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Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 1]

Whaddya you cats have your hunting sight pins set at? Currently, mine are 20, 30, 40, and 50. Just curious to what everybody else is using ;)
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Charina » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 2]

25, 40, 50, 60. Pins are just to close for my liking for 20, 30 as first two.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Swede » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 3]

Mine are set at 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 yards. I rarely use the 50 and 60 yard pins, and then only for practice.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Backyard » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 4]

Mine are same as Swede's
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Mike_Parson » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 5]

mine are set at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. i practice with all my pin yardages and it help make those close shots feel very comfortable.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby lamrith » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 6]

I am set same as Swede and others. Practice is usually around 30yrds with some at 40 and 20 and occasional 50yrd sequence. Places I am hunting the chances of a clear shot @ 50yrds is very rare.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby jmez » 08 17, 2016 •  [Post 7]

20-30-40-50-60 and it is a slider so can go out to 100+.

I rarely shoot inside of 50 yards for practice. Just occasionally to check the zero of the pins.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby BrentLaBere » 08 18, 2016 •  [Post 8]

Single Pin - 30 Yards
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby the weasel » 08 18, 2016 •  [Post 9]

20-30-40-50-65, the 50 rarely sees action in the field, and the 65 is just where the last pin was at when I installed the sights out of the package. and honestly can't remember the last time shooting that pin.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Brendan » 08 18, 2016 •  [Post 10]

Single pin, 30 yards. Can shoot out to 50 without moving the sight as I added two reference dots to the vertical pin.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby rowdycwby1 » 08 18, 2016 •  [Post 11]

Mine are like Mike's 20,30,40,50,60,70,80 with both us living in SE NM there's lots of times 60 yards is as close as you're going to get on mule deer out in this open country.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Indian Summer » 08 19, 2016 •  [Post 12]

15/25/35/45. Don't need a 10 and 45 is far enough.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Ryan Conkle » 08 19, 2016 •  [Post 13]

20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 yards'.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Rangerz » 08 20, 2016 •  [Post 14]

20, 30, 40 for now on a Black Gold Slider.

I am going to try 25, 40, 50 next season.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby CurlyTail » 08 21, 2016 •  [Post 15]

3 pin slider. 20,30,40 use the 40 yard pin to dial up longer distances.

I did get confused and shoot the wrong pin last night. Still learning.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Lefty » 08 21, 2016 •  [Post 16]

CurlyTail wrote:I did get confused and shoot the wrong pin last night. Still learning.

Thats always my excuse too ;) or maybe :(
We set my daughters bow 20, 25, 35
Mine pins are at 20, 30, 40 ,55. I know where Im shooting at 5-12 yards, and I figure at 40-50 Ill have time to mentally calculate where to hold,.. But past experience, my mental calculations have failed
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Deafirishman » 08 21, 2016 •  [Post 17]

Mine are set at 20 30 40 50 60 but I can dial out to 100 yards with my MBG sight [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]. Not that I would even consider throwing an arrow out that far at a animal....


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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby JimKirk » 08 21, 2016 •  [Post 18]

50, 100, 150, 200 yds







well just kidding guys 20 thru 60 five pin site for me
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Gypsumreaper » 08 21, 2016 •  [Post 19]

20,30,40,50,60 and have learned to stack pins for longer distances although 70-80 is pushing my comfortable distance for animals. I can shoot 100 yards at a target but don't like goin that distance with the factors of animals moving. My 60 yard pin also doubles as my 70 pin and the top of my bubble is 80. Makes my 80 yard easier in a quick situation vs stacking pins. But as I said it would be really tough for me to take an 80 yard shot I would have to have absolute perfect conditions as in, no wind, animal has no idea I'm even around, and isn't alert what so ever like bedded asleep type of unalert.


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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby FlyingArrow_Support » 08 22, 2016 •  [Post 20]

20-80 with 10 yard increments. Practicing at 80 really helps you aim small and miss small at 40.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Huntrgathr » 08 28, 2016 •  [Post 21]

32, 40,50,55,60
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Ponyboy_jonas » 08 28, 2016 •  [Post 22]

Swede wrote:Mine are set at 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 yards. I rarely use the 50 and 60 yard pins, and then only for practice.


Same here.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby ishy » 08 29, 2016 •  [Post 23]

30,40,50,60 and the notch on the bottom ring is 80 just for fun.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby JJ Overkill » 09 12, 2016 •  [Post 24]

FlyingArrow_Support wrote:20-80 with 10 yard increments. Practicing at 80 really helps you aim small and miss small at 40.



same thing, same reason.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby Sparky » 09 13, 2016 •  [Post 25]

Mine are set at 20,30,40,50,& 60. Once I know all my pins are set. I do most of my shooting at 60 yards, after a while when I move in its hard to keep the fletchings on my arrows.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby TurkeyBowMaster » 10 03, 2016 •  [Post 26]

One pin set at 28 yards. I hold instinctively and never think about yardage. SHoot enough and never think about a numerical distance and eventurally the pin just learns to land on the right spot and lands there fast. It is sort of like shooting a recurve instinctive but you have a pin as a refrence. It is a much faster way than guessing yardage but has its limitations. It only works out to around 45 so not as good as a rangefinder at longer distances but works great for close shots. I probably kill 8 out of 10 on animals smaller that an elks head and neck.
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Re: Bow Pin Spacing?

Postby planebow » 11 12, 2016 •  [Post 27]

With only an inch between 20 and 30 I have mine set at 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70. That way almost everything I shoot at I can use my top pin.
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