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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2014, 03:56:33 PM »
Just for fun I looked up that sight and found the price to be in excess of $300.  For a sight!  Holy crap, does it come with a jar of Grey Poupon? :o

No sorry, it does come with a 4-pack sampler, including a coarse French, standard yellow, Bavarian sweet and Dijon.

On a more serious note - wow that's a lot of money!  For $150 you can get a great sight   :dunno:
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2014, 04:33:23 PM »
Just for fun I looked up that sight and found the price to be in excess of $300.  For a sight!  Holy crap, does it come with a jar of Grey Poupon? :o

No sorry, it does come with a 4-pack sampler, including a coarse French, standard yellow, Bavarian sweet and Dijon.

On a more serious note - wow that's a lot of money!  For $150 you can get a great sight   :dunno:

It's all relative. It depends how much performance you demand of your equipment. Are you they type of archer that shoots their bow from august-September and doesn't see the useful justification in a top of the line sight? Or do you shoot every day and demand your set up to be micro adjustable in ways most people will never consider useful?

I love the Hogg Father for its adjustability and durability.

 Sure, there are other sights that are durable. But you won't be able to dial it for 78.5 yards. You'll be trying to split your 70 and 80 yard pins and hoping it's close. In a hunting application, this would probably work just fine to be able to kill. Also, name a sight that gives your repeatable (accurate) results at ranges past 100 yards. For me, that's worth the money. Practicing at 130 yards, makes a 70 yard shot, a chip shot. My confidence under 80-90 yards is 95% that I can make a kill shot on any big game animal, because my sight allows me to practice at much farther distances. Is that kind of confidence in your equipment worth $350 to you? Some people yes, others no.

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2014, 04:40:04 PM »
I'm certain I'll never pay that kind of money for a bow accessory but it would be fun to try out that level of equipment just to see what I'm missing.

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2014, 04:50:03 PM »
I'm certain I'll never pay that kind of money for a bow accessory but it would be fun to try out that level of equipment just to see what I'm missing.

don't say "never"  :chuckle:
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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2014, 05:02:09 PM »
It's definitely  a great sight but i would rather get closer to an animal then farther way

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2014, 05:05:15 PM »
I'm certain I'll never pay that kind of money for a bow accessory but it would be fun to try out that level of equipment just to see what I'm missing.

Once you try it you'd find a way to buy it  :chuckle:

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #21 on: March 25, 2014, 05:35:17 PM »
I'm certain I'll never pay that kind of money for a bow accessory but it would be fun to try out that level of equipment just to see what I'm missing.

Once you try it you'd find a way to buy it  :chuckle:
I'll bet you $349.95 + shipping I'll never buy it.  When I win that bet I'll give that money to my wife and have her buy it for me. :chuckle:

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #22 on: March 25, 2014, 08:18:19 PM »
I have been thinking about buying the tommy Hogg for a while now and i will have that site or a site similar to that someday. My hunting partner just bought the site and I can't wait to try it out. If it performs like I hear then ill probably be purchasing it sooner then I anticipated.

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #23 on: March 25, 2014, 08:27:14 PM »
Just figured out that my draw is a bit longer than I had been fitted for in the past... 6'6" win span finger too to finger too so no wonder I was super inconsistent with my 30" draw Quest G5. Decided against a new Elite Energy 35 in favor of the new Hoyt Faktor Turbo which should arrive next week. That Hogg father should partner well on the new rig!

Reasoning behind getting the hogg father for me: 1) durability, 2) Single pin .010, 3) adjustability, 4) quality, 5) long dovetail bar which gives you that competition archery feel 6) I used to spend all of my cash on triathlon gear... A bike would run me $4000, wheels at $1500 so a bow and sight for $1350 is chump change :)... Don't tell my wife!


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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #24 on: March 25, 2014, 10:17:20 PM »
Just for fun I looked up that sight and found the price to be in excess of $300.  For a sight!  Holy crap, does it come with a jar of Grey Poupon? :o

No sorry, it does come with a 4-pack sampler, including a coarse French, standard yellow, Bavarian sweet and Dijon.

On a more serious note - wow that's a lot of money!  For $150 you can get a great sight   :dunno:

It's all relative. It depends how much performance you demand of your equipment. Are you they type of archer that shoots their bow from august-September and doesn't see the useful justification in a top of the line sight? Or do you shoot every day and demand your set up to be micro adjustable in ways most people will never consider useful?

I love the Hogg Father for its adjustability and durability.

 Sure, there are other sights that are durable. But you won't be able to dial it for 78.5 yards. You'll be trying to split your 70 and 80 yard pins and hoping it's close. In a hunting application, this would probably work just fine to be able to kill. Also, name a sight that gives your repeatable (accurate) results at ranges past 100 yards. For me, that's worth the money. Practicing at 130 yards, makes a 70 yard shot, a chip shot. My confidence under 80-90 yards is 95% that I can make a kill shot on any big game animal, because my sight allows me to practice at much farther distances. Is that kind of confidence in your equipment worth $350 to you? Some people yes, others no.

Actually I shoot 11 months out of the year and I haven't seen the need for an adjustable sight in a hunting situation yet.  If the range is 68.5 or 78.5, I adjust where I hold my pins and so far it's worked just fine.

Something I'm missing here?  No I don't shoot 130 yards so maybe that's it.  I've shot out to 90-100 lots of times and out to 80 every time nearly but I just use a 5-pin sight and I know where the arrow is going at what distance without having to adjust my sight
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Hogg Father is AWESOME!
« Reply #25 on: March 26, 2014, 06:15:39 AM »
I shot the sureloc moveable sight for years. I was dared to move up to the pins division at an IBO. I did and my x count averaged 25-30 X's on a 40 traget course. With shots out to 80 yds. You can get very comfortable with stacking pins. No real need for a movable sight for a hunting situation IMO. For year round practice it is fun and very precise.

  I have never been treated badly by Gabe or any other one of the HOGG boys at shoots or shows. They have alway been very helpful and have been willing to service any need I have had. Great sight . you would not be disspointed.

 


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