Black Frog

Generally the impact difference between a 10 & 20 yd pin is not very much. This will also depend on your poundage and arrow speed. My girlfriend is only pulling low-30# range, so she has a 10,20,and 30 pin. The difference between a 10 & 20 yd pin was not nearly enough to warrant another pin for my setup.

The impact differences between a 10 and 20 yd pin will also depend on your individual setup: you anchor point, peep height, and sight bar length.

You have your line of sight to target, arrow trajectory to target, and the arrow launch position in releation to you eye. It's good to know these values- try shooting at a target 3yds away and you'll see what I mean. You'll most likely have to use a longer range pin to hit a target that close. The apex of the sight/trajectory curve is usually (depends on the individual) 10-12 yds. When you get closer than that, you start needing to use longer range pins because of the difference between line of sight and arrow launch trajectory.

It's good to know where you need to aim for those real short distance shots- you may be surprised at what you find!



Edited by - Black Frog on 02/28/2002 09:59:32

Edmund

I forgot to add I am pulling back 57 pounds.

Bo539

I use a ten yard pin for turkies. it works from 5-15 yds It's really is just what makes you the most comfortable, experiment with it a bit and find what works best for you.

akbowhunter

20-35-50 for my bow, but i still have to work on my 50 as its shooting too high.

Airborne

There really isn't much use for a 10 yd pin. Move it to 20yds and so on! Do yourself a favor and shoot 10 yds with your bow to figure where you need to be for that distance. Don't just put your 20yd pin on it thinking that you can aim just a little low. You will know what I mean if you are shooting a 3-D and have to shoot from say 5 yds or 7yds. I have seen many a steel target for bonus points eat new shafts that have been shot with the 20yd pin holding just a little low!

Shoot straight!

BobCo19-65

Has anyone tried to shoot from a treestand at 5 yards and then at 20? I have, that's why I leave a 7 yard pin on. That way I don't have to play the compensation games.

Arthur P

This is one reason why I don't use sights on my hunting bows. Too confusing! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Rangeball

But Art, we're using bows where you can't see the arrow in flight...

Arthur P

Hmmm... How do you envision the trajectory on that which can't be seen? Would that be called poke-n-hope aiming or squint-n-pray aiming???

I'll have to get back to ya on that'n! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>