I am in a quandary as to what way to go. I have a older PSE bow with a three pin sight, set at 15,25,35. I have hunted the last two years with it unsuccessfully. Target practice from the ground and a stand is on target no problem. I am in Florida and most shots are 25 yards and less. This year I shot under three deer. I have heard so many different thoughts, and I am leaning toward a pendulum sight. I don't own a range finder and maybe that is most of it, but I am fairly close in and would be surprised if that is the whole problem. I would be happy to hear all thoughts on this. Thanks
A new sight isnt going to help you kill deer any better than the one you have. You need to pratice much more and maybe start practicing while in the stand. If you dont have a rangefinder you need to learn how to mentally range the deer better.
Well that's a tough call. Lots of variables however. I am a huge fan of the sine pin slider sight. For hunting i set my pin for 25 yards and don't worry about it. Inch and a half high at 20 and an inch and a half low at 30. On a deer? Who cares? I just get confused with all those pins out there and at the speed we are shooting now, they're so close together I don't get a vet clean sight picture.
you need a range finder. If its an older bow then it prob isnt to fast so 5 yards difference can be a big deal.
You need a range finder, bend a the hips in the stand. And this is one reason bowhunting is so fun its a challenge.
A new sight may help, but that's not the answer. Your best served practicing out of your stand or from the same height. Get a portable target and practise with broad heads. Have you ever BH tuned your set up? Do your field tips fly the same as your BH? If your not catching buck fever, it's your set up. Another thing that rattles my chain is how they shoot on TV. Draw straight back, then bend at the waist to the target. Also if they are to close (like 5 yards and under) you will shoot way low. Regardless of shooting up or down, you always take off yardage. But in your case it really shouldn't matter much if you keep it close. If anything, you should be shooting high, not low. So that leads me to your set up. Another thing you can do is mark yardages in prime spots. Walk it off and mark it, then you'll have confidence in your distance and be able to mentally focus on your target. Archery is 90% mental, 10% physical. If your thinking of bad things, probability of them occuring is high! If you need more details on tuning, send me a PM and I'll get you on target! PS, don't let my post count fool you, I just joined and been in Industry for a long time.
I have absorbed all the thoughts. I am practicing from a stand and I am on target. I also have taken a few shots with a broadhead to double check that also. I have stayed pretty calm during these attempts, concentrating on placement not other things. I paced out the distance on two of them after the fact and was off maybe 5 feet, and it is an old bow. Arrow speed is not what these modern bows can do. I had one other mess up that was equipment error for sure. A doe came by at a swift pace down a very close path, and very soon after her a buck came right through the shrubs then down the same path. He was so close that when I aimed I hit the bow on the rail of the climber. I had to step back slightly to be able to tilt down enough. He was in hot pursuit and didn't notice a thing. I was rushing as a had a small window and threw my stance off doing that and shot a hair off his back literally. There was one hair on the broadhead, no blood. He is still around, maybe next year I'll get it right. I am thinking that maybe my stance could be off (but target practice is on) and I am not guessing the distance well enough. I want to update the sight either way, as it is square shaped. Lining up a round peep and a round sight makes more sense. Any other thoughts? Thank you
