My pins on my Hitman 5 are so close together that they cover a good deal of the kill zone on a deer at 30 yds. Does anyone use the 3 pin and center the aim point in the center of the gaps for intermediate distances between the pins? My vision is old and not as sharp as it was when I was at 40, even with special glasses. Using 019 pins, 010 would be too small for me to focus on. I don't plan on taking a shot over 30 - 35 yds the first year or two and probably no over 40 for several years after that, if ever. Or, how about moving the top pin all the way to the top and the bottom pin all the way to the bottom and using the 5 pin as a 3 pin?
Most people set their pins in 10 yard increments. 20-30-40-50. Most do gap the 20 and 30 for 25. I have developed a better method for me and many target pin shooters do very much the same as I. I set my pins at 23,28,33,38,43. When I have time and know the exact yardage,I use the closest pin I have for that yardage. However,in a hunting situation,we don't always have time so I may use 3 pins in the kill zone that I think will cover the shot. For example,I had a nice buck come into an area that I wasn't exactly sure of the yardage but I was extrememly confident the buck was standing somewhere between 23 and 33 yards. I was able to lay my 23 on the top of the kill zone and 33 at the bottom. The buck ended up being somewhere around 25 and he ran 80 yards and piled up. With the 5 yard setup,I am able to fine tune my shooting by using exact sight in instead of gapping and not being exactly sure if I hit where I was really aiming. with 10 yard sight ins,there is a lot of room for error. Another thing having a 23 as opposed to a 20 for the first pin is I never had to hold high on close shots to compensate for the angle.Close shots you want to hit a little high and with a 23 sight in,I just always hold center 10.(3d target) and this will give the perfect point of impact for a close shot.
With pins being that close, you probably are shooting a faster bow.. Or they would be spread out.. I shoot a single pin slider sight so: 1) I do not get confused under stress 2) I can see the WHOLE deer and not a bunch of crap in front of the kill zone 3) There is no guessing where to put the pin. My bow shoots fast enough that it is set for 25 yards and am fine with one pin out to over 35 yards.. I dont shoot farther than that anyways.. I have adjustments out to 40 and 50 yards and shoot that constantly on the range should the shot present itself.. But leave it set from 1 to 35 yards with one pin.. Plenty of time and movement is not that big of a deal when the deer is out at 40 yards.. I can make the adjustment easily..
No matter how many times this is said, it always gets forgotten or lost in translation. I always laugh at the local shop hearing about people and their pin yardages.
