Sighting Bow in!

[jmiller45]

Although hitting a paper plate at a known 50yds is no great trick, I have never shot at a deer beyond 30 yards with a bow.

Well I have. I shot a little doe at 54 yards about 5 years ago. I use to shoot everyday all day. And on the weekends I competed in 3d archery. And your right, just a little bit off makes a huge difference. My shot was right on but the deer hear the string noise and barely move forward before the arrow hit and resulted in a GUT shot. I will never shoot over 30 (er maybe 40) yards again.

 

[SMS]

Ditto on the 0-25 and another for 35.

I don't shoot past 35 in the woods. To many factors for my skill level to make a clean shot/kill.

 

[RedTape]

0. All instinctive. It's just hand/eye coordination, same as pointing your finger.

When I was shooting a compound I had a 20yd. and 30yd. pin.

 

[deerwhacker444]

0-30,40,50 Three pins. The last 2 pins are pretty much used just for target practice. Doubt I'd chance a shot that long in the woods.

 

[RyansFortyFives]

I'd (personally) never shoot over 40yds with mine. Although I do know a guy that has taken Mulies out to 50 yards with some moster 90lbs draw bow that he has.

 

[owu1bag5]

I have 5 pins on my bow, i only use three of them. top pin is 20 yards, 30, and 40. i have shot farther than that, and actually had at one time the very bottom pin set to 90 yards just for fun shooting at a target. i would never take a shot over 50 yards in the woods.

 

[angsniper]

I shoot a PSE at 70# with 3 pins at 20-30-40. I also have an XI flatliner that I shoot at 77# that screams! I use 1 pin out to 40.

 

[oneshotonekill]

Bowtech extreme VFT pins at 25-35-45 I can shoot pretty accurately with that setup out to 55. Probably wouldn't take a shot past 45 though unless there was enough background noise to reduce chance of the deer hearing.