Best or Fav bow sight?

[Smossy]

If you could get one bow sight for free -realistically what one would you choose and why??
There's two parts to this thread.
First being the question stated above and why you would choose it.
Second, any information you could share with the below questions.

Just looking for some ideas. I've been running the Trophy Ridge Cypher 5 pin for a few years now. I like it but I'm looking for something alittle more adjustable and easier to see. The pins on mine are alittle larger than I prefer. I'd like something with smaller and brighter pins. My visions been going down hill over the years so I was even thinking of one f the scope sights or the peeps with glass inside to help focus. Not sure on legality of that or not though. Also i was thinking a 5 or 7 pin maybe even vertical pins to... 7 seems overkill to some people and also sometimes to myself, but it would take some of the guess work out of ranging. I like single pins alot but don't like the fact of an animal moving while I've already adjusted for range and it moves while I'm at full draw.
Anyways enough with my rambeling. If anyone has an ideas and can sum all that into one sight I'd love to hear it.

[carpsniperg2]

If you are getting it for free. Trophy Taker option 6. 5 fixed pins and one floating pin.

Im right there with you. I like single pin sights but animals move around to much So this sight is the best of both worlds! The price tag is very very very high but if you are getting it for free heck yeah!

Im shopping around this year and might end up with one myself.

[lokidog]

I like the IQ sight because of the retina lock.  I had a similar device on my last bow and loved it.  I can't get it to fit on my current bow and already had a newer sight, so don't use it.

[Smossy]

If you are getting it for free. Trophy Taker option 6. 5 fixed pins and one floating pin.

Im right there with you. I like single pin sights but animals move around to much So this sight is the best of both worlds! The price tag is very very very high but if you are getting it for free heck yeah!

Im shopping around this year and might end up with one myself.

I'm not actually getting a free sight just to clarify incase there's confusion, it was mostly a "what if you could have any one you want". I always hear people talk about spotthog and trophy taker being on top of the game right now. But there's really just so many dang options and doo dads available for sight these days its hard to make a decision.

I really do love the idea of having both stationary and adjustable single. Multi pins for quick opportunity shots. More precise pin point shots on an animal that's barely moving because of feeding or even bed down. You'd have more than enough time to range and set that pin exactly where it needs to be. I figure with what people spend on rifle scopes. 3-4 hundred bucks hurts but really isn't that bad. Next to the bow itself the sight ka really the most important part of your weapon.

[lokidog]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.  I really like the micro adjustments of my current sight and would recommend one with these.

[Smossy]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.  I really like the micro adjustments of my current sight and would recommend one with these.

It was the Trophy Taker Option 6 Ed. Thats thenone we were talking about.

[carpsniperg2]

If you are getting it for free. Trophy Taker option 6. 5 fixed pins and one floating pin.

Im right there with you. I like single pin sights but animals move around to much So this sight is the best of both worlds! The price tag is very very very high but if you are getting it for free heck yeah!

Im shopping around this year and might end up with one myself.

I'm not actually getting a free sight just to clarify incase there's confusion, it was mostly a "what if you could have any one you want". I always hear people talk about spotthog and trophy taker being on top of the game right now. But there's really just so many dang options and doo dads available for sight these days its hard to make a decision.

I really do love the idea of having both stationary and adjustable single. Multi pins for quick opportunity shots. More precise pin point shots on an animal that's barely moving because of feeding or even bed down. You'd have more than enough time to range and set that pin exactly where it needs to be. I figure with what people spend on rifle scopes. 3-4 hundred bucks hurts but really isn't that bad. Next to the bow itself the sight ka really the most important part of your weapon.

Agree and that's why it's a contender for me. I shot for Trophy Ridge staff for a few years and really like there products. I really like vertical pins and have been shooting them for years.

[Mxracer532]

Just what I got, Spott Hogg Hunter Hogg IT 7pin hands down the best sight I have ever had..

[Duckslayer89]

Spot Hogg 7 deadly pins. It's what I have and it's awesome. Super sturdy and not to complicated. Sight is close to the bow I didn't like the idea of some of the sights sticking way out but that's just me.

