Y'all can call me Dave. Im from eastern Kentucky and Im new to bow hunting. Id like to get into the spring turkey season and see what I can bring home so Im coming to you pros for some tips and hopefully a helping hand out of my newbie shoes. My question concerned sighting in the bow. My bow is a Martin Sabre and equipped with a Saxon sight from Copper John. A nice entry level bow I was told. Following the advice Ive found online and from the salesman Ive got the short range pin sighted in almost perfectly at 20 yards. Id like to have the next two pins at 40 and 60 yards. But Im concerned... At 40 yards my arrows are consistently striking to the far left of the target. If I adjust the windage to follow the arrow that far to the left wont that throw off my 20 yard pin? Well theres my question. Go on and laugh. *chuckle* Anywho hope someone can help me out here. Thanks for any assist. Dave
Well personally i think a 60 yard pin is a bit much. I have mine at 20 30 and 40 yards. I wouldnt even think of shooting at anything past 45 yards, and yes if you adjust the windage it will move the pin at 20 also.
First off welcome! Like mentioned before, check out walk back tuning... and also like mentioned before sight in your top pin for 20 followed by 30 and 40yards (assuming you are shooting 3 pins). Seeing as you are new to shooting, and more so to bow hunting you will want to keep your shots much closer than 60 especially on game. Many of the guys on here with decades of experience beyond myself will not shoot over 40yards under perfect conditions at an animal... With walk back tuning you are basically fine tuning your sight as you step back in specific increments (10 yards or 5 yards usually), moving the whole sight in the necessary direction as you go. Check out youtube for a good visual explanation, you wont have any trouble with it. happy shooting, and again welcome!
welcome dave, I'll agree with the rest of the group and suggest a 20,30,and 40 yard pin. This will allow you a greater degree of misjudgement and form inconsitency. As far as the arrows striking left at fourty its most likely caused by the rest needing some fine tuning. Walk back tuning is a really really good method for getting your center shot perfect. But when you are doing walk back tuning form is very important. There are tons of video's on youtube that cover this. Start there if you have more questions post them you can pretty much get an answer on just about anything here.
Like the rest of them said, your rest needs tweaked some. Also like the rest of them said, try adjusting your pins for closer yardages. I've been shooting for a few years now, and during the summer I have my pins set at 20, 30, 40, and 50, and hardly ever use the 50 unless I'm just screwing around. However, when the season comes, I adjust my pins back down and set them at 20, 25, 30, and 35 so that there's less adjustment needed for the in-between shots. I figure it takes less estimation out of the shot and leaves less room for error on my part.
