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I first found this to be helpful shooting a traditional bow but I have found that it also works with my crossbow, that is, If I have a Point-of-aim (POA) below my intended impact point (IP), the distance between POA and IP will stay the same for different yardages, at least with my setup: shooting 630 gr. arrows from a 150# crossbow and using a peep rear sight with pins in the front.  With my recurve, I use the tip of my arrow set on my POA, but I've found that I can use a pin with my crossbow.  If I use a pin set for 35 yds. and hold it 11" below my intended IP, it will hit relatively close to the IP (11" higher than my POA) from 10-30 yds.  The reason this works is that 11" looks relatively big at 10 yds and as I move back, that same 11" looks very small, causing me to raise the crossbow up to keep the pin on the POA as I move back to longer distances.  I have found that at 15 yds, I hit about 2" high and at 30 yds, I hit about 2" low but every other distance hits right on.  That keeps me in a 4" circle, certainly close enough for most hunting situations on deer or larger animals.
  Here's how this could be helpful:  If I'm hunting deer, I know that if I hold that 35 yd. pin about 6" down the front leg and pull the trigger, I should hit in the kill zone, whether I'm at 10 yds. or 30 yds. or anywhere in between.  This takes the guesswork out of trying to figure the yardage or keeps me from having to rely on a rangefinder that takes some movement to operate.  If I'm hunting elk, I would hold that 35 yd. pin right about 3" below the belly line to hit about 8" up (or about 1/3 up the body, right above the heart and through the lungs).  On smaller animals, let's say a rabbit, this wouldn't work as well because it's harder to judge 11" below where you want to hit on a rabbit.
   I would like to see if this works for you guys with your setup.  If you put something low on your target that you can use as a POA and hold your 35 yd pin on that, see where your arrow hits at 10 yds.  It should be somewhere above your POA.  Then back up to 15, 20, 25, 30 yds. and see where your impact point is.  Is it consistent enough to hunt with at those yardages?  Some may need to use a 40 or 45 yd. pin and would probably have more than 11" between POA and IP.  I don't know if this will work with a scope because you may not get enough visual difference as you move further back while looking through a scope.  Let me know if you try this and how it worked (or didn't) for you.  Thanks.

Hey Guys,  I'm excited about finally getting a trail cam pic of a cougar.  Check it out on the Trail Camera forum here.  Thanks.

I just dug out a little pond a few weeks ago on a seep that I had found.  I put up my trail camera and had 2 bears and a lion come to water in a span of 8 days.