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What kind of sight does everyone have? I used to have an Impact Collector and then dad got a Impact Trio and said it was to bright for him and I said I would trade him. I can shoot it fine on the bullseye target but the deer target I can' t hardly see the deer and I hit all over the place. I got a Cosmic also but don' t like the idea of having to change the yardage with the deer in range. I don' t like verticle pins that much either. What would you guys suggest?

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I' ve tried all the sight designs currently on the market, vertical, single pin slider etc. and I keep coming back to the tried an true horizontal multi-pin fiber optic.
I' m simply used to it, and this style allows me to gap shoot very accurately the in between yardages.........for 25 yards I simply look at the spot I want to hit on the deer BETWEEN my 20 and 30 pins. You can' t do that with a vertical pin sight and that was my biggest complaint with them.

I don' t much care for the " Super Bright" styles either.......IMO they are a bit of a gimmick. Sure they look bright as heck, and are cool to look at but if they get too bright you end up with pin " Flare" in bright light, and its hard to see thru all that with today' s speed bows and tight pin gaps. Plus in low light, its hard to see past that light and still make out a deer in a normal peep sight, kinda like trying to see the driver of a car with his headlights in your face.

What I prefer, is a 4 pin system........20-30-40-50 (the 50 is there just to help gapping on the 40)
My 30-40-50 pins are all " Tournament" style .019 micro pins. think about it...why on earth would you need a bright pin for a distance that you can' t even see to shoot. If its bright enough to see the target at those ranges then I can see plenty of my pin to hit it. Plus the fine aiming points reduce " Flare" and give me a finer aiming point. I don' t want a lot of the animal covered at 35 yards.

My 20 yard pin is just a tiny bit different........I melted it out with a lighter to just a slightly bigger diameter. It gives me a slightly brighter top pin, but not OVERLY bright. Still a fine aiming point, plenty bright enough to see in any legal shooting light, but a touch brighter which helps prevent pin confusion since that' s the one that sees the most action, and you can see a target at 20 yards and under for later in the evening so a touch brighter pin will help.

My personal choice for models is a Spot-Hogg ' Hogg-it' that I also use for 3D tournaments.........I' ve been looking at this sight picture and drilling X' s all 3D season so why change for the real thing?:)

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I' m using the Dead Nuts Hunter from Copper John for the second year now. I really like the sight, although the adjustments could be a little more conveinent.

I almost bought a Spot-Hogg Barebones when I was at Gander Mountain last month.....still thinking about adding one before hunting season ;).

Matt, are the Spot-Hogg sights pretty easy to adjust?

Tyler

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Tyler,
I got so sick of my Copper John Dead Nuts hunter and its crude adjustments that it is now sitting in a box.......I figured, why waste this awesome Spot-Hogg that I loved all 3D season by letting it sit in a bowcase.
So I moved some pin colors around melted out the top pin and its the best move I could have made!

I don' t think the adjustments are easier on the Spot-Hogg VS. the Copper John until you get at least to the " Real Deal" model....and you are talking $100+ for that.
Once you get to the micro adjust models I don' t think there is a sight that can even come close to the ease of adjustment , machining, and quality of the Spot Hogg. That' s just my opinion though.
And when you get to the Hogg-It and Hogg-It Hunter models the adjustment is AWESOME! I have a ton of Archery " Crap" laying around and products come and go, but that Spot-Hogg will wear out before I get rid of it!
I' m going to invest in a " Hogg-It Hunter" model before next 3D season so I can keep one on both bows.

If you are going from a Copper John Hunter to a Bare Bones? Don' t bother. The Spot-Hogg IS a tougher sight, but..........if you want to see the benefits of a Spot-Hogg and its adjustment capabilities it' s gonna cost ya! Twomorrowssupply.com has them as cheap as I' ve seen anywhere and that' s where I picked up my " Hogg-It"

" Real Deal"
" Hogg-It"
or
" Hogg-It Hunter"
[:-]

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Am useing the Trophy Ridge this year,got my spring turkeys
with it this year hope I am able to do the same for deer season!

