Hooter Shooter - TIPS, TRICKS, BEST USES?
02-23-2002 | 10:53 PM
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Hooter Shooter - TIPS, TRICKS, BEST USES?
What do you find to be the most valuable use of the Hooter Shooter?
What do you see as it best attributes?
What do you see as its' weaknesses?
So - Most Valuable Use, Best Attributes, and Weaknesses?
I'll bet a lot of users and would be users would benefit from the input of other users' experiences. Look foreward to reading your posts. I'll post of our finds and tips later on as well.
What do you see as it best attributes?
What do you see as its' weaknesses?
So - Most Valuable Use, Best Attributes, and Weaknesses?
I'll bet a lot of users and would be users would benefit from the input of other users' experiences. Look foreward to reading your posts. I'll post of our finds and tips later on as well.
02-23-2002 | 10:57 PM
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RE: Hooter Shooter - TIPS, TRICKS, BEST USES?
ON THE TOPIC OF TIPS, HERE IS MY FIRST ONE.
Here a technique that we use to get things initially dialed in with the Hooter Shooter.
As one fellow mentioned on Archer's Retreat, weigh down the legs or attach to plywood or the floor.
3-25lb. sacks of lead shotgun shell shot works quite well.
Put the bow in the shooter, draw it,level it and redraw a couple of times to make sure that you have it set up plumb. Then aim. Now you have the Hooter Shooter setup for the bow to shoot at the expected point of impact.
Now remove the bow from the Hooter Shooter, pull off the bowsight, it's only 2 screws, no big deal. Have a 2X pistol scope attached to a Scopemate2 or similar mount at the ready and slap that baby on the bow. Rough adjust the scopemount so that it is aimed at the same point that the pin sight was aimed.
I know this SOUNDS like a lot of effort, but in reality the whole process takes but 4 or 5 minutes. You now have a 2X scope on the bow. You can now gain a lot of information about arrow match etc. because how you look through the peep is no longer of any matter. It is very easy to get the scope aimed repeatably. It makes it much easier to assess your results.
When you have completed all of your testing, put the pin sight back on.
You might think that all of your supertuning will be off given the difference in weight and balance of the two sights, but we have not found that to be the case in any significant way.
It's the difference between iron sights and telescopic sights....operator eye posistion is no longer a factor. It takes a lot of head scratching out of the session. Do it a couple of times and my guess is that you will think this setup should have been included when you bought your Hooter Shooter.
I'll post more as we go, but am very interested an all of YOUR experiences.
Here a technique that we use to get things initially dialed in with the Hooter Shooter.
As one fellow mentioned on Archer's Retreat, weigh down the legs or attach to plywood or the floor.
3-25lb. sacks of lead shotgun shell shot works quite well.
Put the bow in the shooter, draw it,level it and redraw a couple of times to make sure that you have it set up plumb. Then aim. Now you have the Hooter Shooter setup for the bow to shoot at the expected point of impact.
Now remove the bow from the Hooter Shooter, pull off the bowsight, it's only 2 screws, no big deal. Have a 2X pistol scope attached to a Scopemate2 or similar mount at the ready and slap that baby on the bow. Rough adjust the scopemount so that it is aimed at the same point that the pin sight was aimed.
I know this SOUNDS like a lot of effort, but in reality the whole process takes but 4 or 5 minutes. You now have a 2X scope on the bow. You can now gain a lot of information about arrow match etc. because how you look through the peep is no longer of any matter. It is very easy to get the scope aimed repeatably. It makes it much easier to assess your results.
When you have completed all of your testing, put the pin sight back on.
You might think that all of your supertuning will be off given the difference in weight and balance of the two sights, but we have not found that to be the case in any significant way.
It's the difference between iron sights and telescopic sights....operator eye posistion is no longer a factor. It takes a lot of head scratching out of the session. Do it a couple of times and my guess is that you will think this setup should have been included when you bought your Hooter Shooter.
I'll post more as we go, but am very interested an all of YOUR experiences.