[Smossy]

Spot Hogg 7 deadly pins. It's what I have and it's awesome. Super sturdy and not to complicated. Sight is close to the bow I didn't like the idea of some of the sights sticking way out but that's just me.

IMO the further the sight is from the bow the smaller aperture you use on your peep, seems to increase accuracy. Less room for error. Aim small miss small.

[Mxracer532]

Spot Hogg 7 deadly pins. It's what I have and it's awesome. Super sturdy and not to complicated. Sight is close to the bow I didn't like the idea of some of the sights sticking way out but that's just me.

IMO the further the sight is from the bow the smaller aperture you use on your peep, seems to increase accuracy. Less room for error. Aim small miss small.

[RadSav]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.

It was the Trophy Taker Option 6 Ed. Thats thenone we were talking about.

You didn't see the price tag on that sight, did you Loki?  For $350 it should come with a personal assistant to make all those adjustments for you!

[Smossy]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.

It was the Trophy Taker Option 6 Ed. Thats thenone we were talking about.

You didn't see the price tag on that sight, did you Loki?  For $350 it should come with a personal assistant to make all those adjustments for you!

Hater.

[RadSav]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.

It was the Trophy Taker Option 6 Ed. Thats thenone we were talking about.

You didn't see the price tag on that sight, did you Loki?  For $350 it should come with a personal assistant to make all those adjustments for you!

Hater.

Yes!  I do hate the idea of spending $350 on a hunting site.  I thought $120 for a Lethal Weapon was crazy   Then I find out even those are now almost $300!  World has gone MAD...I do hate that!!

[Smossy]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.

It was the Trophy Taker Option 6 Ed. Thats thenone we were talking about.

You didn't see the price tag on that sight, did you Loki?  For $350 it should come with a personal assistant to make all those adjustments for you!

Hater.

Yes!  I do hate the idea of spending $350 on a hunting site.  I thought $120 for a Lethal Weapon was crazy   Then I find out even those are now almost $300!  World has gone MAD...I do hate that!!

Lol. I guess my 1100$ kifaru bag is a waste to huh. Im the coolest looking road hunter ever though!

[Duckslayer89]

Spot Hogg 7 deadly pins. It's what I have and it's awesome. Super sturdy and not to complicated. Sight is close to the bow I didn't like the idea of some of the sights sticking way out but that's just me.

IMO the further the sight is from the bow the smaller aperture you use on your peep, seems to increase accuracy. Less room for error. Aim small miss small.

Ya like I said for me personally I don't like my sight hanging a foot out in front of my bow for hunting, maybe for targets. But I shoot well out to 80 and practice out to 100 for fun so it can't effect it that much.

[blacktailcody]

Spot Hogg Fast Eddie is my fave!

[RadSav]

Lol. I guess my 1100$ kifaru bag is a waste to huh. Im the coolest looking road hunter ever though!

If it was an $80 pack with a $20 flip top for $1,000 then I would say, "YES it is a waste." 

It might also be a waste if you don't get out there and kill yourself an elk here soon!  An $18 Hello Kitty pack will get your Red Bull and Snickers from the house to the 'sploder

[Smossy]

Lol. I guess my 1100$ kifaru bag is a waste to huh. Im the coolest looking road hunter ever though!

If it was an $80 pack with a $20 flip top for $1,000 then I would say, "YES it is a waste." 

It might also be a waste if you don't get out there and kill yourself an elk here soon!  An $18 Hello Kitty pack will get your Red Bull and Snickers from the house to the 'sploder

I wont be killing any elk in any near future. I don't even know how to hunt elk. Sure as heck aint gonna just walk around in a wooded area hoping to run into one.
Havent you read my title? I really am an "Illiterate Woodsman".

[RadSav]

 

Haven't you ever heard the saying, "I never see failure as failure, but only as the negative feedback I need to change course in the right direction"?

You learn more about elk from walking around in a wooded area than you ever will sitting at a computer.  How do you think I learned how to hunt elk?  No one taught me anything about elk hunting.  I didn't even know anyone who had successfully hunted elk with a bow before I killed my first one.  Heck, I didn't even know a half dozen people who shot a bow back then!

