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3 pins, set at 20, 30 and 40...i practice to 40, only would shoot to 30

50 yards give or take. It depends on the situation.

Not all deer at 20 yards give you a good shot, and even less at 50 yards.;)

Dan

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Originally Posted by 3Children (Post 3542113)

If you hunt the west you will either get good at long ranges or come home empty. A Moose in Alaska at 70 yds and that is almost daily that people do shot those shoots at Elk and Moose. Now your pins, 3 should be set at 20-30-40 yds. I did say should!! What arrow are you shooting that weights soo much. A heavy aluminum is less than that in most cases.Your arrow combo 500grs for a 60# bow is almost what I call too heavy. Shoot something 350 and no more than 400 will get you better flight and the ke might come out the same or better.

Lol!! Tell a traditional bowhunter this BS!!! You can get close and kill elk at 15 to 25 yards, It just takes some work. For the guys shooting traditional bows a heavy arrow Is a must.

My max range on most days Is 20 to 25 yards with my recurve. Sometimes It's 20, other times It's 25 yards. Depends on how I'm shooting at the time.

I wouldn't feel comfortable taking a shot beyond 30 yards, so I guess my max would probably be 25.

30 yards max for me also when hunting. Shoot out to 40-50 practice though

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Originally Posted by 3Children (Post 3542113)

First off, .... Your arrow combo 500grs for a 60# bow is almost what I call too heavy. Shoot something 350 and no more than 400 will get you better flight and the ke might come out the same or better.

For a well tuned arrow, I think there is almost complete agreement that a heavier arrow leaves the bow with a little more KE and keeps a little more of that KE down range - think of throwing a golf ball and throwing a ping pong ball.

For penetration, I think (with apologies) I have shown, KE is sometimes the correct predictor of penetration and sometimes momentum is the correct predictor (all other things equal), but even for the cases where KE is the correct variable to use for predicting penetration, the heavier arrow wins as it will also have a little more KE based on the above.

But, we all know that accuracy is crucial, and for our rainbow trajectory weapons, fast arrows are a little more forgiving of range estimation errors.

Some say that beyond 250 fps fixed blade broadheads may plane off line.

Given all this, my personal decision is to use 500 grain arrows for my 60# bow which gives me about 250 fps and a decent load of momentum.

25 yards if I am estimating distance. 40 yards if I know the distance.

The furtherest I have ever killed a deer at was 53 yards. At the time I was using a slider which had a sight tape on it, the conditions were perfect, the only reason this was even considered.

Now I shoot a 5 pin sight on my hunting bow. The pins are set at 20, 30, 35, 40, and 45. I shoot a 417 grain arrow at 302 fps and find that after 30 yards the drop is enough that I want pin for every 5 yards after that.

In your case, shooting the lower weight and heavy arrow (500 grains), I would assume your speed is considerably lower than what I am shooting and would suggest 20, 30, and 35 for your 3 pin sight. Shoot two arrows at 30 yards and then shoot two arrows and 40 yards and see for yourself the amount of hold over you would need and then decide for yourself.

My farthest bow shot ever was 40 yards in a field... would not shoot past that...

I have 3 pins, 20, 30 and 40. The farthest I've ever shot was 40 yards and amazingly the deer dropped in it's tracks and it wasn't a spine shot. Most of my shots are 20 yards and under.