Single pin vs multi pin slider

[Rolo]

I've been running a 3 pin slider of some sort for 10+ years. Guess I was ahead of the curve. Have set them up at 20-30-40, but now run them at 25-40-50.

For me, it allows me to not have to mess with the sight for shots that are within the range covered by the pins (0-50), but also allows adjustment for longer shots. I've never not had time to adjust the sight, and if I did not have time, it's not a shot that I should have been taking anyway. It's also nice to have the flexibility of shooting farther than I would in a hunting situation (at least for a 1st shot) when practicing.

I've also messed around with a single pin. For typical stand or blind hunting, it worked well for me. But for on the go hunting, I prefer the 3 pin system. Anything more than 3 pins produces too much clutter for me, and my mind goes haywire.

 

[Archelk]

Personally I have been running a 3 pin slider for 2 yrs now and have played with 5 and also a single. Right now I'm back to my single. I ha e confidence in the Trick Pin system as I played a bit last year with it and gonna give it another try ;-)

I use a single pin and after reading the article posted on here about the trick pin set-up I am confident in using the system when I don't have time to range the animal. I can shoot using the trick pin system with one pin out to 45-50 yards without ranging and still hit the kill zone. The article was a great read and opened my eyes.

 

[Evan Williams]

Archelk,

Yep I ran mine last year at 55 yds

 

[5MilesBack]

The only time I think I'd like a slider is when I'm not hunting. I love shooting long range, and that's not ideal when you're trying to stack pins at 130 yards. I use a fixed 7-pin Spot Hogg for hunting and that's plenty for me for hunting. People always say that you'll have time to adjust the slider if the animal is further away, but that's not always true. In 2012 I never would have gotten my 300 bull if I had had to make an adjustment. I barely had time to nock the arrow, draw, and settle the pin.......and even that was within 1/2 second of not happening........the bull was at 59 yards. I didn't even have time to use the RF, just guessed 60 yards in my head quickly while I was nocking the arrow. If I was hunting with a slider, I would definitely want 5 pins........but that's just me. I've always used 5 or 7 pins.

 

[Jtelarkin08]

I think i have decided to go with the 3 pin slider route.. I like that i have a pin out to 40 and then if i need farther i can dial it in to the exact yardage and not have to pin gap

 

[Evan Williams]

Especially for western hunting try running your 3 pin as:

30-40-50

Get a little more distance before you have to start dialing ;-) my preferred way to run a 3 pin slider

 

[Tony Trietch]

Especially for western hunting try running your 3 pin as:

30-40-50

Get a little more distance before you have to start dialing ;-) my preferred way to run a 3 pin slider

Exactly how I set my Spot Hogg up.

 

[Coyote Commander]

I tried a single pin slider back when I was competing.

Really liked it for 3-D, being able to fine tune those "odd" distance shots like 43 yards was nice.

Hated it for hunting.

A five pin fixed sight IMO, is the best all-around hunting sight there is. My own personal value of bowhunting is bowhunting. If I wanted to shoot 80+ yards, Id use a rifle.

 

[squeekieslayer]

I tried a single pin slider back when I was competing.

Really liked it for 3-D, being able to fine tune those "odd" distance shots like 43 yards was nice.

Hated it for hunting.

A five pin fixed sight IMO, is the best all-around hunting sight there is. My own personal value of bowhunting is bowhunting. If I wanted to shoot 80+ yards, Id use a rifle.

I don't shoot a slider for the ability to shoot 80+ yards. I know my limits when I hunt, but I like the slider for simplicity of target picture. One pin, never get confused and shoot the wrong pin. That said, I know I can shoot to 60+ easily on calm game it the right situations, and dialing 56 yards is easier than gapping it. I know there are some limitations to the slider, but I have never had an issue in 5 years of using one.

Not to mention, if i hit an animal, and it runs to 90 yards and stops presenting another shot, you bet your ass i'll dial it in and let it rip. I believe in follow up shots whenever possible.

Joe

 

[Pmiller45]

Last year I missed a really nice antelope while using a single pin slider. I only have myself to blame for incorrectly estimating the distance once he spooked from 30 to about 54 yards. However, I was really wishing I had a multipin sight after my shot went low. As a result I am going to run a 3 pin slider this season. I love the single pin slider for whitetail and 3d, but for fast changing unpredictable situations I don't want to be worried about moving a pin.

 

[Coyote Commander]

I don't shoot a slider for the ability to shoot 80+ yards. I know my limits when I hunt, but I like the slider for simplicity of target picture. One pin, never get confused and shoot the wrong pin. That said, I know I can shoot to 60+ easily on calm game it the right situations, and dialing 56 yards is easier than gapping it. I know there are some limitations to the slider, but I have never had an issue in 5 years of using one.

Not to mention, if i hit an animal, and it runs to 90 yards and stops presenting another shot, you bet your ass i'll dial it in and let it rip. I believe in follow up shots whenever possible.

Joe

I hear ya.

And the sliders are great for providing a precise aiming point for those "odd" ranges, like 56 yards.

But, you dial in your 56 yards, come to full draw and are getting ready to let her buck, and the animal moves XX yards closer, now your back to "kentucky holdunder" with only one reference point in your sight. Hard to gap shoot with only one pin.

Like most things, they definitely have their pros and cons.

 

[littlebuf]

Especially for western hunting try running your 3 pin as:

30-40-50

Get a little more distance before you have to start dialing ;-) my preferred way to run a 3 pin slider

this is my plan when my new bow shows up. i may even try to stretch that first pin to 40 if it shoots flat enough. then ill be out to 60 with no adjustments just like my 5 pin hoggit is set on my current bow. that will be ideal for me. hope those 80# limbs can get me there

 

[cerec_cat]

I ordered the cbe tek hybrid 3 pin. Planning on going 30,40,50. Gonna try the 50 as trick pin, and to dial out at longer distances as needed.

 

[meatwagon]

My new multi pin sight

Still setting up with 30,40,50,60,70yd pins for hunting and then I can slide the top pin up for 20 and slide the bottom pin down to 80,90,100 and beyond? ?? So far I've got the pins set but haven't set anything else. The marks on the slide are from various anchor points. Love to target shoot at long range.

 

[justin davis]

Ive gone back and forth. I think I shoot better with a single pin. But sometime the multi pins are easier to deal with. Used a single pin tommy hogg all of last season and it worked will. Currently using a 5 pin tommy hogg now.

 

[williamson88]

Personally I have been running a 3 pin slider for 2 yrs now and have played with 5 and also a single. Right now I'm back to my single. I ha e confidence in the Trick Pin system as I played a bit last year with it and gonna give it another try ;-)

trick pin?

 

[PMcGee]

trick pin?

www.rokslide.com/.../252-the-qtrick-pin...
The Trick-Pin System – Quit Your Range-Finder Habit. Darin Cooper - Rokslide Senior Editor. This may be the coolest ...

 

[williamson88]

Thank you

 

[Jacob Chapman]

Anybody use the trick pin system?