Beendare
WKR
Lets talk aiming methods.........
Well I knew smaller gaps is an advantage- no matter what aiming system you use...but I got reminded today working up an arrow for a lighter 40# bow I plan to shoot tourneys with.
For those that have no idea what I'm talking about; Your arrow has an arc with the highest point being 1/2 way between your point on and the target. PO is the distance where when you put the tip of the arrow on the target- thats where it hits.
So if you have a point on like me- 38 yds...the highest point of the arc is right at 20 yds. The high arc corresponded to your biggest gap between the top of your arrow at FD and aiming point on target. My gap at 20yds is 7/8". So at 25yds and 15yds its 1/2"...and so on.
Back to my new setup. Tradtech 19" Aluminum riser with 30# Dryad RC limbs, 40# finished weight v the 50# limbs I hunt with...so easier to spend all day on the range with. I dropped down to a much lighter arrow as I want speed and less arc...v the better penetration of my heavy hunting arrow. So instead of 340s at 543gr...these will finish close to 388gr. [I'm still bare shaft testing so it might change a little]
So less arc...better for 3D...but I didn't realize that a much smaller gap at that 30ys and it was such an advantage. My hunting bow has me holding off the animal....this bow I'm on the animal all the time. My gap at the app mid point- 15 yds or so is 1/2".
Now I typically don't really look at the gap...instead I look at the spot I'm trying to hit...but I see the arrow in my peripheral vision.
This smaller gap is going to be more accurate on these close shots for the same reason a fixed crawl is accurate as heck.
Anybody else shoot a small gap or fixed crawl?
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Well I knew smaller gaps is an advantage- no matter what aiming system you use...but I got reminded today working up an arrow for a lighter 40# bow I plan to shoot tourneys with.
For those that have no idea what I'm talking about; Your arrow has an arc with the highest point being 1/2 way between your point on and the target. PO is the distance where when you put the tip of the arrow on the target- thats where it hits.
So if you have a point on like me- 38 yds...the highest point of the arc is right at 20 yds. The high arc corresponded to your biggest gap between the top of your arrow at FD and aiming point on target. My gap at 20yds is 7/8". So at 25yds and 15yds its 1/2"...and so on.
Back to my new setup. Tradtech 19" Aluminum riser with 30# Dryad RC limbs, 40# finished weight v the 50# limbs I hunt with...so easier to spend all day on the range with. I dropped down to a much lighter arrow as I want speed and less arc...v the better penetration of my heavy hunting arrow. So instead of 340s at 543gr...these will finish close to 388gr. [I'm still bare shaft testing so it might change a little]
So less arc...better for 3D...but I didn't realize that a much smaller gap at that 30ys and it was such an advantage. My hunting bow has me holding off the animal....this bow I'm on the animal all the time. My gap at the app mid point- 15 yds or so is 1/2".
Now I typically don't really look at the gap...instead I look at the spot I'm trying to hit...but I see the arrow in my peripheral vision.
This smaller gap is going to be more accurate on these close shots for the same reason a fixed crawl is accurate as heck.
Anybody else shoot a small gap or fixed crawl?
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