20 and 30 yrds - Same sight pin??

[hoythitman]

I shoot one pin from 15-110 yards...

[JackFlash]

I shot my bow at 314 fps for quiet a while and still had 2 pins, one for 20 and one for 30 to hit dead center on the bulls eye. doubtful there is a bow set up that could shoot the same hole or within a couple inches with one pin. just my opinion.

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[dc1211]

I've been sighting in my bow and have noticed 20 and 30 are pretty close

[Drewboy22]

One factor some of yall are leaving out is sight length. With a short "hunting" sight the pin gap will be smaller and at 20-30 could be close enough that 2 pins could not be used effectively. I see a lot of "target hybrid" sights in the woods now with a longer sight bar. the longer the sight bar the bigger the pin gap....plus the ability to aim at more exact yardage. (thats what allows a 3D shooter to aim for 37 or 38 yrds..he has the ability to adjust that difference) as where a sight that is 2" in front of riser wont move for awhile (even 10yrds+)

That's a very good point! I never thought about that. My sight is only maybe 3 inches from riser.

[Hoff1967]

I use the top pin for everything out to 30. Shoots a couple inches high at twenty but i can deal with that.

[PDT4]

Very interesting. I will hafta do some checkin with my bow tomorrow

[El Coyote]

You could always set the first pin at 25, next one 35, 45...etc

[PYBUCK]

I would think there would be at lease 3-4" difference with that setup. There is with mine. My compound is set at 64 and I have different sight settings for my 20 & 30 on my single pin sight. That is a lot of wiggle room especially if you try to thread an arrow through a tight spot.

[GT Edwards]

you may find this interesting... http://archeryreport.com/2010/03/arr...-pin-40-yards/

[dc1211]

Good article!

I think a lot of times people subconsciously compensate without even knowing it.

[Drewboy22]

Very interesting read. His graphs show a 2 inch loss at 280fps from 20 - 30 yrds. That makes since. The bulls-eye on my target is about a 3 in circle - Close enough for government work

Thanks

[Royal#Hoyt]

Ttt

[Rumps]

I've only been shooting for a little over a month and the guy at Bass Pro set it up. He set my pins at 10, 20, and 35. I sucked at 18 yards forever because that's as far as I could shoot and my groups were inconsistent and not nearly tight enough.

I finally was able to shoot at 35, 45, and 50 yards over the last couple of days. Since I don't know enough about his stuff right now, I was basically shooting 50 yards by using my level bubble that sits at the bottom of my sight as my 4th pin from 50 yards out. Not sure if I was doing it right, but I stayed within the target zones.

After shooting at those distances for about 4-5 rounds, I went back to 25 yards and my groupings were much tighter than before. I can't wait to shoot again at those longer distances next week when I'm at the lease. It was a big confidence booster. So, should I move my sight down a notch and set my first pin at 20 and final pin at 50? Not sure what to do.

[MySRT8U]

My heli-m shoots like that. It's nice lol.

[Z7e_-->]

20/30 Same