Well, I'm an experienced hunter and I agree with Arthur completely ... I think. I know my bow is shooting at 265 fps. I also have tested and shot and tested and shot starting from point blank all the way out to my max hunting range and beyond. I want something a little more precise than one pin from 0-30. According to the one pin theory I have shot my 20 yard pin and know the drop is NOT acceptable to me at 25 yards. I'll gap my 20-30. If I have a deer at 20 I want to aim where I expect to hit... the same at 25 and 30 etc. At 27 yards my 20 yard pin is in NO way acceptable to me. I'll gap the pins and shoot it like 25 and maybe aim a little up if I'm sure. At 35 I'll gap my 30 and 40. If I'm off a yard or two I'm still good. I was in Lens last night. There was a young guy there with one pin, bow shooting at 250 fps and he said he was good with one pin to 30. The arc of that arrow in NO WAY is acceptable from point blank to 30. He was sighting in on a 20 yard target for opening day. He says he'll guess and maybe aim a little high at 30. Guessing and "A little High" is not precise enough for me and I've been doing it 32 years. I don't shoot 3D but consider the accuracy required for it is what we should have too in bowhunting. You should put that 12 ring on the deer and try to hit it... not hit the 10 inch pie plate(which should really only be 8 inches) everyone talks about. When you start talking 35 yards... I want to know it's 35 or as close as possible. I don't want to say 35 and have it 38. I want to know it's a couple more than 35 at least. I try to achieve that accurate a range estimation if I do it with my eye or have time for my lazer rangefinder. You can NEVER be to precise and should NOT aspire to be CLOSE or in the ballpark.







Edited by - shortdraw on 09/13/2002 10:46:55