This will never end. Gravity has no effect on the arrow when shooting straight down, except to pull it down. So shoot the pin closest to your arrow. Your line of sight is above your arrow, looking at an angle to your target. correct? I wish I could draw a pic on here. This isnt rocket science its archery...but an interesting argument to read lol.
Maybe this would be a good event to have at the next GTG. Put pie plates on the ground and get 30 feet up and shoot straight down. One in the front and two on either side. In any case, it would be good practice. Wayne
I killed my buck last year with a similar shot. I'm very high up approx 30 feet and the deer walked directly by the base of my tree and I shot him at approx 5 yards. I used my top pin which is a 20 yard pin and I spined him. The arrow hit about 4-5" higher than I aimed but that may have just been me. I have never heard of using you're 2nd or 3rd pin on this shot before, but it seems like it has worked for many here. Personally, I think I'll just continue to use my top pin.
Iowa, you used your 10yd pin and missed high? I hate to say it but you would have missed high with your 40yd pin too! lol. This really is a great "argument" Iowa, this thread is definately still informational
The only way to figure this out is for you guys to get to about 18-20 feet, and to shoot your arrows downward at a target that is 2-3 yards away. Then you will really know in practice wether what you are saying in theory is correct. BTW, I had this argument a year or so ago with people. I was wrong in using my 20 yard pin. My bow's arrow rest was not correctly installed when I was arguing that I used my 20 yard pin on close shots, and just aimed low. Since correcting my arrow rest and making it level, I have since seen that I need to use my 30 yard pin to shoot at targets 2-3 yards away from 20 feet high.
Awesome thread! I'm taking Physics right now in college. We have a final paper due which involves writing about any topic of our choice dealing with Physics. Of course I picked the Bow. I'll have to use this as a reference....wait are you guys reliable sources?:p
Correct. In his straight down illustration, the sight path would actually be towards the deers ass, thus the reason an archer would need to use his 40 or even 50 yard pin to correct this. No different than on level ground at a 3 yard target. The entire point to this thread.
If you guys can keep yer britches on till Wednesday when im off, I will set up a 3-D deer at 8 yards and shoot one spot from a stand using 20, 30, 40 and 50 yard pins and post the results with pics. Deal!! spot will be marked that im aiming at. The buck I shot this year was at 12 yards but facing dead away (room for error) I used my 20 pin and hit within 2" of what I wanted. stand height of 23'
I think the original post was for 8 feet whcih would be pretty much straight down. 8 yards would be out from the tree a bit. Let us know what you find out.
I think that since we cant seem to agree here, that we should pass on this shot and hope for something better. lol
Wow! I've never even thought about a shot like that, let alone practice one. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
