Top Pin Distance

elkmanchad

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Hello all,

I'm new to bowhunting and have an elementary question. I have a Black Gold Rush 5-pin sight mounted to a Hoyt Charger. Should I set my top pin at 20 yards or at 10? The bow shop told me the difference between 10 and 20 yards is minimal and 20 yards would be just fine. I believe them, but certainly value other opinions too. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
Most sight their top pin in for 20 yards.....it will be good for 10 yards as well with today's bows.


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Depending on the speed of your bow and the distances you will be shooting, it might benefit you to sight your top pin in at 30 yards. I'm shooting around 310 FPS and at 20 yards i hit about 1.5" above my top pin. I shoot with a couple of other guys with slow bows and they're hitting about 2-2.5" high at 20. I think that it's pretty easy to hold a hair low at 20 to make up for that small gap. This allows me to stretch my 7 pin sight out to 90 yards instead of 80. If you don't ever plan on shooting past 60 yards then your 5 pin will be fine with the top sighted in at 20.

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I don't shoot animals past 60, only targets.
 
My Top pin is set for 30 yards. Anything under that is golden. I shoot the Black Gold Slider 3 pin and my pins are 30, 40, and 50 with the slider starting after that.

It depends on your bow speed and how comfortable you are with your closer pins. I still practice at 10 and 20 yards to make sure I know where to hold.



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I shoot out to 27 yards with mine. Just practice and see where it is hitting, depending on your setup at some point it will start to drastically drop. Like other said with todays fast bows it will likely be in the high 20's if not 30.

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