Dead on Bow sight?

[buckfvr29]

Does anyone use the Dead On bow sight? Just curious if some of these "range finder" sights actually work. Thanks

[724wd]

The concept it sound. I have one on my hunting bow. In at least 5 years of hunting I have NEVER remembered to use it!    I did not put one on my NEW hunting bow.

[hughjorgan]

Did they change the regulations to make those sights legal with the rangefinders?

[huntnfmly]

The dead on sight only brackets game it isn't a laser range finder

[mburrows]

Did they change the regulations to make those sights legal with the rangefinders?

No electronics allowed on bows or bow sights in Washington.

[h20hunter]

Don't think its legal and taking the battery out won't make it legal imo.

[hughjorgan]

The dead on sight only brackets game it isn't a laser range finder

Got it, had to look it up. I’ve tried the dead on but like 724 I always forget it’s there.

[huntnfmly]

There are no batteries or electronics on it.
Perfectly legal

[h20hunter]

  My quick google foo showed me a different product.

[buckfvr29]

There are no batteries or electronics on it.
Perfectly legal
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Correct, no electronics on it, it's legal in WA.]

[SGTDuffman]

Perfectly legal. It’s not electronic. It works the same as the fiber optic pins on your bow. It has a little rubber strip with even spaced holes in it that you insert small length of fiber optic into. There’s a little sheet with it and available on their page that tells you how to space the pins for which size of game. Check it against known sizes at known ranges. It’s not new technology by any means, same as any mil dot scope. You’re using a known size to estimate distance. In this case it can vary based on things like your draw length because you’d be holding the device farther from your eye, but that’s why you check it.

[buckfvr29]

Perfectly legal. It’s not electronic. It works the same as the fiber optic pins on your bow. It has a little rubber strip with even spaced holes in it that you insert small length of fiber optic into. There’s a little sheet with it and available on their page that tells you how to space the pins for which size of game. Check it against known sizes at known ranges. It’s not new technology by any means, same as any mil dot scope. You’re using a known size to estimate distance. In this case it can vary based on things like your draw length because you’d be holding the device farther from your eye, but that’s why you check it.

Good points I hadn't thought about. That's why I was questioning them, seems like a lot of variables involved that can really affect the accuracy. I just
don't like the idea of a single pin with a dial you have to adjust before the shot. It'd be ok in a stand or blind but too much additional movement and screwing around for a spot and stock, imo. Guess I need keep working on judging distance.

[huntnfmly]

Once you have it set up there are no pins or dials to move.
All the checking and pin placement is while you re practicing. You can set it up for deer or elk