40yds. vs. 50yds.

[loogout1]

Been shooting out to 40yds. to increase my killing effectiveness and have gotten to where I'm shooting mostly 4-5 inch groups. Today I figured I'd push it out to 50 just to see what kind of drop I would have using my 40 pin. I have about an 8-10 inch difference but I was suprised at how my grouping opened up also. I'm talking like 7-8 inches. Bow shoots straight, paper tuned, the whole 9. Could it just be my shooting? I notice it is pretty hard to even pick a spot at that yardage because the pin obscures most of it. What do you guys do to shoot precisely at this type of distance?

[BGfisher]

Either use a smaller dot (pin) or a larger aiming spot.

[loogout1]

I just put on the .19 pins for my 30 and 40 pins. I would probably never even attempt a 50 yd shot this year on a deer, but if I was going to seriously think about it I would get a 4th pin and it would be a .10 or similar.

[passthru79]

.19 pins are fine for shooting 50+ yards. I played around lastyear and was shooting 80 yards with .19 pins and could keep it in the kill zone easily. The smaller pins do help and it takes some practice even moving just tenyards. The farther back you move any imperfection in your form or slight tuning issues are greatly multiplied.

[nubo]

I use the .019 pin for the 20,30 and 40 yrd shot's and a .010 for 50 and 60 yrd shot's .The smaller pin doesn't obscure your target as the larger pin does . Just as loogout1 has said.

nubo

[loogout1]

I'm thinking that if I had a 50yd pin instead of holding my 40 high, my groups would have been a little better. It definitely demonstrates the need for practice and good form for responsible shooting though.

[mus_stang]

being alittle off will make a bigger difference the further distance you go from the target...lets say you aim dead center but when you release from that distance and you are a couple mm off it will look a couple inces at the target

[loogout1]

do most guys shooting at long distances put the pin right on their "spot" or do they put it just off of it like shooting open gun sights? I would think the latter would work better so as not to obscure the ttarget.

[passthru79]

I always put mine on the spot I wanna hit. Just like the saying says, pick a spot and settle your pin on it.

[gibblet]

loogout, some guys do that. some indoor spot shooters shoot like that. when you put your pin just under what you want to hit- i've heard that called lolly-popping. focus, i think, should be on the spot you want to hit and stay there as your pin slides over it. its tough. at longer distances, many others and i get caught peeking - or looking over our pin to see what we're aiming at. my deal is i like to let the pin fall a little bit, and end upa couple inches low.