MN_Bowhunter4
Well-Known Member
A little back story. This will be my 20th season bow hunting and I have always been a pin shooter, both single sliders and multi pin; I've always found myself to be a single pin person and liked the clear sight picture. I won't profess to be a top notch shot, but certainly have the ability to put it in the small dot more often than not.
However, I struggle mightily with ranging, especially when I'm guessing / estimating. I've always ranged the known distances of my surroundings first thing, but that doesn't mean squat when you've got a live animal on the move. To date, I can count 4 deer that I have missed as a direct result of not having the proper range and/or using the wrong pin. So, obviously there's an issue and plenty of room for improvement!
I've recently switched to shooting LH and it seemed like a perfect time to give the EZV sight that I've read so much about on here a shot. It seemed like a great tool to help alleviate my problem. I placed my order with EZV on Saturday, 4/4 and was told it would be delivered on Wednesday, 4/8. I was surprised to see the FedEx truck pull up my drive yesterday. My sight arrived a day early!
I had previously watched all the how-to videos so I immediately opened the package and set to mounting the sight. I was surprised to see a hand written note from Aaron in the bag. That alone impressed me that a business owner took the time to pen a personal note with their product.
Before long I had the sight mounted on my bow. Based on the measurements I took earlier the 260 insert would be close. I popped that in and stepped outside.
I pinned the included target to my bag and stepped to 10 yards. My first arrow was a little right, but about dead on vertically. I moved to 20 yards and a few tweaks here and there and I was drilling the dot. I stepped back to 30 yards (the max my subdivision yard will allow) and it took just a few more small adjustments to drill the dot again. At that point, I was fatigued and didn't want to tinker with it any more. My next task is to step back up to 20 and double check that I have the correct insert.
I am certain that it will take some getting used to shooting the sight as it's much different than anything I've ever used. I can't wait to get on a 3D course and really work with the bracketing of the vitals on a life size target! I am confident that I have enough time to really get comfortable with things prior to September.
A few observations in my first hour with the sight:
Pros
- Overall, the sight was easy to dial in, or at worst no more difficult than any other sight
- Awesome sight picture with zero clutter. A change to not cover up the dot with the pin
- Sight seems well built, and with only a few moving parts it was pretty intuitive
- Using the same allen wrench for all adjustments was HUGE
- Instructions were easy to follow. I recommend watching the tutorials too as that had me immediately on paper, which alleviated a lot of headache up front
Cons
- The only thing I really fussed with was the adjustments. I'm coming from a micro-adjust, so there were a few times where I loosened the bolt too much and really threw off my sight. Not difficult to overcome, just an observation and something I wasn't / am not used to
However, I struggle mightily with ranging, especially when I'm guessing / estimating. I've always ranged the known distances of my surroundings first thing, but that doesn't mean squat when you've got a live animal on the move. To date, I can count 4 deer that I have missed as a direct result of not having the proper range and/or using the wrong pin. So, obviously there's an issue and plenty of room for improvement!
I've recently switched to shooting LH and it seemed like a perfect time to give the EZV sight that I've read so much about on here a shot. It seemed like a great tool to help alleviate my problem. I placed my order with EZV on Saturday, 4/4 and was told it would be delivered on Wednesday, 4/8. I was surprised to see the FedEx truck pull up my drive yesterday. My sight arrived a day early!
I had previously watched all the how-to videos so I immediately opened the package and set to mounting the sight. I was surprised to see a hand written note from Aaron in the bag. That alone impressed me that a business owner took the time to pen a personal note with their product.
Before long I had the sight mounted on my bow. Based on the measurements I took earlier the 260 insert would be close. I popped that in and stepped outside.
I pinned the included target to my bag and stepped to 10 yards. My first arrow was a little right, but about dead on vertically. I moved to 20 yards and a few tweaks here and there and I was drilling the dot. I stepped back to 30 yards (the max my subdivision yard will allow) and it took just a few more small adjustments to drill the dot again. At that point, I was fatigued and didn't want to tinker with it any more. My next task is to step back up to 20 and double check that I have the correct insert.
I am certain that it will take some getting used to shooting the sight as it's much different than anything I've ever used. I can't wait to get on a 3D course and really work with the bracketing of the vitals on a life size target! I am confident that I have enough time to really get comfortable with things prior to September.
A few observations in my first hour with the sight:
Pros
- Overall, the sight was easy to dial in, or at worst no more difficult than any other sight
- Awesome sight picture with zero clutter. A change to not cover up the dot with the pin
- Sight seems well built, and with only a few moving parts it was pretty intuitive
- Using the same allen wrench for all adjustments was HUGE
- Instructions were easy to follow. I recommend watching the tutorials too as that had me immediately on paper, which alleviated a lot of headache up front
Cons
- The only thing I really fussed with was the adjustments. I'm coming from a micro-adjust, so there were a few times where I loosened the bolt too much and really threw off my sight. Not difficult to overcome, just an observation and something I wasn't / am not used to