Bow Hunting - distance for pins

Unless your bow is really slow I cant see needing a 15 and 20. I use my top pin from 0-30, then 40,then hail mary. Im not comfortable past 40 so the hail mary pin never gets used

ETA: If you're new to this I'd go ahead and pick up a HHA one pin sight now and be done with it. You'll be miles ahead of the game

You need 4 pins. 20,30,40,50. I practice at 40 and 50 mostly, and as stated earlier that makes the 20&30 yard shots simple. I’ve killed 2 deer at 50 but everything has to be right for me too take that shot

I only have a 20 and 30, dropped the other two pins out the way.

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i have mine set at 15, 20, 30 and 40.

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Way to many pins. We have all done this starting out, I will say I wish I would have just gone to a single pin site from day one. Would have saved myself a lot of heartache.

0-20 - 1 pin
30yrd - 1 pin
40yrd - 1 pin

drop the rest out of your site picture.

That's a damn good idea

Less pins the better I think. Not sure what speed you're shooting, but typically on newer bows there's not a huge drop off from 0-30. I've been fortunate enough to have one pin cover from 0-40. Just have to know how your bow is shooting.

If your bow is fast enough you can set a pin at 27 yards and shoot it all the way out to 35 yards just holding just below Center mass. The further away they are the more they are going to duck the arrow and they duck right into the shot.

I too would recommend the HHA single pin sight. I set mine at 27 yards and make slight adjustments from there if I can. If I can't then I know where to hold with just that one pin out to 40 yards. I also Practice almost exclusively from 60-70 yards and will shoot a group at 30 or 40 at times. I rarely practice inside 30 anymore but most of my kills are inside 30.

Mathews Z2 bow

I love the horizontal tape idea.

I need to get better at adjusting the pins / sight with my bow. I'll drop the 15 for sure.

Thanks for the input.