Sighting in...

[bowhunter1023]

First off, I have to say I love the new sights. I bought the Viper microTUNE with .010" pins and I am totally satisfied. These sights are very well made and I am really happy with the dovetail adjustment and smaller pins, I had .029" on my Extreme RT900. This completely solved my problem with blurry pins. I still may need a smaller peep, but I feel like I am ready for October!!!

Now my problem... I have never played with a micro-adjust sight before this and I have an issue about sighting in. I am shooting alright at this point and I feel that my form is close to being sound as I can get it. I am a particular kind of guy and really shoot for perfection, pun intended. The picture below is my last set of groups at 20 yards last night. Do I begin to focus more on myself, or on my equipment at this point? It is hard for me to see the adjustment that needs to be made if it is equipment. I feel like the problem lies in my form, mainly my follow through and anchor point. How do I know when it is time to start focusing on the equipment itself after I have gotta myself as good as I can be?

It was easy to sight in when just hitting that black dot was good enough and the equipment I had really was only that good. But I have some of the best equipment, have had some world-class instructions, and as my confidence has grown in myself and my equipment, so have my standards and expectations. How do I know now when it is good enough?

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/bowhunter1023/100_1506.jpg

[Milo]

at 20 yards, you should be deathly scared of shooting at the same bullseye...thats how good you should be wif dat carbon slinger

[bowhunter1023]

at 20 yards, you should be deathly scared of shooting at the same bullseye...thats how good you should be wif dat carbon slinger

Those are my crappy arrows. Got 24 brand news ones in the box :D

[deerjunkie]

I say at 20yds you should be good enough that you have to worry about shooting more than two arrows at the same dot. From there your error of margin grows ever so slightly. Meaning I will not shoot more than two arrows at he same dot at 20yds, no more than 3 at 30yds, no more than 4 at 40yds you get my point. The slightest movement (shooter error) in your form will be more noticeable in the longer distances. If your driving tacks at 20-25 yds and your not at 35-40 yds then in my opinion the shooter needs to work on perfecting his/her form.

[Deehntr56]

I'd say your good at 5 yards now...back up to 10 yards and see how they group.:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

[punisher]

at 20 yards with my new bow and setup i have gotten 2 robin hoods in the last month.now i shot at different dots.arrows too expensive too keep robin hooding them..that a real good group you got going on there bowhunter1023..wait till you get a robin hood then ya will start shootin at different dots .

[jackalope]

Aim at a smaller dot. The black dot is larger and harder to focus on. The same as if you were aiming at a pie plate and only shooting one at a time. you would probably notice the groups open a tad.. go to Wal-Mart and get some of those bright dot stickers that are the size of a bottle cap or smaller.. paint your entire target tan and place some stickers on the target.. Shoot 1 arrow at each dot. when you can hit each dot every time move on to a dot the smallest you can see at 20 yards. then move to 30 and start again. Pay attention to form and consistency... IMO there is no right or wrong form, only consistency... Wrong form is Wrong form but if it's consistent form you'll hit the same spot every time.

[hntwhitetail]

Put some small dots on that target.... size of a nickel or dime... keep moving back..... I consistently go back to 80 yards.. I don't like shooting groups under 40.... whatever form works for you... shoot it... consistancy is what shoots the great shooters from the rest... if you can shoot the same way everytime... and get your pins sighted in... you are VERY hard to beat

[bowhunter1023]

Well, I made some minor adjustments last night and it turned out well. I like to start my off-season practice shooting at 20 yards just to help build my confidence and get my strength back up since I rarely shoot from February to April. I am ready to move back to 30 and start getting closer and closer to setting my 50 yard pin...

I videoed myself last night and realized my follow through was really inconsistent and my anchor point was proving to be the same. I made a small vertical adjustment on the sight, lengthened my D-loop a 1/4", adjusted my back tension so I wasn't straining so hard to make it fire, and began to focus really hard on follow through and anchor point consistency. I shot about 60 arrows over a 3 hour period which was good practice cause I shot in the high winds and low-light conditions. By the time I was done, I was happy with the progress. At this point, I think it is all about me being consistent...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/bowhunter1023/100_1517.jpg

[TheCream]

I'd say that looks pretty good. Now just replace that Block with one of these:

http://www.huntonly.com/images/turkey.jpg

:D