ladydiehard Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I will give a more detailed account of my day Saturday in my journal entry but to sum it up, my day was a total FIASCO! First of all, I still have a monkey. I missed ANOTHER doe. Estimated her range at 25 yards, shot under her, ranged the spot afterwards and she was at 30 yards. *SIGH* Considering she was near a tree that I had ranged earlier at 24 yards and I have tied "yardage" ribbons on several trees one of which was also near her, I figured my estimate to be pretty good. NOT!!!!!!!!!! Missing the doe wasn't the worst part actually... I chose to change stands about 9am cause the wind really wasn't right for where I was and I was getting busted by deer. So I moved. The other stand didn't have a bow holder but I figured since I was only going to hunt for a little while longer, I'd just hold it. BAD DECISION! My bow slid out of my lap at 16 ft up, hit the top rung of the ladder and landed on a flat rock below. Busted the nocked arrow in two and snapped the sights off. To say the least, I was done for the day. Went straight to the bow shop on the way home. Expecting the worst. The pro shop guy checked it over, made some adjustments, remounted the sights, made more adjustments while I bit my nails. He finally brought it back to me and said, its ok, no serious damage but will need to be sighted in again. WHEW! No charge! Sunday afternoon, I head out back to practice. I get the 10 yard pin adjusted and move out to 20. And started shooting high. I make adjustments and I'm still shooting high. My husband is watching and he says raise that pin some more. But its almost directly below my 10 yard pin now! I move it up some more. Still shooting high. So my husband suggests using the 10 yard pin at 20. I look at him like hes goofy. But I try it anyway. Bingo! Nice groups again. I'm scratchin my head. I move out to 30 yards. Move what was originally my 20 yard pin down a bit (to what had previously been 20 yard setting) and use it at 30. Bingo! Nice groups. I have my original 30 yard pin still in place and haven't used it! My husband says, that would be your 40 yard pin then. I'm like...yeah, but HOW? So, the bottom line is...I have 3 pins. The top pin groups well at 10 and 20 yards. The second pin groups well at 30. And since 30 is my max at present, the 3rd pin is unused. Other than dropping my bow, the only other change that was made is that I had the pro shop guy crank it up from 38lbs to 40. I did notice a marked difference in the speed. But is this the reason I now have a pin doing double duty at 10 and 20 yards??? And will somebody PLEASE shoot this monkey? I'm sick of him and he stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! I am sorry you dropped your bow but it sounds like it was a good thing in the end! Yes I always had 1 pin from 0-20 yards and then needed a 2nd and 3rd for 30 and 40 yards. Maybe just the few pounds higher made the difference. But you really dont need to drop your bow to find these things out.... LOL (jk) Good luck on the hunt too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! Yep I am shooting a 3 pin. 20,30,40 yards. I head shot that Turkey opening day at about 42 yards. I thought he was furtherer so I put the pin right on his waddles. As for deer I wouldn't feel comfortable taking a 40 yard shot unless all the conditions are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lostiniowa Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! I too shoot 3 pins 20, 30, 40 you bow should shoot the same from 8-20 yrds depending on your poundage. sorry about your troulbe and hang in there it will make your success that much more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobblerBuster618 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! Lol ive had some of those weekends before. Best of luck to you!! You'll get that darned monkey lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! Sorry to hear about the bad weekend. Maybe it worked out though in the end. Good luck next time out. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoyt_vtec_kid Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! its ok hopefully u will have a better weekend next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydiehard Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! Well, at least I know I'm not losing my mind! At first I couldn't for the life of me figure out why what had been my 10 yard pin was now working at 20 yards as well. I was frustrated and thought something was wrong with my bow afterall. Makes sense though for higher poundage to cause the change. Anyway...heading back out tonight, weather permitting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Maybe you should invest in one of those Realtree EZ hangers for your bow. Keeps in out of the way and you will not drop it accidentally. They sell the knock-off verisons of it for $8 to $10.00 at Wal-mart. Hope your season gets better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MonsterBuckMatt Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! sorry about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter86 Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! sorry about the bow thing. And your not the only one with a Monkey. I have one to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitRmisS Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Re: What a FIASCO! glad to hear it turned out ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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