RE: Pendulum sights
I never had that happen but I will tell you make sure you are up off the ground at least 15 ft or the pin won't swing out like it shhould. I hunted out of a friends ladder stand once and the stand was only 8ft off the ground (I've since found out he is afraid of heights) and had a thick 8pt rack come and stop at 18 yds. I picked up the bow , drew back on him and never saw my pin. I couldn't believe what was happening. I looked around the riser and saw that the pin was lying flat. It then hit me why....... Not high enough! I could have shot at him by looking down the shaft but chose to let him go becuz he was a trophy and didn't want to risk a miss hit.
Moral of the story............never hunt a stand that you didn't put up or get rid of the pendulum sight. I got rid of the sight!