What color pin do you see best at dusk
10-01-2003, 03:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waverly New York USA
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What color pin do you see best at dusk
I don' t shoot past 35 yards at deer and I find using one pin is fine for that distance.I' m having trouble seeing my yellow sight pin at dusk.I can see the deer fine.I' m looking for a single pin sight with a bubble level right underneath.It' s legal to use a lit sight where I hunt as long as it doesn' t cast the light on the animal.So that' s what I' m looking for.It' s hard to tell looking at the Cabela catalog,what sight would be best.TRUGLO has the Glo Bright Single,COBRA has the Easy Slide,VITAL BOW GEAR has the Proslide,HMA Sports has the Optimizer Lite.My archery shop is not well stocked,so I can' t hold and look at each one.Thankyou
10-01-2003, 04:08 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Location: Arlington TX USA
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RE: What color pin do you see best at dusk
For me red is not the best in daylight. Red is best at dusk for me closely followed by yellow. I have the Cobra Electra-Slide which has a green pin when the LED is NOT on, and turns to red when turned on. If you think you may shoot a book deer, you may want to consider a lot of fiber or with a tritium power source (I think those are P&Y/B&C legal).
10-01-2003, 04:13 PM
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Location: South Central Wisconsin
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RE: What color pin do you see best at dusk
I shoot with a Montana Black Gold sight. Extremely tough and lifetime warranty on pins. I also see green the best, with yellow fading about 5 minutes earlier, and red fades about 5 minutes before yellow.
I put my green pin at 20, red at 30, and yellow at 40. As long as I know the range and can still see my yellow pin I can shoot out to 40, if it is 30yards and I can' t see the red I could split the difference of the green/yellow and make a 30 yard shot (I would highly suggest practicing this a lot). If it starts to get really dark I wouldn' t want to take a shot over 20 yards anyway, so having my green 20 yard pin fade last makes the most sense.
I put my green pin at 20, red at 30, and yellow at 40. As long as I know the range and can still see my yellow pin I can shoot out to 40, if it is 30yards and I can' t see the red I could split the difference of the green/yellow and make a 30 yard shot (I would highly suggest practicing this a lot). If it starts to get really dark I wouldn' t want to take a shot over 20 yards anyway, so having my green 20 yard pin fade last makes the most sense.
10-01-2003, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: What color pin do you see best at dusk
I can see my green pin the best at low light times and then next yellow...I have a hard time seeing my red one other then in good daylight...I got some kinda Integra sights...
