ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr
I think it depends on what your type of shooting is. I set my at 24, 32, 40, 48, 55yds. Those gaps give me the best ability to miss a yardage judgement, and still take home a deer. A lot of guys like 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, but I'm only shooting around 270fps, so I tightened my gaps a little. As for shooting to 70yds with a 3 pin sight set at 20, 30, 40, MOST guys aren't that good, because your dealing with about about 5 FEET of drop between 40 and 70 yds even shooting 300FPS!!! [:-]
I didn't take any offense to this, but let me clear up what I said.
I am in no way claiming to be a modern day Robin Hood, but I am capable of shooting a respectable group at 70 yards into my bag target. There are a couple reasons why 1)a well tuned bow, 2)I practice this shot alot, 3)the yardage is known.I shoot about every day out in my yard, and I shoot out to 100 yards nearly every day (never hurts to practice). Now, I would never, ever attempt to take an animal (of any kind) past 40 yards. I do mainly 3d shooting though, and I have a good feel for my bow and it's capabilities thanks to how often I shoot from these distances and practice (I know the yardages, it gets a little more fuzzy when you're estimating yardages). It helps if you're pretty good ad judging yardages. Misjudging a target at 25 yards to be at 20 is ok, you'll still hit the target at least, but judging 75 to be 70 and you could be buying a dozen new arrows very soon (which I do go throughoften).
Just getting a feel for the holdover and you can pull it off, but like I said, I would never attempt to take a deer from over 40. The only reason I practice these long shots is for my 3-D shoots when I choose to shoot open class or if they have a little competition at the end for some sort of prize (usually it's who can get the closest from a crazy distance away, where you have to pay, and if you miss you probably won't get your arrow back).