Single pin bow sight????

[croix]

I shoot 1 pin...I set it for 30 yards and will shoot elk at 40 and under with out moven the sight.
...with a single pin I never use the wrong pin...

i like the idea of a single fixed pin set at 30 yds , but a single pin to 40 yds requires a pretty fast bow and a lot more practice than i've had (only had a bow about 3 months). out to 30 yds on a single pin seems easy enough, but  at ~270 fps with a 438 grn arrow i am seeing almost a 16 inch drop between 30 and 40. that's a lot of kentucky windage for my amateur a$$. 

i am thinking of doing something similar. i read an article recently about using two pins - one set at ~25 yds for everything inside 30, and another set at ~35 yds for anything from 30-45 yds. the article involved a little math with arrow speed, weight, and drop to determine exact settings, but when all is said and done you end up with two pins and only need to make a call of inside or outside of 30 yds.

[520backyard]

single pin adjustables are great sights... for target shooting/3d. but when you on a stock and an oppertunity presents only breifly are you going to have time to range then adjust your sight. they are great sights when you have all the time in the world. but of the handfull of deer i have killed only one gave me the time it would take to get this all done. i like the flash point fix sight by black gold. great sight.

Never had it be a problem yet set at 30 bumping through slow. And hold a bit high at 40 low at 20 and your good to go. But if you have time to range it then you generally have the extra second to adjust cause thats all it takes. Better yet have all the time in the world cause you got in close and the animal doesn't know your there.

[jrebel]

I shot single pin for the first time last year and loved it.  I have mine sighted from 20 to 70 yards and leave it set at 30.  I will not adjust unless the animal is further than 40.  Anything less than 30 hold dead on....1-2 inches high at best.  At 40 I am about 4 inches low so just make the adjustment.  Never again will I pick the wrong pin in a multi pin sight. 

I also do most of my hunting in places where shots over 40 yards are extremely rare.  Most being 15-30 yards. 

Personal choice, try both and stay with what you like.

[Todd_ID]

I've shot a 5 pin fixed for many years and taken a lot of critters.  I bought a target bow this year with a sliding sight.  I couldn't get around how dang nice it was to only have one aiming point to worry about.  I liked it so well I bought a used single pin hunting sight (Tru-Glo Range Rover) to try on my hunting bow.  Seems to be the ticket! 

If I had to guess I'd say that almost half of the animals I've taken with a bow have been by putting all of the pins on it and pulling the trigger instead of using the proper pin since they were close enough to not matter which pin to use; and all of the animals I've missed have been because of this as well.  Going to the single pin fixes that problem for me. 

[400out]

"If I had to guess I'd say that almost half of the animals I've taken with a bow have been by putting all of the pins on it and pulling the trigger instead of using the proper pin "     Thats kind of using a shot gun that shoots sticks right 

[coachcw]

I just pulled the trigger on the new g5 , one  fixed pin and a mover on the bottom . I like the idea of a better sight window and that goto top pin. the new bow should be here first of the week can't to get it set up.

[carpsniperg2]

"If I had to guess I'd say that almost half of the animals I've taken with a bow have been by putting all of the pins on it and pulling the trigger instead of using the proper pin "     Thats kind of using a shot gun that shoots sticks right 

that's kinda like my x force all five pins are so close together 0-60 i can put all the pins on a elk sized animal and still be good to go. but of course i am not going to do that. i will always use the pin for the right yardage if it is known. if not i will guess the closest one and more then likely be o.k.

[Todd_ID]

"If I had to guess I'd say that almost half of the animals I've taken with a bow have been by putting all of the pins on it and pulling the trigger instead of using the proper pin "     Thats kind of using a shot gun that shoots sticks right 

that's kinda like my x force all five pins are so close together 0-60 i can put all the pins on a elk sized animal and still be good to go. but of course i am not going to do that. i will always use the pin for the right yardage if it is known. if not i will guess the closest one and more then likely be o.k.

That's what you'd think from me, too.  But the reality of my 25 years of bowhunting is that I rarely do everything right.  Just because I know what to do doesn't mean I do it each time.  Having only one fiber glaring at me helps.  As long as I can remember to change the yardage as needed, then it will make ME a much more effective bowhunter.