I agree with most but mostly with VBM. With the speed of most bows today there is virtually no reason for a 10 yard pin. So I set my first one at 20 yards. Actually I just changed to a lighter arrow and had to do things a bit different. I had my pins set for 22, 29, 36 yards but they were so close that I could not gap at all between them. I was forced to just put 3 pins on and shoot. So now I' m set for 25, 35 and 45. This is a bit better, but now I have too many pins. The 25 I can use out to 30 yards with only about 2.5" drop and only an inch high at 20 yards. And while we' re on the subject a lot depends onhow far the pins are from the riser. The farther from the riser the longer the sight radius, thus spreading the pins more. I like having pins set for longer ranges like 50 and 60 yards for practice (makes the short shots gimme' s). Ah, then hunting season nears and I change the sight (I always have two) and use a sigle pin set for 25 yards. That allows me to shoot a middle of the chest hold (on deer) out to 30 yards. I' ve found this just as accurate as a pendelum sight without all the muss and fuss of having moving parts.

My preference is for one pin set at 20 yards. Out of my tree stands, this set up is good from underneath my stand and out to 32 yards with my particular set up. What I like about it is when I set my tree stands up, I mark the yardage around the stand and if a deer comes inside my " circle" and offers a clean shot, I do not have to guess my yardage and pick a corresponding pin. I used to use multiple pins but a friend talked me in to trying one pin 2 years ago. I have found it to be much simpler and quicker.

Three pins; one at 20, 40, and 50. In my stand (18 feet high) I use my 20 yard pin from 0 - 30 yds - dead on every time. In my area I will not have the opportunity for a farther shot, nor would I take one past 30 anyway. I keep the red pin (the brightest one) as my top pin (20 yards). The 2 other pins are just for fun[8D].

i had a 10, 20 ,30 yard set up, but i changed it to 20, 30 , 40 my max...not that i' ll ever use the 40 where i hunt , but it' s still nice to have, just in case......

My feeling is to keep things simple as possible, the fewer pins while maintaining accuracy, the better. Personnally I use a pendulum and it works for me.

I shot 4 pins for years, my first shot at a deer with a bow in my life I blew, I either picked the wrong pin or missed my anchor point. I continued to shoot 4 pins until last year when I switched to one, with practice I was shooting just as good as I had with 4 pins. I have 3 pins on my new bow, but very soon I will be going back to one pin.

To each there own, there are advantages and disadvantages both with a single pin and multiple pins, with me I prefer a single pin, if you practice enough the holding high or low depending upon distance become instinct. I set my single pin at 20 yards.