jlsherr

New to the business. Just bought a really cool bow. I also bought a 5 pin sight. What yardage should I set them for ?

sngehl01

Depends on the bow, most people would probably go with 20/30/40/50/60, maybe 15/25/35/45/55

I only use a 3 pin, and it's 20/30/40, and I can shoot it out to 70 with good accuracy. I'm about to make it 20/35/45 with these new arrows, my 20 and 30 yard pins are just too close together.

OHbowhntr

I think it depends on what your type of shooting is. I set my at 24, 32, 40, 48, 55yds. Those gaps give me the best ability to miss a yardage judgement, and still take home a deer. A lot of guys like 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, but I'm only shooting around 270fps, so I tightened my gaps a little. As for shooting to 70yds with a 3 pin sight set at 20, 30, 40, MOST guys aren't that good, because your dealing with about about 5 FEET of drop between 40 and 70 yds even shooting 300FPS!!! [:-]

sngehl01

I didn't take any offense to this, but let me clear up what I said.

I am in no way claiming to be a modern day Robin Hood, but I am capable of shooting a respectable group at 70 yards into my bag target. There are a couple reasons why 1)a well tuned bow, 2)I practice this shot alot, 3)the yardage is known.I shoot about every day out in my yard, and I shoot out to 100 yards nearly every day (never hurts to practice). Now, I would never, ever attempt to take an animal (of any kind) past 40 yards. I do mainly 3d shooting though, and I have a good feel for my bow and it's capabilities thanks to how often I shoot from these distances and practice (I know the yardages, it gets a little more fuzzy when you're estimating yardages). It helps if you're pretty good ad judging yardages. Misjudging a target at 25 yards to be at 20 is ok, you'll still hit the target at least, but judging 75 to be 70 and you could be buying a dozen new arrows very soon (which I do go throughoften).

Just getting a feel for the holdover and you can pull it off, but like I said, I would never attempt to take a deer from over 40. The only reason I practice these long shots is for my 3-D shoots when I choose to shoot open class or if they have a little competition at the end for some sort of prize (usually it's who can get the closest from a crazy distance away, where you have to pay, and if you miss you probably won't get your arrow back).

OHbowhntr

Nick,
Hook yourself up with one of these (see below links)or any of a variety of sliders, and those 100yd shots will come much easier, as will the 70's. I have the Cobra Sidewinder XL, and it's capable, however, my eyes aren't capable any longer of anything past about 70yds. Figuring where to put a 40yd pin on a 70 yd shot has a lot of "Trial and Error" to it, pick up a slider, and all of the sudden, things totally change.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_95767_400014011_400000000_400014000_400-14-11

or

I have the Cobra which is almost exactly the same as this....(.019) pins help a lot!!!

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_79520_400014011_400000000_400014000_400-14-11

sngehl01

ha ha, there was definately a lot of trial and error, I won't argue that.

I'm not ready to buy some new sights yet, I love these for some odd reason. the pins could be smaller (but I have a buddy who works at a cnc shop who said he will make me a set for .019 or .009 pins if I ever want them). So I might have him make me five of them. if I ever go to purchase a new sight set I will keep those in mind. thanks.

glockman55

four pins, 20-30-40-50.