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kodiak06:
I've used a single pin for over 10yrs and elk hunt religiously. I HAVE NEVER missed an opportunity at an animal due to having to adjust the sight. If you have time to range one, you have time to adjust the sight, it takes another 2-3 seconds. I've had them make sudden distance changes and it wasn't a problem. I keep mine on 30 and will kill one dead from 0-40 with no adjustment. It's simple hold over/under and no different than splitting pins. With that said, there are 7 hunters in our group and 5 are single pin shooters, and the same goes for them. Not saying it won't happen (distance change) but, the same is true for multi-pin shooters as well.

kodiak06:

--- Quote from: vandeman17 on April 28, 2025, 09:08:15 AM ---I had a single pin slider for a couple years and like mentioned, the biggest thing that I liked was the clear sight picture and only having one pin to focus on when shooting. Its great for target shooting and pretty good for stand hunting but I switched back to a standard 5 pin with a floater. In a real world hunting application, especially on the ground, there is a good chance that you won't be able to adjust your pin based on a lot of in the moment factors like coming to full draw on an animal before it comes into the opening you ranged and having it change course to a different opening with a completely different range. Very unlikely you can let your draw down, adjust your pin and draw again with much success. I will say that this really only pertains to shots 40 yards or so plus because under that, its not super difficult to just keep your pin set at 30 yards and adjust your hold point accordingly. I left my pin at 30 when practicing and would shoot from 20 to 40 yards so that I got comfortable where to hold.

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I've elk hunted with a black gold ascent verdict single pin for 15 years and NEVER had an animal I couldn't kill. With my sight on 30, I'll kill anything from 0-45yds never touching the adjustment knob. It's simply practicing and knowing your gear. My back-up bows magic number is 25... My trees-tand whitetail bow is a 3 pin adjustable but, I dislike it for elk hunting.

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