single pin vs multiple pins
12-04-2008, 12:09 AM
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Fork Horn
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single pin vs multiple pins
i hunt all season in all kinds of surroundings from thick woods to open fields and shoot alot of league. my buddy shoots a single pin and loves it. i was just wanderin how practical they are for hunting (like in rut when a buck can come and go quickly) i think a single pin would be great as far as a target sight but maybe iffy for hunting. what are your guys' 2 cents?
12-04-2008, 10:40 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: single pin vs multiple pins
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.
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.
12-04-2008, 10:50 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: single pin vs multiple pins
I use a single pin slider.... never going back to multi-pins.
I am only (haha... only) shooting about 280fps. So I don't have, no believe I'd want to have ONE PIN to 40 yards... my line of set up and thinking is that I leave the thing on about 25 yards or so.... and I can kill a deer with no holdover at all out to about 30.... I need to put the pin on the line of the back at 35.... and if he is farther than that... I probably won't have a shot.... but I'll take the time to range him and move the sight.... if he moves.... well ...... thats bowhunting.... its about how close not how far.
Thing I like about the single is the sight picture is exactly the same everytime. I had a tendancy to move my head with multi pins... which is cool.... so long as I did it the same everytime. I've found myself to be much more accuracte than I was before with a single pin.
I am only (haha... only) shooting about 280fps. So I don't have, no believe I'd want to have ONE PIN to 40 yards... my line of set up and thinking is that I leave the thing on about 25 yards or so.... and I can kill a deer with no holdover at all out to about 30.... I need to put the pin on the line of the back at 35.... and if he is farther than that... I probably won't have a shot.... but I'll take the time to range him and move the sight.... if he moves.... well ...... thats bowhunting.... its about how close not how far.
Thing I like about the single is the sight picture is exactly the same everytime. I had a tendancy to move my head with multi pins... which is cool.... so long as I did it the same everytime. I've found myself to be much more accuracte than I was before with a single pin.
