a pin for shots less than 20 yards?
04-30-2007, 09:46 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,911
a pin for shots less than 20 yards?
what are your opinions guys? Do you need apin for 20 and under? I shot my turkey this year at 6 yards and hardly aimed low, hit him right where i wanted...with the speeds of bows today, do you need a pin for 20 and under? Do you have one?
05-01-2007, 04:42 AM
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Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: a pin for shots less than 20 yards?
Only way I'd shoot anything other than my 20....is if I was taking a 2-3 yd shot. We had a 3 yd shot in a 3D shoot, this past Winter.....and I shot my 50yd pin. Perfect......though...as a somewhat novice archer.....it had to be proven to me...lol. It makes total sense if you think about it, though.
The first time I atempted a shot like that.....I remember putting my 20yd pin on it....and then looking out the side of my view window of my sight. I KNEW it wasn't gonna work. I honestly just shot it where I thought it looked right.....and later confirmed it was a 50yd pin shot for ME at that distance (or lack thereof).
The first time I atempted a shot like that.....I remember putting my 20yd pin on it....and then looking out the side of my view window of my sight. I KNEW it wasn't gonna work. I honestly just shot it where I thought it looked right.....and later confirmed it was a 50yd pin shot for ME at that distance (or lack thereof).
05-01-2007, 05:26 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: a pin for shots less than 20 yards?
Short answer to the question is NO. Speed's got nothing to do with it. I've never had a pin set for under 20 yards on any bow of mine, dating all the way back to the days of steel cables and wheel hangar brackets, when 210 fps was smokin'. 
Actually, except for special tuning and testingpurposes,I quit using sights altogether about five years ago. Never used sights on myhunting bows anyway.
Actually, except for special tuning and testingpurposes,I quit using sights altogether about five years ago. Never used sights on myhunting bows anyway.
05-01-2007, 07:56 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Onamia,MN.
Posts: 1,375
RE: a pin for shots less than 20 yards?
Anyone who uses pins should go out and practice enough to know which pin or where to hold their single pin on various distances and various scenarios.jmo.I'm not trying to argue or fight with anyone,i'm just saying get to know your gear!
