

7 pins is just a whole lot of pins hard to know if you are at 5,6 etc but whatever gets your going in the morning. I would be much more tempted to run 20-80 so you can impress your friends and shoot much further than them but if you would never even have a shot at a hog from that far it would be pretty pointless.

Realistically I'll never use anything outside of 40 or 50 yards...and 50 is pushing it. I just wanna shoot 70 or 80 regularly so 35 yards is a chip shot and I don't miss any deer like I did this year.

[timbobowhunter]

I thought typically your bow is still rising at 20 yards so actually your 10 pin would be below your 20 pin. Also it typically works out that your 30 pin hits darn close at 10 yards so you shouldn't have to worry.

7 pins is just a whole lot of pins hard to know if you are at 5,6 etc but whatever gets your going in the morning. I would be much more tempted to run 20-80 so you can impress your friends and shoot much further than them but if you would never even have a shot at a hog from that far it would be pretty pointless.

^^^^^This. At 10 yards or less, I Use my 30 yard pin. Dead on. You've got to practice on this and see how it works. It'll probably blow your mind the first time you see it. It did me.

First time I learned this a long time ago, was at a 3D shoot. 8 yard Target........




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[Loreva13]

I thought typically your bow is still rising at 20 yards so actually your 10 pin would be below your 20 pin. Also it typically works out that your 30 pin hits darn close at 10 yards so you shouldn't have to worry.

7 pins is just a whole lot of pins hard to know if you are at 5,6 etc but whatever gets your going in the morning. I would be much more tempted to run 20-80 so you can impress your friends and shoot much further than them but if you would never even have a shot at a hog from that far it would be pretty pointless.

^^^^^This. At 10 yards or less, I Use my 30 yard pin. Dead on. You've got to practice on this and see how it works. It'll probably blow your mind the first time you see it. It did me.

First time I learned this a long time ago, was at a 3D shoot. 8 yard Target........




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Interesting, I have never taken a 10 yard shot so I definitely got to try this.

[Coach W]

10 and 20 are the same pin for me. 30 and 10 are NOT the same.
My pin set up is this
1st 10-20
2nd 25
3rd 30
4th 35
5th 40

Each yardage ending in 5 is a red pin so i can keep up easier.

[scott123456789]

Another interesting one to shoot at 5 yards or so. Then you have to drop down to your 40 pin.

Theres a deal somewhere where you can site in your bow to 50 yards using like 3 6 8 and 10 yard shots that translate.

[rocky]

10 and 20 are the same pin for me. 30 and 10 are NOT the same.
My pin set up is this
1st 10-20
2nd 25
3rd 30
4th 35
5th 40

Each yardage ending in 5 is a red pin so i can keep up easier.

Another interesting one to shoot at 5 yards or so. Then you have to drop down to your 40 pin.

Theres a deal somewhere where you can site in your bow to 50 yards using like 3 6 8 and 10 yard shots that translate.

For real-lfe hunting situations, all this is overcomplicating what will actually happen on a real close shot.
Top pin range will have very little difference with a 20 yard pin at point blank to 25 yards with a average speed bow.

[DRT]

I shoot my 30 yard pin at 5 yards. Less than that I will just stab them with the arrow as they pass by.