Newer to a single pin sight, and wondered how those using them decide on maximum yardage setting so your arrow don't hit the sight housing. At some point as yardage increases and sight housing moves down you run the risk of hitting the housing, especially when shooting field points then switching to broadheads. The only thing I could come up with was to draw a broadhead with one blade straight up and watched the clearance between the blade and housing to a minimum clearance of an half inch between housing and blade and note this setting as the maximum yardage to shoot . Is a half inch enough, as if one is to flinch I'm guessing you could still run the risk of shooting your sight housing? What's your procedure for assuring your sight housing has adequate clearance at your maximum yardage regardless fieldpoint or broadhead? Thanks
I shoot a whisker biscuit rest, for safety, I do not mow the sight housing below the top of the rest. This limits me to 80 yards shots even though the sight tape goes to 100. If you shoot a drop away, you may be able to go lower than top of the rest, but not much lower.
Also something else to think about, sometimes the fletching are larger them your broadhead. So you run the chance of them contacting the sight, even though the broadhead clears. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
To start with I (obviously) want the sight housing as high as I can get it on the slider when I’m dialed in at 20 yards just so I can practice as far out as possible. I’ve never shot a broadhead with a diameter bigger than my vanes, so I just put a field point tipped arrow backwards on my rest, thread it through my string loop and slide it back until the fletches are right under the sight housing. Edited to add that the broadhead diameter shouldn't be a concern anyway. You might practice at these yardages, but you surely aren't going to be shooting broadheads at animals at these distances so the vanes should be all you have to worry about. Then I just dial it down to where I feel it’ll clear and remember not to shoot past that. I’ve not even had the new bow long enough to bother with it yet but as you can see my limit is somewhere around 115 yards with the 2 pin Fast Eddie.
Great idea of putting arrow backwards thru d loop, I never thought to do that. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
One thing I forgot to add is that if you're shooting a drop away rest and you're trying to eek all the distance you can out of it be sure to use your thumb to bring the rest all the way up like I did in the pic. Also, in reference to the question "Is a half inch enough in case I flinch", I will crank it down until I have just a smidge of clearance. Just don't flinch on the shot. If you flinch enough to bring the arrow off the rest taking a 100+ yard shot you're going to miss the target by feet or yards anyway, so the fletch contact isn't really going to matter.
So many go closer, as for now I guess I'll stick with the 1/2 inch clearance from broadhead blade to sight housing, was just wanting too make sure it was enough? Plus it's a lot further than I'd actually shoot in a hunting situation, but do enjoy flinging some long shots with broadheads at targets to see how well and accurately certain heads fly, as I'm just trying the QAD Exodus for the first time, Thanks
Thanks, what I figured but was just curious. Also like the reversing the arrow to check, as my fletching's are a 1/8 inch taller than my broadheads, so about 3/8 clearance on the fletching's and a 1/2 with the broadhead.
@LittleChief good tip on turning the arrow backwards. I just tried that i can actuallyshoot to 90, not 80 with my sight as long the four fletch is sitting like an X on the rest and not a +
The only time I have had an issue with the fletching hitting my sight scope on my HHA was when I shot at 110 yards. The guys at the shoot rotated the odd vane down and it never happened again. I was shooting a Rage practice head at the time. The vanes have a higher profile than most broadheads do. Granted, you make a great point and I would test with a field point first and then a broadhead. However, on most big game, your longest shot will be 50-75 yards max. You should have no problem with clearance.
What do you do with your spare time? Sit around ogling the oocasional social media video I post shooting my bow? How could possibly know I have issue wih spaceto shoot 80 or 90.
I have been shooting single pin for 2 years now, the furthest I practice too is 50, I’m mainly a whitetail hunter so I just don’t feel the need to practice further than that, but at 50 I still have a ton of clearance
When I got my first single pin about 5 years ago, an HHA, I found I can move the housing to it's lowest point and still get vane clearance under it. Comes out to be 95 yards. I checked by moving the housing to it's lowest point and then with an arrow nocked and my rest fully up I measured between the arrow and the bottom of the housing. That gap needs to exceed the height of your vanes. I did it this way because I'm not near smart enough apparently to simply turn the arrow around like LC demonstrated. Very simple and quick way to check.
yeah, wish I had thought of LC's hack last year before I stripped a vane. Longest range I can get to is 110 yards and I was fine all the way out when I was shooting 430gr arrows, but when I bumped up to over 500 I was re-sighting and didn't even think to consider it. 70 - done. 80 - done. 90 - whooooooops! So my max range is about 85.
Holy crap I thought my farsightedness was bad last year. My eyes are going bonkers looking through my sight. It's like I need that sight another 10 inches further out.
