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I shoot at a range so all of my settings are flat, I do all of my hunting from a tree stand but I know the adjustments I need to make for this.

I bought a trophy ridge pendulum sight and set the lowest setting at 20 yds and then in 5 yd increments. The sight could allow me to go up to as much as 75-80 yds.

I dont know why you would be confused about this.

I guess what was confusing is...setting an adjustable pendulam at various flat yardages is no different than seting a multiple pin setup at various yardages? Why did you have trouble shooting past 25 yards before the addition of the pendulam? From a tree you will set the pendulam on just one setting only, to shoot from 5-10 yards out to a norm of 35 yards, maybe more depending on the bow.
I have a trueglow pendulam on my tree bow with adjustable ground settings that I shoot out to 60 yards. Pretty nice arent' they?

yes but my site was old and only allowed for three pins so I had trouble shooting at intermediate distances with it. With a pendulum site I can set the pin for 32.5 yards if I really wanted to. I have everything ranged out and with my bait at 25 yds that is what I set my pin at and will adjust accordingly if a deer is closer or farther away. I will not change my sight in the stand unless absolutely necessary

Are you sure you have a true pendulam sight? It doesn't sound like you ever actually use it as a pendulam? I have mine marked with a "P" and I set it at that mark while in the tree. That way you need not know any yardages ahead because the pendulam does it automatically.

Just a guess but maybe we are comparing an adjustable fixed sight that rides on a pendulum for adjustment to a floater pendulum that adjusts automatically within it's parameters .

That's what I'm thinking? Many single pin sights appear to look like a pendulam, but are actually a "slide" concept and aren't free floating, just manual adjustment only. Mine is both, free floating and slide.  He may have a Mantis, but TR isn't big on making pendulam sights?

Correct mine is an adjustable pendulum sight. This is what the company labels it as and what my fellow hunters refer to it as. Sorry for any confusion.

OK? It just does'nt sound as if you are getting the fulll function of what a pendulam sight was designed for? Sorry for any confiusion on your part, but, I'm still confused? I give up? And, I've ben hunting with archery for 36 years and you don't aquire muscle memory from 12 arrows a year? I'm sorry, it just does'nt happen that way?

I understand what a pendulum sight is. I know that my sight is an adjustable single pin sight. There is no confusion.

I realize that you dont gain muscle memory from shooting 12 arrows a year. What I was trying to get across that my dad has been shooting for 40 years and he has shot many arrows to gain that muscle memory and now that he has it he only shoots 12 arrows a year. I was by no means implying that by shooting 12 arrows a year that one could gain muscle memory. I am not an idiot.

Okie Dokie. Get out there and get some deer now!

I also have a mathews passion. Just purchased it last year. Only thing Ive noticed after walk back tuning and paper tuning is that when you are shooting at an elevation depending on how high you are the yardage is less than if you are standing on flat ground. I missed 2 deer this way becuase I didnt take that into account. Im actually at 28 dl and 45 lbs. I took 2 last year back to back, and 3 this year one being my first buck at 40 yds perfect shot.
All I can say is play with diferent scenerios and practice, practic,e practice.
Good luck!

Are you sure that your broadheads are the same weight as your field tips? If you sighted in with a 100grain then switched to a heavier or lighter broadhead it would cause arrow displacement. The longer shot the more your arrow would be off

One thing to make sure of when aiming down hill (or inother words from a treestand) is that you MUST aim LOW if you are using fixed pins. If you are using a pedulum sight this compensation is adujsted for you. I have never had to shoot uphill so I apologize that my input is of no use on that aspect. The majority of my hunting is done out of a treestand so I do plenty of practice from elevation. I know that everyone has harped on it already, but the best thing you can do is practice. Make sure you hold your bow the exact same each time, have the same anchor point(s), and make sure you squeeze the release and not 'punch' it.

This may sound weird but on a good angle up or down you will hit high compared to level at the same distance . So in a tree going up 12 ft. you still might be spot on at 20 , but up at 20ft. you are angling that bow downward alot more for the same shot and may hit high . This effect also dissipates on the longer the shot is because you are once again not angling the bow downward like a short shot . A fast bow also helps to lessen the rise .

Yep, weird!

I didn't read all responses but definatley bend at waist keeping your upper body form the same. When shooting up or down hill your distance is shorter than your line of sight.for example if your shooting downhill and you think your target is 30 yds away try shooting it at 27. Check it out.

Maybe its in your head. Like your not confident with yourself to make the farther shot. Get confident and have faith. And it may also be that your bow isn't properly sighted or adjusted correctly farther than thirty yards.