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19 inches seems excessive. I'd have to shoot mine to know for sure, but I'd say mine is more like 8-12" drop from 20-40 yards... And that's with a 60# bow and heavier arrows than you're shooting. You may want to double check your nock point and/or rest height. If your arrows are coming off the string nock-high it's going to exaggerate that arrow drop from 20 to 40 yards. I don't know. 19 inches just seems like a lot, even for that setup. Makes me wanna pull mine out of the case and fling a few arrows tomorrow just to see.
An inch per yard is pretty easy to calculate, Joe. You have a rangefinder. An elk has a kill zone the size of a car hood.
Scrap the idea altogether. Take your new stick and string! Lol. Teasing of course but. . . Wouldn't that be a rush!
Personally I don’t think the rate of drop is all that abnormal. I think most folks are delusional regarding their bow’s trajectory. In fact, the vast majority of bow hunters aren’t good enough archers to shoot a group well enough to notice the difference. There is not a bow made that will shoot the same POI from 20-40, but I’ve read they exist. Every bow I’ve ever owned has always been a safe estimate to calculate one inch per yard- and that includes the one you’re working on. In other words shooting a 26 yard target, a safe shot would be placing the 20 yard pin six inches high. That’s not to say a faster bow is not flatter, obviously. But the difference is not that great. Masons 3D rig is much quicker than mine, but a deer or in this case an elk would not know the difference, except an elk may in fact lose the use of both lungs vs just one.
Worth a look if you would. Check the nock point and walk back some paper further than a yard and see.
Lol... Fuggin metric system. Well that would certainly put you a little closer to where I'm at. 4 yards past 40 makes a pretty big difference.Thanks man. You're seeing a 12-14 inch drop from 20-40 with an arrow thats 60gr heavier. I was just looking and it looks like I might have some slight vane contact on the Pro V shooting cock vane up. Center shot is good and they fly good through paper at a yard off the bow, but I do see some vane skuffs on the arm.
Something else I just realized is the FIL has his distance markers at meters and not yards. Fuggin FITA guys. Lol. Anyways that equates to 43.75 yards not 40.
Back to the bench.
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For as much and long as it took to draw the tag they're lucky I don't scrap a bow for a 30-06. Lol.