While this isn't a new concept, I started experimenting with shooting a single pin or two pin at most setup a couple of weeks ago. I'm always looking for ways to simplify my setups or improve any part of my game that I can. I'm a simple minded fella, so the less I need to think about when that deer is in range, the better. I've considered the popular slider style sights and again, too much for me to worry about. I want simple. My setup is as follows. Bowtech Experience shooting a 450gr arrow at roughly 275/280. I set my first pin at exactly 25 yards. At 20 yards, I am roughly 1" to 1.5" high. At 30 yards, about 1 to 1.5" low. Here's the kicker. At 10 to 15 yards, I'm dead on. I never really thought about the arch of the arrow at 20 to 30 and how the arrow hasn't hit is peak height of elevation at very short distances. So basically, I'm covering a 10 to 30 yards with a single pin and am able to put all of those arrows in a 3-4" circle. This is more than enough to put an arrow in the kill zone of any animal. 30-40 yards was a bit more interesting as the drop of the arrow is a bit more pronounced. I started with a 35 yard pin. At 30 yards, arrows were roughly the same as shorter distances at 1.5" high. At 40 yards however, I was 3-4" low. However, I feel this is still pretty close to what I need. I'm thinking that most shots at deer that are 40 yards are going to see that deer able to drop more. That couple of inches of drop is still going to place that arrow in the kill zone provided that I aim center mass of his chest. I was shooting three pins and it was fine that way, but I'm really realizing that I may have been "over covering" it. I will not shoot a deer beyond 40 yards. I certainly am capable, but I just don't like the risks and prefer to keep it within 40. My goal with this experiment is to have a single aiming point on deer and let the arrows trajectory do the rest. Inside of 30 yards, use the top pin, outside of 30, use the bottom pin, all while aiming for the vertical center of the chest. So far, I'm really liking what I'm seeing out of this. Anyone else go this route?
I tried the same thing. For me is started off just fine, I set two pins at one at 25 and one at 40 and started practicing. I started off like you, picking one pin and holding center but pretty soon that wasn't good enough. I wanted to hit on a 4 inch circle instead of just on the plate. I found a weak spot was at about 30-35 yards so I added a pin back. The set up I had was 3 separate single pins. They were set based on arrow drop not by yards. This was working great until I signed up for a 3d shoot and will need to go out to 50 yards. I put my 4th pin back and set them up at a more traditional 20, 30, 40, 50. This is only my experience with a two pin setup and if it works for you then by all means go for it. Sent from my Z30 using Tapatalk
I have a 20,30, and 40 and find it very easy to range the animal, pick a pin and take my shot. I have 20-90 on my tape and can go anywhere in between. It's simple, it takes any guesswork out of my shot.
I never really had much issue with my three pin setups, I"m simply experimenting with how I could make it even simpler. One other issue I find is that my pin gaps are pretty tight. It became evident during my testing that I was really overlapping some. More often than not, Ive found that I don't have time to range the animal. Instead I rely on finding and ranging objects around the stand that I know are at or close to 30 yards. Anything inside or outside of this I can figure out quickly and make the shot. Basically, I believe how I do things plays into using one two pins.
