New dilema

[growalot]

I Hunt open sights always have just a bead and with my compound it is instinctive(no sights) ...I am not use to looking through a scope at anything but wood chucks...get one in your sights and he's usually sitting there munching  nice and still and not too far away...Before X-cross bows became illegal i happened to pick up a wicked ridge warrior...shouldered it and it was a perfect view through scope and bam brought it home...went in for a10.00 card reader..go figure. So I took it out one day and had a doe in my sights...but by the time I could settle she moved and I couldn't tell how far ..end results clean miss under her ribs...put the bow away....I have my 243 scoped and zeroed in at 100yrds...targets are great..you know exactly were they are they aren't difficult to pick up and don't move...I am very leery of taking my scoped weapons out to hunt deer. I have shot deer with both a scoped blk powder and my 243 but that was at camp. Down there having a really big deer enter your shooting area...well kinda slim.and I made sure to draw down on a still deer 6pt /243 doe/blk powder..but I would hate to loose a shot or get a non clean shot on a bruiser doe or buck here...they aren't usually being very still here and we are mostly wooded...be it a lot of open woods.

All that said..I know it's mind set anyone have tips on getting over this? PS... the whole trying to get a yardage reading then getting deer back in scope sight is a challenge to me. I'm use to the whole picture as it were...

[Lawdwaz]

Easy, shoot more-shoot more often.

If I had to use open sight on my guns I'd quit. Grins.....

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Grow, How far are you anticipating shooting with the crossbow? I don't know your set up but I can't imagine there is much drop at 30 yards. maybe even 40. I would find the hold on it and shoot distance for it and then don't worry anymore about the range. Since you shoot instinctive you can judge those close in distances without having to range the deer. Don't over think it. you know your stands. find the hold zero area around each one and then when the deer is inside it, let 'er fly. if they are outside that distance and you are comfortable there, range it.

[growalot]

That doe was in my compound range 30 yrds...I know it's a mind thing..I have caught the wood chucks in the clover field ...once grandpups leave and I have time to just sit a bit...not weed garden or pick blueberries and zucchini I'll go down and "practice" on him...lol...wish we had other critters to hunt way before season opens...Sept 1 is a bit too close to bow for me to want to go out and start shooting anything in our woods...Then again I suppose I could make a trip to camp and open her up  in early Sept...hhhmmmm

Speaking of which...need to head out and see how many weeds popped after this last rain and plant more lettuce and beets

[Bow Addict]

BTW,there's a huge misconception that there isn't much drop between 20 and 40 or 50 yards.They actually don't have much more range than a modern compound.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Agreed but my compound is basically a 25 yard pin and a tad high at 20 and a tad low at 30. about 3" difference from 20 to 30. basically point and shoot out to 30.

[wdswtr]

No need to drop the scope to get yardage just open your other eye.