Sighting in your bow

[turningcustomcalls]

On my bow I have my sights set at 20, 30, 40 yards. When sighting in my bow, should I have my 20 yard pin hitting bullseye?

[pendog]

Well i'm not an expert....I have my bow set dead on with my 20 yard pin, anything 1-20 yards i will be fine.

[jerdanmagic]

More of a personal preference. As long as you feel comfortable, it shouldn't matter.

[okiedog]

should I have my 20 yard pin hitting bullseye?

Why wouldn't you?

[Rhino]

Like jerdenmagic said it's more of a personal preference. My Bowtech Guardian essentially shoots flat at least out to 20 yards so my 1st pin is set at 20. My other 2 pins are at 30 and 40.

Some friends of mine that shoot bows a lot slower than mine go with 15, 25, and 35 yard pin sets.

Some youth bow hunters that hunt our club go with 10 yards for their 1st pin.

Your call.

[turningcustomcalls]

Thanks everyone for your help. Here is the second part of my question- Do you dial your bows in, inside a controlled enviroment, like a indoor range or outside?

[WEBFOOTII]

I dial mine in outside on the ground then fine tune from a treestand

[Rhino]

I dial mine in outside on the ground then fine tune from a treestand

Ditto.

Fine tune from a treestand or elevated position similar to your stands.

[Doc]

A lot depends on just what you are trying to "dial-in". If you are involved in some fine-tuning, poundage, draw-length, shooting form, arrow or fletching experiments, inside or outside doesn't matter. In fact for tuning a bow and accessories, there is some virtue in eliminating natural interferences like wind, etc. and confining such delicate adjustments to indoors.

If you are talking about sighting adjustments, then by all means, apply conditions that are as close to actual shooting conditions as possible. I would still not choose a day where the trees are bending over from gale-force winds.

Doc

[Flintlock1776]

I use Summit's Hot Dot an electronic pendulum, good at many distance with just one electronic pin

[Tony]

im like Doc i tune and check and adjust my hunting and target rigs indoors. then get outside and adjust my hunting bow a little more. i find that 20 yards indoors looks a lot differant for me than 20 outside.

for my hunting bow i dial it in dead on at 20 and go 10 yard increments to 60 yards. that way im good for anything from 6 yards to 60. but for shots under 6 yards, i use my 30 yard pin.

i also shoot from a treestand to get used for the up coming season. a well prepared bowhunter brings home the game.

Tony

[dbHunterNY]

im like Doc i tune and check and adjust my hunting and target rigs indoors. then get outside and adjust my hunting bow a little more. i find that 20 yards indoors looks a lot differant for me than 20 outside.

for my hunting bow i dial it in dead on at 20 and go 10 yard increments to 60 yards. that way im good for anything from 6 yards to 60. but for shots under 6 yards, i use my 30 yard pin.

i also shoot from a treestand to get used for the up coming season. a well prepared bowhunter brings home the game.

Tony

I do exactly the same thing, but it's hard to find a place to shoot indoors out to more than 40 yrds.

[Equalizer]

I think it is just personal preferance. I have mine set dead on at 20

[GWSmith]

I do all my fine tuning indoors at a range where I can shoot out to 45yds. The building actually has a small addition on one end of it with a single GlenDel Buck in it.

I do shoot outdoors out to 45yds as well. I try to catch as many different weather conditions when I'm outside shooting. Having done that I've become comfortable with an effective range of 35yds(that is what I consider Dialed-In for me). Indoors 45yds is no problem...outdoors the wind starts showing how it can effect arrow flight even in the slightest way.