Single pin or not?

[Slim Jim]

The Tommy isn't that heavy but the Hogg Father is a little heavy. The HF is nice though because of the sliding dovetail. You can reach out or pull in to fit your sight picture

 

[ckleeves]

I would also check out the MBG Ascent. It's not quite as durable as the Spot Hogg sliders but lighter and after owning a Tommy Hogg and a Boss Hogg I prefer the Ascent for the way it slides, position of the tape and how bright their .10 pins are. Not saying anything bad about the Hogg sliders they are tougher than most companies fixed sights.

 

[cmeier117]

I have a tommy hogg with 5 pins. I like the option of having fixed pins out to 60 and can practice further or dial for a further shot if need be.

 

[cmeier117]

I consider my anchor the combination of my hand behind my jaw, and the string going from the corner of my mouth to the tip of my nose. How is it possible to keep that the same and correct for the sight guard moving? I guess I don't understand what you mean exactly by just moving the bow up or down.

I understand what you are saying, I have never really thought about it that much and don't think it matters. I always have my guard centered and have not had a problem. Just to give you something else to think about. I have talked to Dan Evans about his 10 pin sight he ran for awhile that had an oval guard and asked him how he keep it centered? He basically shoots a smaller peep and centers his pins. That is kind of along the same line of moving your guard and raising your bow up so your guard comes in line with your peep when you are looking through it.

I may have this all wrong, but you may be over thinking it and it has never been an issue for me.

 

[Jared Bloomgren]

I had a single pin adjustable sight once. For about a week. After getting a rutting whitetail come rushing into my calling and rattling sequence and having to adjust the sight only to miss the opportunity at a shot I quickly went back to a multiple pin sight in a hurry. Today I use a CBE Tek Hybrid with 6 pins. bottom pin is my floater. Love it.

 

[Vector32]

I had a single pin adjustable sight once. For about a week. After getting a rutting whitetail come rushing into my calling and rattling sequence and having to adjust the sight only to miss the opportunity at a shot I quickly went back to a multiple pin sight in a hurry. Today I use a CBE Tek Hybrid with 6 pins. bottom pin is my floater. Love it.

I have looked at the CBE's also. I have not seen them in person but they don't look as solid as the Spott Hogg's. I am not saying they aren't. I will have to give them another look.

 

[Rick Leathley]

I have been thinking about giving a 3 pin a try. Like Justin I just feel I shoot better with a single pin..

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

I definitely prefer a single pin for sight picture but for hunting I think my four pin slider is going to be better in a pinch. I hunted with a single pin for the past few years and it worked fine but a couple close calls has me back to a fixed with slider feature.

 

[Stinky Coyote]

Justin, Not wanting to come off the wrong way but I'd put money that the killingist of killers use fixed pins. Some will make other systems work well and that really is key, getting good with whatever gear choices u make so that when u need to go subconscious then u will get it done without realizing it. That is key, fixed pins is the most reliable and versatile....I don't think there could ever be a way to convince me otherwise....good hunters can make all sorts of bad ideas work in the field IMO.

 

[justin davis]

Stinky coyote- your not coming off the wrong way. I think debate is good. And I think people should use what they want. Boring if we all went the same route.

I don't think single pin is a bad route thou. Guys should do what they want. I've been known to lay the smack down on a few critters once in awhile and I use a single pin. Hasn't failed me yet. And I have less confusion using 1 pin as I did when I used to shoot a 7 pin fixed sight.
But each to their own.

 

[dryflyguy]

MBG 3 pin slider is working fantastic for me.

 

[justin davis]

I had a single pin adjustable sight once. For about a week. After getting a rutting whitetail come rushing into my calling and rattling sequence and having to adjust the sight only to miss the opportunity at a shot I quickly went back to a multiple pin sight in a hurry. Today I use a CBE Tek Hybrid with 6 pins. bottom pin is my floater. Love it.

You can set you pin at 30. 20 yards your inch or 2 off. 40 yards you hold about 3 inches or so above. If you have time to dial you can. But doing this setup would have prevented your whitetail mishap.

You can Also run the "trick pin" system as another means. 0-45 yards or so you are good with the trick pin (in this case a single pin sight).
Past that you can dial the sight into the exact yardage.

Single pin:
Clearer sight window
No guessing the wrong pin

 

[Rocky]

I changed to a single pin years ago and will never go back. I shoot way more accurate with it because I get a better sight picture. I typically set at 40 just in case I close quick shot presents itself.

 

[no limits]

set my sight up for the trick pin shot great out to 45 yards then went to a bow shoot and they had an elk target out to 40 yards down hill set my pin for the trick pin aimed at the bottom of his chest and let it rip shot high lung thought maybe i pulled the shot did it again and shot the same place got back home setup my targets and tried it at home dead on i was on level ground at home I guess my question is do you have to be on the same plane as the elk for the trick pin to work it seems that if the game is below or above you the trick pin does not work?

 

[rodney482]

I got burned many years ago using a sightmaster..... I will never go back to a single pin for hunting.

I use a 4 pin Vengence on an Ascent platform.

 

[Stinky Coyote]

Agree with simple sight picture of single pin but not with no guessing wrong pin scenario....rarely do I use a pin for a hold point as game never seems to be at an exact yardage multiple of 10 so the are more like reference points....and when animals inside 100 with these low speed weapons i much prefer reference points every 10 yards. One can develop a pretty simple system with pin colors and sizes to make the pin choosing easier and faster if have over 5 pins but having only one reference point seems to me way higher odds you'll get caught doing way more guessing than with multiple reference points witin your effective range

Big thing is get familiar with your choice and stick with it....that'll make u better when it counts.

 

[Jared Bloomgren]

You can set you pin at 30. 20 yards your inch or 2 off. 40 yards you hold about 3 inches or so above. If you have time to dial you can. But doing this setup would have prevented your whitetail mishap.

You can Also run the "trick pin" system as another means. 0-45 yards or so you are good with the trick pin (in this case a single pin sight).
Past that you can dial the sight into the exact yardage.

Single pin:
Clearer sight window
No guessing the wrong pin

Just like you said Justin....to each their own....Maybe I would have killed that buck....maybe not.....if you have a crystal ball I would like to use it! lol....I like a pin for different yardages. I would have killed that buck 20 years ago if I would have had that, I know if I had a crystal ball it would say that is true. I have never picked the wrong pin. (knock on wood)

 

[justin davis]

Yep each guy has something that works for them. And we can't argue with your success Jared!! Yikes your a bowhunting machine

 

[ST52v]

No limits did you bend at the waist on the down hill shot. If you didn't it will go high every time. Guy's have the same problem shooting out of tree stands. They forget to draw keeping their T shape and then bend at the waist until they are on target. Use the same concept when shooting up hill also. Don't forget to subtract some yards as well. An angel range finder probably would have read 35 yds.

 

[no limits]

I did not bend at the waist I've been tree stand hunting for years and have never bent at the waist either with no problems but I'll give it a try and I thought that was the concept of the trick pin that you didn't have to range from 0 to 45 yards just aim at the bottom of the elks chest in the article they said from the middle to the bottom of the elks chest is 12'' and that the arrow can't go above 18'' if everything is set up correctly and it does work on level ground I didn't even give it any thought til that shot come up at the shoot and they did not mention anything about it not working up or down hill in the article sorry for talking about the trick pin in this thread I know it's about single pin sights if it's a problem I can move it