I recently saved enough $$ and got a Hoyt Spyder 30 with an HHA sight. I have read the directions for sighting in and went through the process. I didn't feel my shooting at 60 yards was acceptable so I went with 40 yd. The sight in tape at those yardages was 37 and 17 so I used the chart and placed sight tape #44 on the sight. I am shooting fine out to 40 yards. Now here is where the problems start.....at 50 yards the arrows are hitting a few inches high. At 60 they are a foot high and at 70 they are 2 feet high. I can't figure this out. I have concentrated on proper form, checked the rest (QAD Ultrarest), sight and everything else I can think of. I am shooting 70lbs with Easton axis 340's. Anyone have any ideas before I head back to the shop where I bought it?
Try using the 20 and 60 method I have found it much more accurate Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
I have a HHA sight and if you use the 20-40 method I have found that it will only be accurate to the 40yd mark. It is better to do it for 20-60 as it is more accurate. I believe the kit tells you this as well. If sighting in at 40 is unacceptable would you shoot at a game animal over that distance? If so you really should sight it in with the 20-60 method. Just my .02 good luck I am sure you will love the sight, I do.
I did the same thing till I got confident at 60yd then resite it in. You could even do it out to 50 and just line up the tape with the coordinating marks. I'm always tweaking my site tapes. Great site though.
I just make my own tape. I find out at which point on the dial im most accurate at that particular yardage. I just cut a strip of paper and make my yardage marks on there. I then overlay it with scotch tape to protect it from water.
When I sighted mine in I used the 20 and 40 yard since I don’t have the room for the 60 but to get it accurate past 40 you pretty much have to have every arrow touching at 40. I takes a little more fine tuning but I eventually got it sighted in but making your own tapes isn’t a bad idea!
Not necessarily true!!! I personally have mine sighted in with the 20/40 method and am extremly accurate all the way to 60 yards you just must be alot more precise in using this particular method. I called HHA to confirm all of this before i set mine up & they told me that using the 20/40 method is very accurate and that my shot would only be off a 1/4" every 20 yards past 40 so with it only being a 1/4" off @ 60 yards which i found to be true I can live with that. Good Luck with everything I just know that the 20/40 yard method worked out very well for me.
I did the 20/40 method and it works fine all the way out to 60. When I sighted in I actually used a 30" long stabilizer to really help me hold it steady and dial her in. First do the 20 and get it so you are shooting pretty much dead on. Mark the number down. Then move to exactly 40 yards. (Make sure you use a range finder) If you are off by a yard or two then that will throw everything off. Shoot at 40 yards and get it so it is pretty much dead on ( as close as you can ). Take breaks in between arrows if you get tired. Once you have 40 dead on then mark the tape number down and select the appropriate tape. Once you have your tape, make sure you put the dial exactly on your 20 yard mark and align the tape.
