Please Sign In

Please enter a valid username and password
» Not a member? Take a moment to register
» Forgot Username or Password

Archery Quiz

September 01, 2011

Archery Quiz

All 16 of the Final’s competitors believe that Archery will be one of their stronger disciplines. Most of the guys shoot 3D tournaments all spring and summer, and there are a couple of pretty big-time titles among them. All of them bow hunt and practice year-round.

Not only are all of the competitors strong, the course is a beast. It has to be to get any scoring separation. Target angles, odd distances, shooting through cover…they will see it all in just six targets.

Scenario: Shooting one of the three shots from the ground blind portion of the TOC Archery discipline; it’s a bedded deer at 39 yards with cover in front of the target. The cover is a tree over the deer, but in front of it and slightly to the left. The limbs hang over, but you can see the target completely.

You know that the tree is right at 20 yards, but the limbs angle back toward the deer. It’s difficult to tell what yardage the limbs are, and you have no rangefinder. And they are only in play for the 2-4-6 point larger target—not the high-risk 10 point target.

Quiz: Going back to The Total Outdoorsman Manual, and Eddie Nickens’s tips; with the limbs possibly causing a deflection, and no rangefinder, how can you tell if you can pull off the shot to the larger 2-4-6 target?

Swag: A Field & Stream prize pack

September 01, 2011 in | Permalink

Comments (8)

Top Rated
All Comments
from Kaston06 wrote 36 weeks 17 hours ago

Put your 39 yard pin on your target then focus on your 20 yard pin, and if there are no branches let the arrow fly!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from craigw52 wrote 35 weeks 2 days ago

Aim at the 39 yard target as you normally would....(focusing low with your 40 yard pin). Next look at your 20 yard pin...and if it's not lined up to hit the limbs, take the shot. Otherwise, change your position....lower or increase your stature by just enough to clear the limbs first. If all else fails......go for the 10!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from shootlong wrote 35 weeks 18 hours ago

As a competitor I'm coming to the competition with my bow sighted in with my first pin at 25 yards and my second pin at 40 yards. That's because my first pin is good for 0-25, also a 25/40 pin setting, gives me enough eye relief between the first and second pins to see the targets clearly without getting too much glare from the pins being too close. Next, I would Draw the bow and place my 40 yd pin on the bulls-eye. Now I take note of where my 25 yard pin is in relation to the limbs. If my first pin is well below the limbs I have a clear shot, if my first pin is in line with the limbs it's a no go.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from deerhunterrick wrote 10 weeks 3 days ago

Take your aim. Holding your 40 yard pin directly on intended target. While holding aim look at your 20 yard pin (if your pins are set as such) if your pin is above or below the pin you are good to release the shot. Another option is to thread the obsticle by doing the following. The limbs are set rearward towards the target,you already know the tree is at 20 yards. So the obstruction is between the 20 yards and 39 yards nit at 20 yards. In a must score senerio you must score,if you pass the shot it is still a miss,no deductions and nothing lost. With todays bows there is very little between a 20yard pin and a 40 yard gap. As best as can be done without overshooting the target set your 20 yard pin has high into the obstruction as possible keeping it under the limb and your 40 yard pin within the kill zone of the target. On a bedded deer it is best to shoot lower then it is to shoot high, as there is more scoring rings below mid body then above. It a real life senerio I'd wait it out,that deer has got to get up and stretch sooner or later,thus possibly giving you the shot you need.JME

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from souiljery wrote 8 weeks 10 hours ago

shooting through cover…they will see it all in just six targe

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Ziggerboy wrote 7 weeks 2 days ago

If the 20 yd pin is clear your good to go! Just depends on how flat your shooting.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Davidkingsbury wrote 6 weeks 4 days ago

You Put the 40 yard pin on the target and look at the 20 yard pin and if it is clear send it flying

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from K-liles wrote 6 weeks 16 hours ago

Aim with your 40 yd pin but check your 20 yd pin to make sure your clear of obstruction.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report

Post a Comment

from Kaston06 wrote 36 weeks 17 hours ago

Put your 39 yard pin on your target then focus on your 20 yard pin, and if there are no branches let the arrow fly!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from craigw52 wrote 35 weeks 2 days ago

Aim at the 39 yard target as you normally would....(focusing low with your 40 yard pin). Next look at your 20 yard pin...and if it's not lined up to hit the limbs, take the shot. Otherwise, change your position....lower or increase your stature by just enough to clear the limbs first. If all else fails......go for the 10!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Davidkingsbury wrote 6 weeks 4 days ago

You Put the 40 yard pin on the target and look at the 20 yard pin and if it is clear send it flying

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from K-liles wrote 6 weeks 16 hours ago

Aim with your 40 yd pin but check your 20 yd pin to make sure your clear of obstruction.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from shootlong wrote 35 weeks 18 hours ago

As a competitor I'm coming to the competition with my bow sighted in with my first pin at 25 yards and my second pin at 40 yards. That's because my first pin is good for 0-25, also a 25/40 pin setting, gives me enough eye relief between the first and second pins to see the targets clearly without getting too much glare from the pins being too close. Next, I would Draw the bow and place my 40 yd pin on the bulls-eye. Now I take note of where my 25 yard pin is in relation to the limbs. If my first pin is well below the limbs I have a clear shot, if my first pin is in line with the limbs it's a no go.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from deerhunterrick wrote 10 weeks 3 days ago

Take your aim. Holding your 40 yard pin directly on intended target. While holding aim look at your 20 yard pin (if your pins are set as such) if your pin is above or below the pin you are good to release the shot. Another option is to thread the obsticle by doing the following. The limbs are set rearward towards the target,you already know the tree is at 20 yards. So the obstruction is between the 20 yards and 39 yards nit at 20 yards. In a must score senerio you must score,if you pass the shot it is still a miss,no deductions and nothing lost. With todays bows there is very little between a 20yard pin and a 40 yard gap. As best as can be done without overshooting the target set your 20 yard pin has high into the obstruction as possible keeping it under the limb and your 40 yard pin within the kill zone of the target. On a bedded deer it is best to shoot lower then it is to shoot high, as there is more scoring rings below mid body then above. It a real life senerio I'd wait it out,that deer has got to get up and stretch sooner or later,thus possibly giving you the shot you need.JME

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from souiljery wrote 8 weeks 10 hours ago

shooting through cover…they will see it all in just six targe

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Ziggerboy wrote 7 weeks 2 days ago

If the 20 yd pin is clear your good to go! Just depends on how flat your shooting.

0 Good Comment? | | Report

Post a Comment