I just switched in Octoberfrom a 5 pin Hogg It to an HHA Optimizersingle pin sightthis year. I decided to switch when I was out west in September. I had a small6x6bull elk coming in fast and when I first saw him, he was atabout 90 yards running at me, he came in so quick, I had full draw on him at 60 yards and I was changing distances in my head every half secondtrying to put the right pin on him. Anyway, I shot at 24 yards and I used the 40 yard pin as my head could not keep up with the constantlychanging distances. Luckily, an elk is so darn big that I double lunged it high and he went 70 yards and piled up in sight but if it were a whitetail, I don't think I would have got the animal.

The whole experience made me think alot about the concept of a single pin and increasing my arrow speed which will lead to better reaction time. Now I have my one pin set at 30 yards. If I have a close shot, I look under the pin and use that as the targeting pointand if it's 40 yards, I look over the pin. 25-35 yards, I put the pin right on. It's made me a much quicker shot, eliminating the chance of target panic that a multiple sight can casue. I know a lot of guys say they won't ever have target panic. I used to say that toobut when an 800 LB annimalwith hugehorns is running right at you it's the ultimatealdrenalin rush. I'd only recommend a single pin if you're shooting over 280FPS as a flat trajectory is a must for a single pin huntingsetup up unless you just shoot 3D.9 times out of 10, you're not going to have time to adjust the windage on the sight in a hunting situation, things happen justtoo fast.