Setting Your Yardage Pins

[cflhunter]

Should you be sitting in a tree stand when sighting in your yardage pins? Someone recommended to sight in my 20-yard pin while sitting in my tree stand. I can understand why this would be a good idea but do most of you do it this way? When you sight in a bow aren't most people on a shooting range or at least shooting from the standing position? I have a 3-pin Trophy Ridge sight. Should I set my 1st pin @ 20, 2nd @30, and 3rd @40? I'm sure this is mostly personal preference but are there any guidelines that need to be followed? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Mach1]

I've got my pins on my Extreme RT900 sight sighted in at 20, 30, 40, and 50 yds for my Bear Instinct. Sighted them in on the ground.

[toddyboman]

Mine are 20,30,40,50,60 and all sighted in from the ground.

[oldreloader]

I have my 3 pin TR Matrix set at 20.30.and 40 from the ground.I believe unless you hunt from an extremely high stand it won't make much difference.

[cflhunter]

Thanks for the replies...think I'll sight 'em in at 20, 30, and 40 from the ground.

[Born4it]

I sight in twice a year. Once for 3D from the ground, and once for hunting from the roof of my cabin :-) Sometimes I go to a stand to sight in. I have 5 pins, and usually I would have them at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, but I'm going to do 5 yard increments this year from 20-40 since I probably wouldn't shoot a deer over 40 yards.

Good luck,

Ryan

[Guest Rodger851]

sight your from the ground, the only time i would go and practice shoot out of a stand would be right before the season and what i would do is pick a leaf on the ground while you are in your stand and shoot one time at that leaf just to make sure your pins are on. Now its a real good idea to set ur pins at 20, 30 and 40 yrds, this is because if you think its anywhere in between one of those ranges you can easily estimate that shot by saying for example if the shot is a 25 yrd shot then aim between your 20 yrd pin and your 30 yrd pin. pendulum sights work well because you dont have to worry about all those pins.

[Randy]

20, 30, 40 is good for most bows from the ground. Just remember you'll hit a couple inches higher when you get in a tree.

[fly]

As long as you don't go over 20 feet in a tree ground sighting should be fine.

I started hunting at 30 ft.+ last year. I had to adjust my pins. I now practice on the ground, but do my final pin adjustments 30 ft. up.

[outdoorsmen1]

I also have a 3-pin set-up, I have mine at 15-20-25. I dont like the far shots, i save those for rifle season

[Guest splitg2]

I sight in my pins from the ground and then practice shooting out of a tree once in a while which has really helped me

Good luck

[dbHunterNY]

I have a 5 pin sight, set at 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60. I've sighted it in on level ground, but done the math and practiced to know what happens out of a treestand. If I sited it in from a treestand, then I'd still have the same problem if I went on a stalk (shooting level).

- Dan

[buckee]

I sight mine in on the ground also, because it can be a long process playing around and fine tuning. I sight mine in at 20, 30, 40, etc. too

Once your all set on the ground though, it is always a good idea to see where you are hitting from up in the stand.

[Dubie]

I set my pins from the ground and just aim a touch low from the tree. Works for me. But I do both ground and tree hunting through the season, so unless I buy another bow, I'd have to make a compromize either way.

[WEBFOOTII]

Set mine on the ground and then off the top of my kids swing set. I center the 30 and then adjust the 20 40 and 50.

[Guest Finn]

I set my pins at 25 and 35 yards, shoot on the ground. If you bend at the waist, it will be dead on from the tree. Don't just lower your arm.

for hunting season, I generally remove the 35 yard shot as I won't shoot that far at a deer...this keeps my simple mind from getting confused at the moment of shot