Multipin or slider for elk

Oregonboy

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I used a single pin slider for the last 3 seasons. While I really like the clear field of vision and only have one pin to focus on, I’ll be going back to a 5 pin this year. I just felt a 5 pin is more reliable if the animal moves while you’re at full draw.

If an animal comes in to 25 yards, winds you, jumps up the hill 20 yards and turns back to take a look, that shot just became a 45 yard shot. Now you’ve got to make some quick judgement on how much higher to hold your single pin, rather than relying on the 40 or 50 pin which are tuned and readily available at full draw.
 

Jbehredt

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I use a 5 pin slider. I can practice out to 100 on the range. Once the season rolls around I lock it down and leave it. Perfect for me since I won’t shoot an animal past 60.
 

btplass

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I use a 5 pin slider. I can practice out to 100 on the range. Once the season rolls around I lock it down and leave it. Perfect for me since I won’t shoot an animal past 60.
I'm the same way. Nice to be able to extend it out for practice, but have a simple system for hunting.

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I use a 5 pin slider. I can practice out to 100 on the range. Once the season rolls around I lock it down and leave it. Perfect for me since I won’t shoot an animal past 60.
This, except I shoot 6 pins to 70.
 
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5 pin slider as well. No reason not to. Best of both worlds

Practicing at greater distances is great for dialing in tuning and learning good shooting form. Doesn’t mean you have to shoot game that far, but you will be surprised at how your perception of “far” will change.
 

sf jakey

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I have gone from 7 pin to 5 pin slider. This year I am trying a 3 pin slider. Debating 20,30,40 or 30,40,50. 30 yard pin is only about 2” high at 20, so it seems like 20 is unnecessary.
 

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I have gone from 7 pin to 5 pin slider. This year I am trying a 3 pin slider. Debating 20,30,40 or 30,40,50. 30 yard pin is only about 2” high at 20, so it seems like 20 is unnecessary.
Try the 30 at 10 yards or less. The bulls can be real close. Longer shots usually come with more time to adjust.
 

sf jakey

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Try the 30 at 10 yards or less. The bulls can be real close. Longer shots usually come with more time to adjust.
Belive me I know. I’ve killed 12 bulls 5 point or better from 8 yards to 62 yards. Its pretty easy to hold low at 10 yards.
 
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I went single pin 20 years ago for whitetail as I loved the clear site window. Usually just set it at 25 and hold pretty much 5lright on from zero to 32.
I didnt want to switch sites for my first archery elk hunt last fall so sited in at 30 yards and was no more than 3 inch high at closer ranges and just 4 low at 35. 40 yards was closer to 10 low and would have been the furthest I would have shot without moving pin.
With all that said, I would pry change to a 3 pin next time I go west and single pin for whitetaild. 3 pin would pry be 35, 45, and 55 but not ppsitive
 

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I bought a MBG Rush and had it set up with 6 pins. 20 30 0 50 60 70 for my back up/ spare bow as I had an MBG slider on my primary bow. I still ended up changing it to the slider for the practice aspect as well as the ability to fine tune for the longer shots as needed. I will probably never buy another fixed sight. Not going to settle or compromise.
 
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I wasn’t crazy about how congested my 5&7 pin sliders were the last 2 I got have been 3 pins and I like it more practice season 20,30,40 pin .10 is the slider. Hunting season I run 30,40,50 anything over 55 I’d dial but I’ve never had to shoot that far
 
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I have gone from 7 pin to 5 pin slider. This year I am trying a 3 pin slider. Debating 20,30,40 or 30,40,50. 30 yard pin is only about 2” high at 20, so it seems like 20 is unnecessary.

I run a 3 pin slider set at 27, 40, 50.

Makes it so I have one pin out to roughly 35 yards.


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Another option that I think I'm going to try is the EZV sight. No rangefinder needed and I'll only shoot to 50 yds. There's a lot of situations where using your rangefinder isn't possible.
 

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Option archery sights by Dan Evans are the best of both worlds imo.

This...

Why choose one or the other. This was my 1st year with an option sight. I have 4 fixed and a single moveable pin to dial anywhere from under 20 all the way out to 100 yds+. I am of the same opinion that it is the best of both worlds.
 

icon6669

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seems like the spot hogg 3 pin slider is a good compromise, though i haven't used one.
 
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I know I'm the exception but I love my 1-pin slider for elk. For years I used a 5-pin setup, and once I switched to the single pin, I loved the sight picture so much that I knew I could never go back to more pins (too much clutter for me personally).

Of course there are disadvantages to the single pin, (animal moves significantly, etc.) as mentioned above. With my set up, I always have my pin set to 33 yards. At 20 I know I need to aim 4 inches low, and at 40 I know I need to aim 4 inches high. I practice a LOT during the off season from 10-40 yard distances with my pin set at 33 yds, to make sure this is ingrained in me. I also shoot this way at 3-D tournaments for any target within 40.

I would never should an elk past 60, and I figure if an elk moves out of range somewhere between that 40-60 yard mark, I want to get another reading with my rangefinder anyways. So I don't mind taking the extra 1.5 seconds or so to adjust my sight knob appropriately. I typically hunt pretty thick timber anyways, so there aren't tons of shot opportunities past 40 yards.

Do I risk losing certain shot opportunities with the 1-pin? I'm sure I do. But to me the distraction-free sight picture, and my improved accuracy are worth it to me. It's just a personal preference. But I definitely see the allure of going to a 2-pin or even a 3-pin slider system. That way you'd have the reliability of the fixed-pin, with the sight picture and extended accuracy of a slider.
 
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