Post by BT on Feb 14, 2006 21:20:17 GMT -5
Fixed Pins - You typically have anywhere from 1 to 4 sight pins.
You set a single sight pin for something like 25 yards and with today's fast bows you should be able to shoot out to 40 yards by holding a little high or low.
A lot of hunters like this because they don’t get confused over which pin to use.
Others (like myself) use several pins setting them for distances like 20, 30, and 40 yards.
Then you can hold a pin pretty much low or high in the vital at any distance.
You don’t need to judge distance exactly this way.
You can guess it is over 30 yards, but less than 40 yards. Hold the 30 yard pin high in the vital and you should have a killing shot.
Another often over looked advantage is using the sight pins as a range finder.
The average Whitetail deer’s body height at your sight pins will be about 5/8” at 20 yards.
That means if you have sight pins that are 5/8” apart and the deer's body fits between the pins it is 20 yards away. It would be 5\16” at 40 yards.
This only works with pin sights that are horizontal. You can do a little experimenting and learn how to judge distance using your sight pin gap.
Another advantage that few people know about is using your fixed pins to make sure you clear brush or limbs.
For example, you have a 30 yard shot at a target or animal. At about 20 yards there is a limb that is just above the animals body and you don’t know if your arrow will hit it because of trajectory.
Put your 30 yard pin on the target and see where your 20 yard pin is.
If it is on the limb you will hit it.
If it is above or below the limb you will clear it.
The only disadvantage of fixed pins is you many times have to hold a little over or under the target rather than right on it.
Just something to think about in case you have had too many close calls
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Think with your head....not your heart!
You set a single sight pin for something like 25 yards and with today's fast bows you should be able to shoot out to 40 yards by holding a little high or low.
A lot of hunters like this because they don’t get confused over which pin to use.
Others (like myself) use several pins setting them for distances like 20, 30, and 40 yards.
Then you can hold a pin pretty much low or high in the vital at any distance.
You don’t need to judge distance exactly this way.
You can guess it is over 30 yards, but less than 40 yards. Hold the 30 yard pin high in the vital and you should have a killing shot.
Another often over looked advantage is using the sight pins as a range finder.
The average Whitetail deer’s body height at your sight pins will be about 5/8” at 20 yards.
That means if you have sight pins that are 5/8” apart and the deer's body fits between the pins it is 20 yards away. It would be 5\16” at 40 yards.
This only works with pin sights that are horizontal. You can do a little experimenting and learn how to judge distance using your sight pin gap.
Another advantage that few people know about is using your fixed pins to make sure you clear brush or limbs.
For example, you have a 30 yard shot at a target or animal. At about 20 yards there is a limb that is just above the animals body and you don’t know if your arrow will hit it because of trajectory.
Put your 30 yard pin on the target and see where your 20 yard pin is.
If it is on the limb you will hit it.
If it is above or below the limb you will clear it.
The only disadvantage of fixed pins is you many times have to hold a little over or under the target rather than right on it.
Just something to think about in case you have had too many close calls
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Think with your head....not your heart!
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