Post by BT on Mar 27, 2008 18:40:19 GMT -5
I have brought this up before but have not done this in some years due to a super stubborn streak that has had a hold on me for whatever reason 
Anyway....I cant see distance for crap and that has been a real stumbling block for me since attempting to train myself to see true distance.
As most do , I set my pins at increments that gap 10 yards and tried to know the distance in order to be spot on.
Well....after perhaps 5 years...maybe 3...I dont know for sure...I am ditching this worthless practice
I wont need my new range finder anymore so you may see that being sold pretty soon
I say all of this because I am wondering how many people out there have to use a range finder or would benefit from one because they just cant tell true distance?.
Well , for those that cant tell distance past 10 - 15 - 20 yards but can nail that one particular yardage every time....there is a trick that will have you never missing again if but for an inch or two.
As I say....I set back up for it today and I couldn't be more relieved to be away from the guessing game
The method I am building up to requires no ability to know anything more than one distance and have faith in yourself.
Faith plays the most important role of all
Here is how it works....
First find that distance that you are always correct on.
For myself , it is 20 yards and I am never off more than a yard in either direction in regards to knowing that distance.
You must see and be able to see that particular distance on any terrian...not just on a flat.
The trick is to be able to see that distance and then visually add that distance to the first over and over until you have reached the target point.
I do not mean that you must be correct when you add to the initial distance as to what your eye sees.
Simply stated... you have forget the truth and simply believe what you see ....be you right or wrong
For instance...when I see 20 yards and then visualize the same distance forward , I am generally at 33 yards rather than 40.
But , once I have lapsed into that range estimation error , all other visual grids remain constant.
You will find that everyone has a lapse point and it is simply a matter of finding where it exists.
I have found that for the vast majority , this grid lapse occurs on the first visual advancement of that know distance.
Anyway.....This is the trick...
Set the first to hit dead on at 15 yards.
It does not matter where your flat flight truly ends but it does matter that you are not past it when you set the first pin.
I recommend setting the first pin to hit 2" high from point of aim but this is something that you will play with and build on to suit your shooting style at some later date in time.
Next , having found your known distance reference , visually double it and set your second pin to hit that mark.
DO NOT PICK THAT DISTANCE APART!
You must simply look and know where the visual double is in your mind
Think of doubling the known distance in terms of flipping a card over it's length.
Before you flip it....where do you see it's far edge falling?.
You will find that this is the easiest way to visualize what you need in order to make this work.
Again,,,,as you work this system you may find some other analogy which works better for you but lets stick with this one for now..
Anyway.... now you have the second pin on your sight set.
Measure the distance between the top and second pin and set the third pin to match that distance.
Now you should be set to shoot 20 - 30 yards beyond your flight flight , depending on where your first distance known exists.
You will find that you no longer are required to know a distance....only a grid which will remain a constant.
Anything within this grid will be dead because you are now shooting a visual network that cannot be skewed because it is a part of your sensory system.
Fine tuning for flight within the visual grid is as simple as seeing fragments of the block in which your viewing distance in that grid.
For example...if you are seeing the target in the middle of any grid then you are going to hold the target between the grid pins which encompass it.
If a deer is standing in the middle of you third grid , you are going to hold that target area between the third & fourth grid pin.
This managed thinking also eliminates the possibility of picking the wrong pin
You cannot think in terms of grids and use the wrong pin because the pin represents the grid.
Anyone out there done this?.
It isn't easy to explain in person , much less int he written word
Worse yet...to show someone because most everyone is locked into a mindset .
(brainwashed)
I remember one kid who had never shot a bow of any kind.
I set him up and he was a natural.
We went to a local course and I explained how to judge distance as best I could.
He being an engineer used this method that he devised on the spot to beat me on that 3-D course....within hours of learning to shoot.
He is the one who showed me how to do it and I am wondering now....why the heck did I ever leave it
Anyway....I cant see distance for crap and that has been a real stumbling block for me since attempting to train myself to see true distance.
As most do , I set my pins at increments that gap 10 yards and tried to know the distance in order to be spot on.
Well....after perhaps 5 years...maybe 3...I dont know for sure...I am ditching this worthless practice
I wont need my new range finder anymore so you may see that being sold pretty soon
I say all of this because I am wondering how many people out there have to use a range finder or would benefit from one because they just cant tell true distance?.
Well , for those that cant tell distance past 10 - 15 - 20 yards but can nail that one particular yardage every time....there is a trick that will have you never missing again if but for an inch or two.
As I say....I set back up for it today and I couldn't be more relieved to be away from the guessing game
The method I am building up to requires no ability to know anything more than one distance and have faith in yourself.
Faith plays the most important role of all
Here is how it works....
First find that distance that you are always correct on.
For myself , it is 20 yards and I am never off more than a yard in either direction in regards to knowing that distance.
You must see and be able to see that particular distance on any terrian...not just on a flat.
The trick is to be able to see that distance and then visually add that distance to the first over and over until you have reached the target point.
I do not mean that you must be correct when you add to the initial distance as to what your eye sees.
Simply stated... you have forget the truth and simply believe what you see ....be you right or wrong
For instance...when I see 20 yards and then visualize the same distance forward , I am generally at 33 yards rather than 40.
But , once I have lapsed into that range estimation error , all other visual grids remain constant.
You will find that everyone has a lapse point and it is simply a matter of finding where it exists.
I have found that for the vast majority , this grid lapse occurs on the first visual advancement of that know distance.
Anyway.....This is the trick...
Set the first to hit dead on at 15 yards.
It does not matter where your flat flight truly ends but it does matter that you are not past it when you set the first pin.
I recommend setting the first pin to hit 2" high from point of aim but this is something that you will play with and build on to suit your shooting style at some later date in time.
Next , having found your known distance reference , visually double it and set your second pin to hit that mark.
DO NOT PICK THAT DISTANCE APART!
You must simply look and know where the visual double is in your mind
Think of doubling the known distance in terms of flipping a card over it's length.
Before you flip it....where do you see it's far edge falling?.
You will find that this is the easiest way to visualize what you need in order to make this work.
Again,,,,as you work this system you may find some other analogy which works better for you but lets stick with this one for now..
Anyway.... now you have the second pin on your sight set.
Measure the distance between the top and second pin and set the third pin to match that distance.
Now you should be set to shoot 20 - 30 yards beyond your flight flight , depending on where your first distance known exists.
You will find that you no longer are required to know a distance....only a grid which will remain a constant.
Anything within this grid will be dead because you are now shooting a visual network that cannot be skewed because it is a part of your sensory system.
Fine tuning for flight within the visual grid is as simple as seeing fragments of the block in which your viewing distance in that grid.
For example...if you are seeing the target in the middle of any grid then you are going to hold the target between the grid pins which encompass it.
If a deer is standing in the middle of you third grid , you are going to hold that target area between the third & fourth grid pin.
This managed thinking also eliminates the possibility of picking the wrong pin
You cannot think in terms of grids and use the wrong pin because the pin represents the grid.
Anyone out there done this?.
It isn't easy to explain in person , much less int he written word
Worse yet...to show someone because most everyone is locked into a mindset .
(brainwashed)
I remember one kid who had never shot a bow of any kind.
I set him up and he was a natural.
We went to a local course and I explained how to judge distance as best I could.
He being an engineer used this method that he devised on the spot to beat me on that 3-D course....within hours of learning to shoot.
He is the one who showed me how to do it and I am wondering now....why the heck did I ever leave it
