‘Straight-Shooting’ Advice
Iowa and other states are opening shotgun-only deer seasons to straight-walled cartridges like the .45-70 Gov’t., .444 Marlin and .450 Bushmaster. Here’s how to wring the most performance from their rainbow-like trajectories.
Bowhunting: Know Your Arrow’s Flight Path
Every hunter who’s ever loosed an arrow knows it falls fast. Therefore when shooting at longer ranges, we must compensate for an arrow’s rainbow-like trajectory—called parabolic arc—by aiming higher. Lucky for us, sight pins make it simple.
As The Bow Sight Swings
If you bow hunt mainly from a tree stand, a pendulum sight could make hits come easier.
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