Archey
05-31-2014, 01:13 PM
I installed a new one pin sight on my compound bow this morning and headed out to the back yard to sight it in. My two boys (6 and 8 years old) tagged along eager to "help" dad sight it in. This is the slide adjustable type of sight that should be good out past 60 yards or so for 3D archery shoots. We had to mark the slide with yardage marks for 20, 30, 40 yards etc.. Adjusting for windage and elevation at each yardage mark, I explained to the boys what I was doing and why. This led to some excellent questions and conversation on ballistics. The boys were fascinated with the idea of how fast an arrow will drop in just a short distance. We had a basic physics lesson on the force of gravity, velocity, discussed minute of angle, all sorts or related topics came up. Once I had the bow pretty much sighted in, we went back to 20 yards. I shot an arrow at the target with the sight at the lowest mark, dead on. I then steeped back 10 yards and shot another without moving the sight. I repeated this out to 50 yards. The boys really liked looking at all the arrows in the target, in a line starting at the bullseye going down with the last one at the very bottom edge of the target. I loved all the questions and seeing light bulbs turn on in their minds. Never miss a good teaching moment.