For easily locating and targeting prey, today’s optics for bowhunting have many effective gadgets for bow hunters. The first of these is the trail camera. Secondly we have the range finders. Thirdly we have those attachments on the bow which are called the sights.

The trail camera helps bowhunters locate their prey

You may use the trail camera in two modes. One of them is daytime vision. In this type of display, you see things in their natural colors on the display. The other mode is night vision which is made possible with the use of infra-red light. Warm areas in the display will have patches of red. It becomes easy to detect any living things in the vicinity. Night vision can be used at any time of the day. Using this mode, the bowhunter will know for certain whether the disturbance in the bushes is caused by deer, smaller animals or a sudden strong gust of wind.

Even when animals transfer to another location, their trail remains in red on the display as long as the heat caused by their body is not dissipated. This makes it possible to capture images of the trail. Those images can help the hunter pursue the prey.

Range finders

A range finder gives the distance between the hunter and the animal. This is an important piece of information for setting the bowsight pin. The pin should be lowered or raised depending on the value given by the range finder.

In today’s optics for bowhunting there are calibrations on the sight pin. The values shown for each calibration stand for the distance intervening between animal and hunter. Since this distance is difficult to ascertain without special tools, the chances of error are great without a range finder. And the margin for error becomes increasingly bigger as the distance gets longer.

Using today’s optics for bowhunting, the real distance separating animal from hunter can be calculated using parameters in the environment. The hunter can adjust the protrusion of the pin to the calibration indicated by the rangefinder. At that calibration, the tip of the pin marks the spot where the arrow will hit.

Bows may have a pair of sights

Compound bows may be fitted with one or two sights. The sight which is attached to the bow itself is a mandatory feature. It is here that the pins mentioned are located. They may be seen sticking out horizontally aligned slots in the bow sight. For greater accuracy in targeting, another sight, the peep sight, may be tied to the bow string. The location where this sight is fixed corresponds to the level of the hunter’s eyes when the string is fully retracted.

Today’s optics for bowhunting give the hunter a greater accuracy of aim

Even the best archers miss their marks without bowhunting optics. If the animal is lucky, the arrow will miss it completely. Otherwise, the arrow may wound the animal instead of killing it. The animal will flee if it is able. But if the wound inflicted is mortal, it will eventually die in the field unless the hunter catches up with it.

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Author Bio: Stacey Stephens is a writer for Stick’em Archery, LLC, which offers Nikon Archers Choice w/ID Range Finder and Wild Game Innovations Halo Range finder.

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Keywords: trail camera,range finder,bow sight