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 "The Mechanics of
Shooting a Bow"
When sighting in
your bow, it is always best to start by
making sure that you have proper arrow
flight. This is accomplished by placing
your noc and rest in the correct
positions. The arrow should be on a 90
degree angle with the bow string when
the noc and rest are in the correct
positions. Modern bows are designed for
true center shots. To check the position
of your rest, noc an arrow and
place the bottom cam on your foot, look
down at the limbs, the arrow should
project forward centered in the limbs.
This will allow you to point your riser,
arrow , and sights all in the same
direction. Following these steps should
prevent your arrows from porpoising or
fish tailing on the way to your target.
Once proper arrow flight is achieved you
are ready to move on to your sights.
If you imagine a
straight line from your eye to the
arrows impact, you are simply placing
your sights on this line. It is no
longer necessary to place your eye
behind the string, but rather align your
sights to where you are most
comfortable. You may find that you are a
much better shot with your head in a
more up right position facing your
target rather than cocking your head
behind the string and looking through
the corner of your eye. This is
especially true if you wear glasses.
Looking through a peep sight wearing
glasses forces you to look through the
corner of the lens. Oils naturally build
up in the lens corner adding another
impediment to viewing your target
clearly. Looking through the center of
the lens is a must.
Generally speaking,
the farther apart the sights are the
more sensitive to bow torque the system
becomes forcing a steadier hold. We have
found that archers with failing eye
sight have difficulty focusing on both
sights when they are too far apart. For
these archers we recommend the Hind
Sight, Hind Sight II, or
EQII models
that allow them to position the rear
aperture closer to the front sight so
they may be able to focus on both sights
simultaneously. Larger sight pins
may also be beneficial.
Hind Sight
Hind Sight II

EQII
To understand the
sight in process best, hold one thumb up
at arms length and the other thumb, half
the distance to your eye. Now line them
up on a target. If your arrow impacts to
the right, you will move both thumbs
(sights) in the direction of the arrows
impact. Your eye stays comfortably
anchored. Now, if you only move your
forward thumb (sight) towards the arrows
impact, your eye will be forced in the
opposite direction. Your sights must
move in unison towards the arrow's
impact when making large adjustments.
When fine tuning, you may only move one
sight to place your eye closer or
farther from the string. Remember, you are placing your
sights on a straight line from eye to
impact. Keep your eye in a comfortable
position and adjust your sights
accordingly.

Dead Ringer
When using multiple
pins with our standard models, you must
center the same pin for all distances.
We recommend the 20 yard pin for this
purpose but you may chose any distance
pin that you desire. The picture above
shows the red middle pin as the
centering pin. The red pin is located in
the center of the pin guard. When placed
in the cross hairs, the pin guard is now
in alignment with the rear sight ring. Once you decide
which pin will be your centering pin and
what distance it will be set at, place
it in the center of the pin guard.
Because the cross hairs are centered in
the rear sight ring, your rear sight and
front pin guard (if round) will appear
as one equal circle. You must always
center this pin in
the cross hairs no matter what distance
is being targeted. To use your other
pins, simply place your centering pin in
the cross hairs and your distance pin of
choice on target. To understand this
better, let's say that you only had one
pin sighted in at 20 yards and you
wanted to take a 40 yard shot. You would
hold high on your target using the 20
yard pin centered in the cross hairs.
Now if you add a 40 yard pin to your
sight, you will still center the 20 yard
pin in the cross hairs and hold high,
placing the 40 yard pin on target.
Always center the same pin for all
distances. This will insure that you
hold the bow the same way no matter what distance
you are targeting. When using more than 3 sight
pins you may want to chose a pin in the
middle range as your centering pin so that you can see all of
the pins in the rear sight ring. Modern
sights employ round pin guards. This
design works best with our rear sight
ring because your eye naturally
gravitates to the center of a circle. If
you place your centering pin in the
center of your round pin guard, the rear
sight ring and the pin guard will now
automatically line up for a scope like
viewing of your target. The pin guard on
our CrossFire & Ghost Rider models matches the
circumference of the rear sight ring
perfectly, so that when lined up the pin
guard disappears!

CrossFire
Ghost Rider
The Hind Sight
- Rear Mounted Sight is used with
multiple pins by always centering the
same pin (i.e. the top or 20 yard pin).
By doing this, you are always assured
that you are in the same hold and
correct alignment each and every shot.
The other pins will be visible in the
bottom half of the aperture and usable
by simply raising your bow.



The pictures above illustrate how the
top yardage pin always stays centered.
Notice that in the picture on the top,
the 20 yard pin is centered and is in
the kill zone. Now look at the middle
picture, notice that the 20 yard (or top
pin) is still centered and that the 30
yard pin is in the kill zone. The same
applies to the 40 yard shot. The KEY is
to ALWAYS center the same pin to
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This insures that you are holding the
bow the same way no matter what distance
you are targeting.
These pictures also show how the Hind Sight - Rear Mounted Sight acts as a range finder. With practice, the archer will learn how much of the target will be visible inside the aperture at a given distance.

With the high speed, flat shooting, bows on the market today many bow hunters only use a single pin and simply aim higher for further distances. The Hind Sight Rear Mounted Sight works extremely well in this manner.
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