FYI..Practice at very short distances
11-10-2008, 01:37 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
I don't thinkanyone wouldneed a sight at 3 yards.
I don't thinkanyone wouldneed a sight at 3 yards.
No. It is however an weird feeling being that close at eye level and then having doubts about where you should aim.
11-10-2008, 01:44 PM
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
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No. It is however an weird feeling being that close at eye level and then having doubts about where you should aim.
No. It is however an weird feeling being that close at eye level and then having doubts about where you should aim.
11-10-2008, 01:49 PM
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
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Try putting your sights on a rutting bull moose at 10 yards and then realizing that every one of your pins is in the kill zone! (Shot that one high... but he's still hanging on my wall.)
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No. It is however an weird feeling being that close at eye level and then having doubts about where you should aim.
No. It is however an weird feeling being that close at eye level and then having doubts about where you should aim.
All my pins would be in and out of the kill zone from shaking so much
11-10-2008, 02:19 PM
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
ORIGINAL: DannyD
Center mass is probably what i should have done. You are right. I just wonder what the actual correction is
Center mass is probably what i should have done. You are right. I just wonder what the actual correction is
Now for 3 yards on a 20 yard pin if you shoot center mass the arrow will hit high, if iyour release and form is dead on.
Take and test this on your bow target, stand or sit 3 yards and aim center with your 20 yard pin.
You will hit high.
Now go 10 yards and shoot center with your 20 yard pin. It will be closer to dead on.
Now go 20 yards and do the same, you will hit center.
Keep in mind the bows arrow is aimed slightly up to get center target at further yardage.
11-10-2008, 02:29 PM
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
Tomkat,
The only way to know is if i try it. And i will. But... Think of it this way
Put a papertarget 6 inches past your bow. Since the arrow comes out so much lower than your sight, will it not hit below your sight level? If you have ever shot from a ground blind you would know that you have to be careful because even though you can see your target in your sightthrough the window, the arrow is well below the sight You run the risk of actually shooting through the blind below the window if you have not made certain it is high enough.
As Kodiak Archer said, VERY early on in flight the arrow is still coming up from that low position to meet your sight plane. It eventually meets that plane, surpasses it, then begins to drop.
The only way to know is if i try it. And i will. But... Think of it this way
Put a papertarget 6 inches past your bow. Since the arrow comes out so much lower than your sight, will it not hit below your sight level? If you have ever shot from a ground blind you would know that you have to be careful because even though you can see your target in your sightthrough the window, the arrow is well below the sight You run the risk of actually shooting through the blind below the window if you have not made certain it is high enough.
As Kodiak Archer said, VERY early on in flight the arrow is still coming up from that low position to meet your sight plane. It eventually meets that plane, surpasses it, then begins to drop.
11-10-2008, 03:26 PM
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
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heck, just grab him by the neck!
heck, just grab him by the neck!
11-10-2008, 07:05 PM
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RE: FYI..Practice at very short distances
Right or wrong, this was my thought process. The arrow on it's rest sits well below my sight. So, if say i was going to shoot at something say 1 foot away from me my arrow would impact well belowmy sight. At three yards i figured my arrow would still be "climbing" up to my sight level.
Think about it for a second mate, an arrow doesnt fly strait. It has an arch to it you dont see unless it is out past 10 yards or more.
Now for 3 yards on a 20 yard pin if you shoot center mass the arrow will hit high, if iyour release and form is dead on.
Take and test this on your bow target, stand or sit 3 yards and aim center with your 20 yard pin.
You will hit high.
Now for 3 yards on a 20 yard pin if you shoot center mass the arrow will hit high, if iyour release and form is dead on.
Take and test this on your bow target, stand or sit 3 yards and aim center with your 20 yard pin.
You will hit high.
OK..I found it. Here's 4 shots taken at 2 yds.....level ground.
