Got Some More Questions

[BT]

www.keystonecountrystore.com/Archery_Equipment_-_Supplies/Sights/Truglo_Sights/TruGlo_Brite-Site_Xtreme_3_Sight/Page_1/SIG2396705.html

This sight will not take a long term beating but will last you long enough to figure out what you do want

Here is the peep I was referring to

www.keystonecountrystore.com/Archery_Equipment_-_Supplies/Archery_Peep_Sights/Vital_Gear_Peep_Master_RH/Page_3/PEP1958603.html

I don't advocate the rubber tubing peeps as the rubber fatigues and when it breaks your peep is instantly out of alignment.
Not something you want out in the woods.

[elk4me]

Bt links dont work I think this is the site your talking about ?
KCS # SIG2396705
Price: $26.95




Bt is this the peep? KCS# PEP1958603

[smj]

Hi FC - I have tried a lot of sights over time, and ended up giving them away. Now I shoot an expensive Spot Hogg 7 pin. As much as I like this sight, it is not cheap. Still, there are a lot of sights out there that rock! I look for a couple of very simple things when sight shopping - not trying to upset anyone, but these are my findings -

1 - Durable, something that won't break, light enhancements protected. Has pins that won't break when dragged through the trees and bushes at night enroute to a blind or stand or just covering country. If you drug your bow through the bush for 20 yards, would the sight still be 100% functional?
2 - Round! Pick a string that won't stretch and place a round peep in the string. You can line up the round peep with the round sight as you look through the peep. This works really well. I tried all kinds of rectangular sights, my advise is to go round. (Stay away from any peep that needs a rubber tube to alien it. It could break and put your eye out. Seen it nearly done. Poor guys nose took most of it, lucky for him. If you have trouble finding the right string - let me know. I can buy you one from the shop I go to. They work, I use them, enough said.)
3 - Has a light marking around back of the rim of the sight so that you can see it in low light.
4 - Able to mount a light on it.
5 - NOT COMPLEX! Simple is best on a sight.
6 - Really bright optics, and really small pin tip size. I don't like the big sight pins... Covers up to much of the target on a long shot.
7 - 5 pins minimum - you can always take them off, but you can not always add a pin later.

Don't worry about adjustment ease - you will adjust this thing once and then only when you change arrows or tips. To be honest - those sights with all the fancy knobs on them, I end up taking them off anyway. Why buy them? Besides, often times they are brass, and shine nice and bright... Who puts that stuff on hunting sights? What are they thinking? And why had I bought one anyway? !!!

A guy I know from back east is the only person I have ever known who actually hunted with a pendulum sight. He hunted only from tree stands. Period. Once he got out here on the ground, he got rid of it quick. Sights that self adjust or can be adjusted, a single pin type sight, don't bother with it. It is more complex. Resist the urge.

Anyway, those are some of the things I think about when looking at sights. I am sure that there are other considerations, but I got tired of buying stuff and then giving it away trying to save a buck or two. I have spent more on the last 4 previous sights than I did my current sight. I wish I'd have bought a better sight earlier and saved myself a few bucks...

Had the same thought about arrow rests, too!

[SPIKER]

I just put that same sight (the 5 pin version-it's like 10 bucks more, and comes with the light), on my dad's bow and he loves it!

[BT]

This truglo is $50 more but is the best sight I have seen for under $100.
I bought one and really like it.

The previous recommendation was based on price because you have alot of stuff to buy at once and could easily spend more than the bow by going top shelf on each item.

The first sight ($29.) is truly a cheap sight but will do the job if you need to stay in a budget.

[smj]

I forgot to mention a level... This is a good thing to have on the sight as well. Now, if you always hunt on flat country, it is not that big a deal. Start hunting the hills though and a level can make a big difference. Sounds like a bunch of bunk - but everyone I know and shoot with now has one on their bow and all shoot better up in the mountains! Seems like a lot of messing around, but you quickly get used to it... And it really does help!

[elk4me]

Spiker Sorry Buddy FC is gona take the WB. Got give the newbie 1st crack at it!

[SPIKER]

NP, I'm glad that he's taking it..I just didn't want to see it go to waste!

[FlyinCedar]

It definitely wont....thanx again Matt, great talking to ya....I may hafta take ya up on the Elk thing If I ever put in and get drawn...

[FlyinCedar]

One of my supervisors at work used to be the tech at a local archery shop, but they went out of business...he now has his own small shop out of his house... He's gonna help me get my bow set up tonight with some used stuff he has laying around, and he's gonna loan me a rest till I get the one from Matt.