Patent ID: 8464700

Claim:
A method of targeting an arrow on an underwater target with a laser sight, comprising the steps of: providing a bow; providing the laser sight attached to the bow, wherein the laser sight further comprises: a laser; a switch for activating the laser; and an attachment device for releasably attaching the laser bowfishing sight to the bow; wherein the attachment device comprises a base portion and an adjustment portion attached at an attachment point; wherein the attachment device is configured to adjust the linear distance of the laser from the attachment point; and wherein the attachment device is configured to rotate the laser about the attachment point through a vertical plane; activating the laser with the switch to project a laser beam; illuminating a target located below a water surface with the laser beam, a path of the laser beam to the underwater target being non-linear due to refraction of the laser beam; adjusting the trajectory of the arrow by an offset angle to compensate for the refraction of the laser beam, the offset angle being the angle of refraction of light passing from air into water; and launching the arrow from the bow in a straight line at the illuminated, underwater target.