My father sold our chest freezer in the summer of 1980.  I asked him what we were going to do if I shot an elk.  His response to me was, "You shoot an elk and then we will worry about it."  My own mother forbid me to hunt bear with my bow because the guy at the sporting goods store told her I would be killed or crippled if I even tried.  I killed my second deer, a bull elk and a boar with my bow that same year.  Determination, stubbornness, repeated failure, two pairs of boots, 40 tanks of fuel and some stupid luck was all it took.  My father paid twice the price for a new freezer than he got for the one he sold!

And BTW...That $1,100 Kifaru is one heck of a pack for walking around in wooded areas inhabited by elk

[D-Rock425]

I'm a spot hog can myself but you should have a ton of options.

[lokidog]

I did see an add recently for one that you could swing the multi pins out of the way to use just the single, don't know the brand though.

It was the Trophy Taker Option 6 Ed. Thats thenone we were talking about.

You didn't see the price tag on that sight, did you Loki?  For $350 it should come with a personal assistant to make all those adjustments for you!

That might be why I didn't bother remembering who it was by.     That, and I'm happy with my Bargain Cave sight that I have now.    I couldn't even tell you what that one is, and I've been using it for longer than I've had my current bow. 

[theleo]

My current bow has an Armortech on it that I really love but when I get the new bow I'll probably be looking at an Accustat. I'd just like to have the ability to dial the sight when shooting past my 5th pin (beyond 60) and the Accustat would give me that ability.

[Smossy]

Haven't you ever heard the saying, "I never see failure as failure, but only as the negative feedback I need to change course in the right direction"?

You learn more about elk from walking around in a wooded area than you ever will sitting at a computer.  How do you think I learned how to hunt elk?  No one taught me anything about elk hunting.  I didn't even know anyone who had successfully hunted elk with a bow before I killed my first one.  Heck, I didn't even know a half dozen people who shot a bow back then!

My father sold our chest freezer in the summer of 1980.  I asked him what we were going to do if I shot an elk.  His response to me was, "You shoot an elk and then we will worry about it."  My own mother forbid me to hunt bear with my bow because the guy at the sporting goods store told her I would be killed or crippled if I even tried.  I killed my second deer, a bull elk and a boar with my bow that same year.  Determination, stubbornness, repeated failure, two pairs of boots, 40 tanks of fuel and some stupid luck was all it took.  My father paid twice the price for a new freezer than he got for the one he sold!

And BTW...That $1,100 Kifaru is one heck of a pack for walking around in wooded areas inhabited by elk

Pfft. That's all I have in response to that. Lol. I don't really enjoy doing things unless I have someone to share the experience with. Solo is fun but its not really my "thing" I like having someone to bounce ideas off of.

[shootnrun]

If it was an $80 pack with a $20 flip top for $1,000 then I would say, "YES it is a waste." 

It might also be a waste if you don't get out there and kill yourself an elk here soon!  An $18 Hello Kitty pack will get your Red Bull and Snickers from the house to the 'sploder

This may be the funniest thing I have seen written on this forum    And true.

To add to the topic, I have the Spot Hogg Wrapped 7 deadly pin in .010 and I love it. The small pins really helped me tighten up my groups and the wrap keeps the pins lit down to the bitter end of shooting light. Some people dont like the clutter, but I have the order pretty well memorized and don't mind it. That said, my elk was so close I put my first three pins behind the shoulder and then she died 

[Jonathan_S]

I don't even know how to hunt elk. Sure as heck aint gonna just walk around in a wooded area hoping to run into one.

That's pretty much how you do it 

An $18 Hello Kitty pack will get your Red Bull and Snickers from the house to the 'sploder

  I'm sorry to laugh at your expense Smossy but I'm dying over here!

[JJ79]

For me, I don't have a particular brand or model that I could choose but instead the attributes I'd want it to have. Right now I'm shooting a cheap 5 pin sight and going from that I'd like to go with a 4 or 5 pin sight with a slider option for longer ranges. Having the adjustability would let me get away with less pins in the housing. .19 is fine for the closer range but I'd like my bottom pin or 2 to be .10. One thing I don't like about some sights is the sequential pins being the same color, I prefer each pin to be a different color than the one next to it.

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