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#21 ·
Garceau said:
Because the chances of shooting at a closer distance is greater.

If you can gap ten yds from 30-40.

Why not go 22 29 36

Its just as random as the others.

What would you do with a 35 yd shot with 20/30/40?

Shockingly you would adjust just as you would for a 40 yd shot with a 36 yd pin.

Again, i would put pins in the areas i plan to get most of my shots.

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35 yard shot you aim right between your 30 and 40 its pretty easy. its also less confusing to have pins set to clean round numbers like 20-30-40.. at 25 you gap the 20 and 30, if its 37 you use the 40 and dont worry about the inch you might shoot high.

Why would you try and complicate things for a new archer, its not perfect but its simple.
 
#22 ·
gobblengrunt said:
i would set the first pin for the furthest distance you can get out of it with arrow impact no higher than 1.5" for yardages under that distance. Then set your other pins in 10 yrd increments following. In a modern compound you will end up usually 20/30/40 or 25/35/45. If your just a treestand hunter and are limiting shots to under 25 yards, one pin is all you need and there is no confusion or aiming with wrong pin under pressure. As a new archer, experiment a little and see what works best for you.
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this^^^
 
Discussion starter · #23 ·
Does it matter what distance you are shooting at for a kill shot with the pull weight? I'm shooting a 73# pull and plan to set up 20-30-40. Should I set my wife's bow up the same distance even though she has a pull weight of 53#. Can she still make a kill shot with enough power at 40 yards?
 
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i have 5 pins at 20 30 40 50 and 60, although my 20 and 30 are touching i may change it to 30 40 50 60 70
 
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smoothie7 said:
Does it matter what distance you are shooting at for a kill shot with the pull weight? I'm shooting a 73# pull and plan to set up 20-30-40. Should I set my wife's bow up the same distance even though she has a pull weight of 53#. Can she still make a kill shot with enough power at 40 yards?
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Yes, pull matters at long distances. That being said, she's not using a 20# recurve...40-50 yards with a 50# modern compound bow is fine. That is if the arrows enter the animal straight...but that's at any weight. Many a deer have been taken at 30-40 yards with a 30-40# compound...shot placement, arrow flight and the proper BH are more important than weight.

as to sight setup...it's all personal preference, set it up how you like. Me, I don't like multiple pins but if I had to setup it would be 10, 25, 40...I should be able to gap anything else.
 
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TauntoHawk said:
35 yard shot you aim right between your 30 and 40 its pretty easy. its also less confusing to have pins set to clean round numbers like 20-30-40.. at 25 you gap the 20 and 30, if its 37 you use the 40 and dont worry about the inch you might shoot high.

Why would you try and complicate things for a new archer, its not perfect but its simple.
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For a new archer im trying to say do what he/she wants. There is no more reason for 20/30/40 than anything else.

It's because thats what everyone else was taught and feel the need to have that as a standard.

No bow shoots flat to 30 yds. Drop from 35 to 40 is usually greater than what people think and each person should have a realistic sense on the exact amount. My 320 fps set up obviously is much different reason than my 280 set up in arrow drop.


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I had trouble with my pins blurring together. Never had problems with my eyes or anything, so I went from a .019 to .010 diameter pins thinking it would help my problem. not so much, so I tried random yardages to get some space between my pins and it works fine with me. only use 3 pins out of the 5.
 
Discussion starter · #34 ·
This past weekend we went on vacation and they had a nice archery range with bags set up at 25, 35, and 45 so needless to say my wife and I both sighted our bows in at those distances. We were getting pretty nice groupings :) The key now is to practice a lot.
 
#35 ·
Man......whew.......some folks make this harder than it has to be.....lol. Have you ever looked at a ruler, a speedometer, micrometer, etc....They ALL have a system that is easy on the eyes, linear and easy to read....so you can read them faster and more accurately. Sure you could make a ruler that has 1 inch REALLY big and then 1.6 really big , and 2.2 really big (and on and on) and the numbers in-between small but that is not logical, causes confusion, is erratic, hard to read and you would go out of business quickly.

Archery is an individual sport so do what makes you happy and all these crazy examples just proves how well humans can adapt....but for me I try to make things as easy as I can so when you are nervous, cold and things happen fast you set yourself up for the "easiest" proven system......20, 30, 40 and on a 3 pin (like the op asked about) that is VERY easy to read and lessens the chance of using the wrong pin in pressure situations.
 
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