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When I look at a five pin sight, it looks like I could get confused if I catch buck fever. The three pin sights look easier to aim with. Is there a benefit of having the five pin sights? I don't want to get a three pin then upgrade to a five pin down the road. If five is the way to go, maybe I should learn to shoot with five pins.
 
The mores pins the more known yardages your sighted in for. However, like you said you can get confused. Three pins would be plenty. I switched to a one pin slider last year on my primary hunting bow and really like it. You can line up more yardages and adjust it but you only have one pin to worry about. You can leave it locked down at like 25 yards and can shoot closer and farther by holding high or low.
 
Ive got a 3 pin on mine but I want a 5 pin so I can shoot 60 yards without calculating hold over, just because I want to try longer shots.I guess it would depend on what you want to use it for.
 
I use one sighted in at 25 yards I am in vitals out to 35 and then I hold top of spine past that out to 40 won't go any further unless on a target range!
 
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UTGrad said:
I haven't even considered a one pin sight. I guess it requires more guessing, but maybe I'm wrong.
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If you get a slider there doesn't have to be anymore guessing than if you had a sight with 10 pins. You would just have to slide it to the correct distance before you shoot. However, you might not have time to do that. You should be able to find a distance (just say 25 yards) where you shoot like 20-35 or something without having to do any holding high or low.
 
TheAirMan said:
The mores pins the more known yardages your sighted in for. However, like you said you can get confused. Three pins would be plenty. I switched to a one pin slider last year on my primary hunting bow and really like it. You can line up more yardages and adjust it but you only have one pin to worry about. You can leave it locked down at like 25 yards and can shoot closer and farther by holding high or low.
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Ditto . I have been using single pin adjustable sights for a few years now , and they are great for hunting . I keep mine locked down at 20-25 yards , depending on the thickness of the cover .
 
Radar said:
TheAirMan said:
The mores pins the more known yardages your sighted in for. However, like you said you can get confused. Three pins would be plenty. I switched to a one pin slider last year on my primary hunting bow and really like it. You can line up more yardages and adjust it but you only have one pin to worry about. You can leave it locked down at like 25 yards and can shoot closer and farther by holding high or low.
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Ditto . I have been using single pin adjustable sights for a few years now , and they are great for hunting . I keep mine locked down at 20-25 yards , depending on the thickness of the cover .
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ditto
 
I'd recommend the 3 pin. If you want to shoot only one pin slide the other two out of the sight picture. Or just remove them and keep them as spare in case one gets broke.

The sliders are great sights but if you forget to slide it into the right position then that is the same as shooting the wrong pin.

But for hunting deer, one pin sighted dead-on at 20-25 yard should be pretty good out to 30 yards with out sliding anything, but holding over a little. The vast majority of shots will be within the 30 yard mark. There again this is archery play with it.
 

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