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Copper John Dead Nuts Hunter 5 pin

What more do you need for hunting?? Quality built and just plain solid.

I won' t shoot at a deer over 20 yards so I really don' t think a $150 sight is necessary.

I took my deer last year with a $20 TRU-GLO...........then I broke a pin on it walking through brush. I decided I wanted a better built tougher sight and settled on the Dead Nuts.

There are so many sights out there that are more then capable to get the job done in a treestand.........more good then bad that' s for sure.

I don' t know about you guys but I don' t go changing my sight a whole lot once you get dialed in before the season so adjustments would have to be nearly impossible to be a problem IMO. 3D seasons and tournament shooters is another story.

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I use a Tru-Glo 4 pin horizontal fiber optic sight. I just bought it a couple of months ago. I' ve already had to replace 2 pins but for only $17.00 plus tax at Wally World I' m not complaining. It' s plenty bright enough to shoot out to 30 yards which is my max for deer hunting.

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Trophy Ridge Flatliner for hunting.
HHA Optimizer Lite 5000 for 3d

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I don' t use sights any more. When I did use sights, my favorite was the Archers Choice Grizzly. I added two pins to it to make a 5-pin sight - 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60. Inexpensive, tough, bright enough without being too bright (I' m in complete agreement with Matt about that), quiet and once it was set it STAYED set.

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trophy ridge flatliner.

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trophy ridge flatliner :)

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HHA Optimizer Lite - single pin - adjustable. High quality!

Good Luck!

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This is the sight I' m hunting with this year.
Yes, it' s an expensive CBE Pro Lite 3-D sight.
Mine will have a black Classic Scope instead of the silver one shown in the pic.
I am going to remove the lens and use the bright green cross hair for hunting.
The Spot Hogg, like Matt uses, is an awesome sight too.
HTM also makes some great pin sights.


Sag.

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I put a Hunter Hogg It on my LX. Love it. Dont think you are gonna hurt that sight.

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I own a Copper John Dead Nuts Pro and Love it. All aluminum construction with super bright pins. My version has the .019 pins but if you get the hunter version it has.26 pins. Nothing ever moves. Once it is locked down it stays tight. Well worth every cent I paid for it.

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I have one Tritium sight pin on a cobra dovetail 6" bracket. I' m sighted dead on at 20yds and i' m hunting in a lot of thick stuff so i don' t have a shot past 30yds on any of my stands. I' m about 2" low at 30yds so one pin does all i need for a sight.

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How many times do you have to let down and readjust one of those things when taking a HUNTING shot, sagittarius? Seems to take a heck of a lot of false starts when using them on rubber deer, standing stock still.

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I had an archers choice grizzly for years as well as my brother in law. We have had no problems at all. If you watch ebay you can ocassionally find some great buys. I recently switched to a toxonics elite this year with the 3 pins, but the one pin is on a dial. Not completely satisfied yet, I think next year I will try the Spott-Hogg or Copper John.

Good Luck

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I am using the Copper John Dead Nuts Pro. Bought the Spott Hogg " Right On Sight" and I just could not get used to the adjustments on the Spott Hogg sight pins.

Therefore, I have a Spott Hogg sight for sale if anyone is interested. $75 delivered. I can send pics if needed.

Send me an email at [email protected].

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Arthur,

The bow I' m using it on is fast enough to put me in the kill zone from 10 to 30 yards at my 20 yard setting. ;)


Sag.

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HHA single pin adjustable optimzer!!!

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I am the same as Matt.
I have the Spot Hog Hogg-it small pin guard
I got this sight as my primary 3d sight.
But as soon as the 3d season down here ended it was put on my hunting bow and will stay there untill the 3d season starts up again next year.

Just like Matt said you just cant beat the adjustability and quality of the Spot Hog.