Sight pin ranges

[JKump]

I have a 3 pins sight on my old Bear Kodiak. I have my pins set for 15 yard, 30 yards and 45 yards. What ranges do you guys set your bows up for?

[DMURPHY]

I have three pins also. 25, 40 and 50. I used to do the 20, 30, 40 pins but there is only about 6 in diff between 20 and 30 so this should be a little better since most of my shot are inside 30.

[Big Nasty]

My first pin is a 10/20 yard pin, second pin is a 30, third pin is a 40, fourth pin is a 50, fifth pin is a 60.

[JKump]

So I should be fine with 15, 30 and 45. Last year I had just one at 30.

[Big Nasty]

As many opportunity's that come along at 25 yards I don't know if I would want that much pin gap. The 15 will cover your 10 and 20 well enough, but if you have a 25 yard deer you could have alot of guess work involved. Try it and see with your target, if it works for you that's all that matters.

[All Hawks Kill]

I'm completely traditional now and haven't used pins in a long time.  However there was a time in my journey as bowhunter that I did shoot and hunt with compounds.  I started out with 4 pins set at 20, 30, 40 and 50 and yes on my range I could make good 50 yard shoots.  It was what happened when I actually took a 50 shot at a deer that changed my mine about shooting game at that range.  Even with the fastest compound an arrow is in the air a long time on a 50 yard shot.  I'm sure most of you have seen videos of how fast a deer can move on a 20 yard shot, well they can move a whole lot more on a 50 yard shot.  I was young and felt I could make this shot on a doe, so I let it fly.  The doe was not affected by the release, or at least that is how it seemed.  Even so, the arrow was in the air long enough for her to take one step forward and that was all it took to make this shot a bad shot.  I was lucky enough to recover that deer, but after that decided it was unethical to attempt shots on game animals at that range and won't shoot past 30 yards (20 yards now with my longbow).  3D shoots sure, I'll take the 50 yard shots, but never actual hunting.

I then took 3 of the pins off and set a lone pin at 25 yards.   With practice I could still make the 50 yard shots during 3D shoots.  Having 1 pin also eliminated any chance I'd pick the wrong pin in an actual hunting situation.   It worked for me, but that is me, so y'all do what works best for each of you.

[zeke08]

I Use 3 pins 15, 25, 35 and I have a good range finder. I preposition scent wafers at different ranges around stand to help with quick range I.D. most of the time the wafers have no scent just use them for yardage markers. hope this helps

[JKump]

Well, folks I changed the sight on my bow. Now have a 4 pin sight, set at 15, 25, 35, and 45.

[Cottonwood]

I got a Bear Super Kodiak from a guy, and quickly removed the sight and pins.

[DANNY-L]

I'm lucky my bow has 3 pins my first is good for 10-28yds my second is good to 40 and my third I put to the bottom because 40yds is now my max distance.

[bubbinator]

Have you ever used a pendelum sight?  Mine has a single swinging red diode.  As the angle of the shot changes it swings inside it housing to compensate for the angle.  Mine is over 15 yrs. old, so I don't know what is new on the market because I haven't needed or wanted to change the set up.  It works the other way too, as you raise the bow on longer shots it swings back, the red light glowing brightly.  Practice will determine your limits.

[Ron 1]

i use one pin and it is set at 25 yrds only  1 inch high a 15- 20 and 3 inch low at 30
i see no ethical shot with a bow at more than 40 yrds my bow shoots right at 300 fps and have had deer that new i was there duck the arrow at 20 yrds they are quick to flinch not to mention i hate to clean a gut shot deer. the tender loin gets tainted   i have heard of shots being made at 50 and even 60yrds i just wont do it. 
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