hey everybody this PJ Riley from Lancaster archery here with a bow hunting tech tip for you today
about choosing a site for your compound bow for hunting we're going to talk about four basic
factors of bow hunting sights we're going to talk about single versus multi pin we're going to talk
about the amount of fiber in the sight we're going to talk about pin size and lastly we're going to
talk about the length of the sight bar so probably the first thing you're going to want to decide for
yourself is whether or not you want a single pin sight or you want a sight that has multiple pins
with the single pin sight this is adjustable you're in your tree stand you adjust this to
whatever yardage your target is your deer is there's a sight tape that you're going to set up
so that you can adjust this sight up and down for the target that you're aiming at whatever distance
it is a good thing about the single pins is you can see there's only one aiming point in there
so your scope your field of view is not cluttered by other pins that could block the target or get
you confused where you aim at the wrong you aim using the wrong pin this one you set and you're
always aiming at that pin there's no gap in your sights this site whether your target is 15 18 20
22 yards you adjust it to that yardage so you are always aiming directly at a pin one of the
potential downfalls of the single pin is you have to set it before you draw so let's say that deer
comes in at 20 yards you're going to set your sight you're going to draw back now before you
can shoot the deer hops away 227 yards your sight is already set for 20 you're going to have to let
down adjust your sight draw back that can be a lot of movement that you can get busted with the multi
pin sight this is a 5 pin sight generally it's going to be set at with most modern compounds
20 30 40 50 60 yards so those pins are fixed at that distance if your deer is 25 yards away
you're going to have to judge between the 20 and 30 yard pins you're going to have to figure that
out for yourself where you need to hold the pin to be on target however the positive side is if
that deer comes in at 20 yards you're drawn back you're aiming with your 20 yard pin now it hops
away to 27 yards you don't have to do anything different you can stay drawn back you just pick
a different pin so there's a lot less movement there and you'll see with different fixed pin
sights this one as I said is a 5 pin site there are other sites that have 3 pins some have 4 pins
some have up to 7 pins it all depends on the distance you expect that you're going to shoot
pretty much all sites these days use fiber optic as the aiming pins and what happens is the more
fiber there is incorporated into the site wrapped around the scope or running down the side of the
site all that exposed fiber is gathering light which is then transmitted to the very end which
is what you're using to aim so the more fiber you have the more its gathering light a site like this
is very has very bright pins you can see that a site like this you can see that's all the fiber
that it has the length of the pin so so this site isn't going to be quite as bright in those low
light conditions so again that's something to consider the amount of fiber that the site has
next thing you're going to want to figure out is the size of the pin that you're going to want to
have in your site today's sights the basic pin sizes are 10 thousandths of an inch 19000 29000
most sites use either either one of those sizes of pins ten-thousands being the smallest 29000
being the biggest you can see in this site here the top three pins are 19 little bottom two are
tents this site here has a 29 so you can see the different sizes where that comes into play is the
smaller the pin the more precise you can be with your aiming you can really dial down exactly where
you want that arrow hit because it's so small your aiming point is smaller the larger the pin is the
more of your target it's going to cover you can't be quite as precise however this ten thousandth
pin because it's so small is going to gather far less light than the twenty nine thousand which
means this ten thousandth pin is going to go dark before your twenty nine thousands early morning
late evening prime hunting times you may not be able to see that smaller pin where you could see
one that's nineteen or twenty nine thousand the last thing you're going to want to think about is
the length of the sight bar obviously this site here is a very short bar and what I have on my
bow is a longer bar you can see the difference in the lengths there with a longer bar that's
generally considered to be more accurate because you're moving the scope and the sight pin farther
away from your face you're going to have to be more stable in controlling it it's just going to
be a more precise sight as opposed to a compact one when that aiming point comes closer to your
eye you're not going to see as much movement as you would when it's farther away however some
bow hunters like to have a compact bow you don't like much sticking out beyond the limbs for moving
through brush for hunting in ground blinds tight situations a lot of hunters don't like to have
things sticking out off the front of the bow in that case you may want to compact sight thanks
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