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Trad bow and EZV sight

Red Beard said:
Sorry to highjack your thread real quick @Exhumis but this is probably the place for talking about this vs starting a new thread about the same components...

The main reason I want to put an EZV on ANY bow (in this case it's my new recurve) is due to my complete inability to gauge yardage. See, my issue is not placing shots on target at a known distance when I've calibrated myself/equipment for that distance... it's being able to tell how far away that target is in the first place. This problem increases exponentially "in the heat of the moment".

Below is a perfect example of this. The first picture shows where I initially blanked and ultimately panicked because I walked to an unknown distance from a target. The last two photos are the shots I placed on that exact target after I knew it was at 20yds.

Bringing it full circle back to the EZV, the EZV provides me with immediate, and pretty dern precise, yardage estimation just prior to the shot.
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Edit: Thought I'd edit this post with a picture of the EZV in action for relevance. The picture below shows that the EZV would have provided immediate feedback regarding yardage without the use of a rangefinder.
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Not high jacked at all. Perfectly explains why I use the EZV also. I suck at yardage. I also suck at gauging vitals size at distance but I’m getting better
 
BTaylor said:
Why not use the zip lines? As for yardage, it's easy to practice all the time. Going for diapers, pick an object between your car and the store call the yardage and walk to it. Do the same in the store. Doesnt take long until you will be pretty dang accurate to whatever distance you you call your hunting max. I typically try to stay in good practice to 30-35 and then extend to 50 when I know I am going out west.
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Right on. I'll give this a go. Plenty of opportunity to pick up diapers around here for sure :smile: Thank you.

Allegheny Tom said:
I do that.
I'm able to be within a yard out to about 22. But it really doesn't matter. You'll get to the point that you aren't thinking "thats X yards". You just look and shoot.
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Yes buddy. I certainly hope to be there one day!
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Stump shooting will do wonders for estimating yardage. You won't really be trying to calculate yardage numbers but your brain will subconsciously make the adjustments for reasonable hunting yardages.
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Last Saturday the Wife and I spent an afternoon shooting stumps. Best practice you can get.
 
What are the trad bows for this thread, is it just the one piece wood long bow only?
 
Obviously I didn't read through all of the posts for this thread.... I see someone posted the links to the SRF system before. Sorry for the redundancy. I, however did not see the explanation posted for this which is the first URL I posted in my last post for those interested. Hope this helps.
 
I made this for my bow, it weighs, maybe an ounce and cost less than a dollar. make one try it if you don't like not a lot of loss. it will bring shots in pie plate range quickly at 15-20 yards.
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gumby said:
I drilled a 3/8 hole.( at 15 yards the hole is bout the size of a pie plate at target) I use the sight, nose button and anchor point and center the drilled hole to center of your target.
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Yep. That's slick.
 
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