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jslevin65

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Hey all, I don’t know really where to start. I’m getting a new bow from a friend and im
Looking to upgrade from my current sight (cheap fixed 3 pin). I’m kind of looking at a single pin, or sliding multi pin. I mostly whitetail in upper Midwest. Any suggestions on a solid sight ? Multi or single pin?
 
Best of both worlds, IQ pro hunter, has 2 static pins and a roving 3rd pin. I’ve come to love this sight. Hunting in Louisiana woods I could get away with a fixed 3 pin but I practice out to 100. But depending on what bow you shoot you may not be able to get 100 yds out of the sight, I know you Midwest guys have some really open hunting and long shots are a must sometimes. For what it’s worth if I were hunting more open area I’d have the Fast Eddie 2 pin slider.
 
Buy once cry once. Buy a spot hogg you won’t ever have to buy another sight. Bomb proof…

I just ordered a triple stack boonie. I have been using a Hogg father for many years. It moves from bow to bow. Last year I got an MBG dual trac for the pic mount. It will be up for sale when the boonie arrives.
 
I shoot a Fast Eddie 2 pin and love it, but not for the reasons most do. I’m not shooting a deer at 40 yards, much less 50 or 60. The reason I love the sight is because I’m 59 and my eyes don’t like seeing stuff up close to me now. I have the .010 pins which helps, but the biggest thing is the Fast Eddie puts the pins far enough away from me that they are damn near in focus.
 
Well I guess I’ll be the anomaly here and give black gold and Cbe a plug lol. My hunting bow has a black gold and it’s a phenomenal durable sight. Never had a spott hog so I can’t contest to that and then my 3d bow has a Cbe wich is also a very well made sight for short money. Can’t contest to the durability though as my target bow doesn’t see much abuse lol but the black gold has been through a lot and if the day ever comes for me to upgrade I’ll buy another 10 times out of 10
 
All helpful, and definitely interested if people have others. Yea, I’ve read so much it kind of feels like a wash of information and you never know who’s getting paid to say what. So I appreciate the input.
 
jslevin65 said:
Hey all, I don’t know really where to start. I’m getting a new bow from a friend and im
Looking to upgrade from my current sight (cheap fixed 3 pin). I’m kind of looking at a single pin, or sliding multi pin. I mostly whitetail in upper Midwest. Any suggestions on a solid sight ? Multi or single pin?
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For a fixed multi-pin the CBE Tactic Micro is a great sight. I recently switched from that to the CBE Trek Pro 3-pin and love it. It’s a hybrid so I have my fixed 20-30-40 pins set but can adjust out for further sights. It includes all of the necessary sight tapes (metal). Only took about an hour to get fully sighted in out to 60 and beyond.
 
CharlieTN said:
For a fixed multi-pin the CBE Tactic Micro is a great sight. I recently switched from that to the CBE Trek Pro 3-pin and love it. It’s a hybrid so I have my fixed 20-30-40 pins set but can adjust out for further sights. It includes all of the necessary sight tapes (metal). Only took about an hour to get fully sighted in out to 60 and beyond.
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I second this. I have the CBE Trek Pro and love it. Mine is a 5 pin though. Micro adjust on the pins, windage and elevation. Has the slider function as well. Has been a good sight for me.

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I started my single pin sights with a Truglo Range Rover Wheel and then moved to an HHA Tetra Optimizer. No disire to shoot a multipin sight ever again. Most of the time I set it on 25 yards and never move it for hunting.
 
I'll second the IQ pro hunter. It's a highly versatile setup that's good for everything from the whitetail woods to western big game hunts too. I've had no complaints about it's durability after 3 seasons on my bow, and I bought it used. The retina loc is a great bonus feature if you ever want/need to get away from shooting with a peep sight
 
SH Fast Eddie 2 pin here. Love the sight, been through some thick tough spots banging it on branches and fence posts and still dead on. Can't go wrong with any of the suggestions in the previous posts. The only possible downside with the SH is the weight, but it also allowed me to remove my front stabilizer to keep my bow balanced so I guess it's a wash haha.
 
Hahaha! I put a Savage pendulum one pin adjustable on my bow for like 30 bucks about 20 years ago and it still kills deers. Hell, my FIL used to tape a toothpick to his riser back in the day and killed tons of stuff shooting that way. Why does your sight have to be "bulletproof" anyway? What the heck are you guys doing, throwing your bows out of the tree?
 
I have used a lot of sights in my day and the Spot Hogg sights are built like a tank. I currently use a Fast Eddie with a double up pin. Axcel makes a great sight too but the Spot Hogg are super tough. For a bit lesser cost but great quality too and customer service, Viper Archery makes a very good USA sight too.
 
I've been using the CBE Engage Hybrid for the last three years (3 pin). No complaints. It's been great and I've killed a handful of deer with it. But that new SH Boonie is probably going to replace it. The ability to change tapes, thus allowing me to shoot different set ups is huge. With that being said, what's the benefit of a single pin vs double stack vs triple stack? @enkriss I know you'll have some insight. The SH page says, individual adjustable vertical pins, and individually adjustable yardage indicators. I don't even know what that means. In my head I'll be able to get it dialed for a 600 grain TAW as well as a 450 grain TAW, for example, and just pop on the applicable wheel and go to work. Hope I didn't redirect too badly here.
 
If I were set on a slider, I'd get a 2 pin one (Spot Hogg will customize any sight for a modest fee and you can call them and talk directly to an experienced tech about it). I did this but with a fixed pin (Grinder) and got the exact colors and pin sizes and pin locations that I wanted.

I would set it up so that you can leave it at a setting where the top pin is 25 yards and the bottom pin is 40 yards. Then you can slide to other yardages at will for practice etc. I find this yardage pin setup very good with today's faster bows which have decreased pin gaps and allow you to hold dead on (or with extremely mild hold over/under) from 0 to 27 yards and zap a deer. Gap shooting between the 2 pins is no problem. I prefer the top pin to be the largest pin size and green and the bottom one to be one size down and red, drawing the eye to the top pin naturally.
 
VaBruiser said:
I've been using the CBE Engage Hybrid for the last three years (3 pin). No complaints. It's been great and I've killed a handful of deer with it. But that new SH Boonie is probably going to replace it. The ability to change tapes, thus allowing me to shoot different set ups is huge. With that being said, what's the benefit of a single pin vs double stack vs triple stack? @enkriss I know you'll have some insight. The SH page says, individual adjustable vertical pins, and individually adjustable yardage indicators. I don't even know what that means. In my head I'll be able to get it dialed for a 600 grain TAW as well as a 450 grain TAW, for example, and just pop on the applicable wheel and go to work. Hope I didn't redirect too badly here.
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There are 3 vertically stacked bulletproof pins in the housing. Unlike the double pin they can be adjusted independently to fine tune what yardage you want them at. The pointers are also individually adjustable also.
 
The SH Boonie will more than likely be the next sight I buy if I ever get tired of the HHA sliders I run on two out of the three bows I currently shoot.
The ability to adjust the pins is a big plus IMO.
 
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