Originally Posted by
idahoron
For me I started out using a peep on a Bow. Back then as an instructor I told guys to focus on where you wanted to hit and let the pin be slightly blury on the sight. I now do the same thing with my ML. I have a tiny lee shavers pin in there. So I can focus HARD on the spot I want to hit. Most gun instructors want the shooter to focus on the front sight. I can't . I have to focus on the animal and where I want that bullet to hit.
Ron I'm with you on that. Now my cousin was a NRA instructor and an expert handgun shot and he taught his 'students' to focus on the front sight leaving the target fuzzy. His reasoning was logical because they were shooting at a fixed target (wasn't moving).
As hunters we have to focus on our target and leave the front sight a bit fuzzy because our 'target' may move. I tend to switch back and forth when shooting at an animal right until the last second when I focus on the spot on the animal.
The set up on your Hawken makes for accurate shooting under your hunting conditions in the open country but I don't think it would benefit me here in the east's heavy cover. I'm not sure it would allow for quick target acquisition so I'm a bit hesitant to try it.