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Peepless sight options

Publiclandowner

Publiclandowner

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So I’m planning on upgrading from my beginner bow (PSE Sinister) this offseason and have been looking at what bow/accessories I wanted. During this venture I rabbit holed into the peep vs peepless…I didn’t know people shot compounds peepless, I guess I live under a rock? Anyway, growing up a trad shooter I always shot instinctive but got into compounds when I lived in Wyoming. Hunting with a compound I have been frustrated with the shots I have had to pass up due to low light…needless to say I am going to try shooting peepless with a bowmar nose button and maybe a kissed button. I’m curious though if I need a special sight like the IQ sight or a rear sight I keep seeing people using??? I would really like to run a trophyridge hotwire since I like the 2 fixed pins for 90% of my shots in a hunting situation.

Do you peepless shooters out there run a special sight or does any sight work for this? Thanks in advance!
 
I use the bowmar nose button and the IQ pro hunter with the 2 fixed pins and one slider. If you can be consistent with your current sight and a nose button then the IQ isnt necessary, but if you feel like you're not always consistent the IQ sight can give you that one more checkpoint that will get you where you want to be

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I have been a Bow Anchor Sight from Archery Innovations. It reinforces a consistent anchor and is great in low light conditions. Lynn is a great guy to deal with. I use one with the EZV and having an unobstructed view to the target is great.
 
I use a 5/16" peep.

Sight lights do not help but rather hurt because they are too bright.

If you can't shoot a deer with a XL peep and fiber optic pins, then I would say that it is too dark for you to humanely harvest the animal and likely past legal shooting light.

If you are still on a beginner bow, then I would not advocate going peepless.
 
raisins said:
I use a 5/16" peep.

Sight lights do not help but rather hurt because they are too bright.

If you can't shoot a deer with a XL peep and fiber optic pins, then I would say that it is too dark for you to humanely harvest the animal and likely past legal shooting light.

If you are still on a beginner bow, then I would not advocate going peepless.
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I could probably run a larger peep, and as far as shooting time I have 30 minutes before and after sunset. But down in river bottoms you don’t always have the light as long. It is a case of illegal shooting deer. I currently run a 3/16 peep which again I could go up I suppose. But in the same conditions I have harvested deer with my recurve no issue.

Also it’s a beginner bow but I’ve been shooting it 8 years now and traditional for 28 years. What challenge am I going to face going from my old bow to a new bow that you would advocate not going peepless?
 
MattMan81 said:
I'm a bowmar and kisser guy. But I'm shooting a slider. EzV wasn't for me. I started with just the bowmar. Added the kisser to help with tree shooting. I am no Robin Hood. But 30 and in I am almost better with out a peep. If it works, do it.
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Elevated shooting, same reason I am considering the kisser with the nose button.
 
Publiclandowner said:
I could probably run a larger peep, and as far as shooting time I have 30 minutes before and after sunset. But down in river bottoms you don’t always have the light as long. It is a case of illegal shooting deer. I currently run a 3/16 peep which again I could go up I suppose. But in the same conditions I have harvested deer with my recurve no issue.

Also it’s a beginner bow but I’ve been shooting it 8 years now and traditional for 28 years. What challenge am I going to face going from my old bow to a new bow that you would advocate not going peepless?
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The peep keeps you honest with your form in the moment of truth. Even if you are pretty off on your alignment, if you can see through the peep and see the pins, then you can still hit a pie plate at 20 yards. I wouldn't consider going peepless until my form with a compound was embedded enough in your muscle memory that you almost never shoot a bad shot and when you do you knew it was going to happen and why it felt "weird".
 
When did peep sites become a standard? Back in 1992 when I got my first compound, I only recall the sight tubes Guys would install. The rubber tub you looked down to the sight.
All I ever had was a kisser button.
Of course this was all before the internet. Didn't go and hang out at bow shops.
So not to de rail. But when did peeps really become the normal?
 
MattMan81 said:
When did peep sites become a standard? Back in 1992 when I got my first compound, I only recall the sight tubes Guys would install. The rubber tub you looked down to the sight.
All I ever had was a kisser button.
Of course this was all before the internet. Didn't go and hang out at bow shops.
So not to de rail. But when did peeps really become the normal?
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the rubber tube was only to keep a peep sight aligned and not twisted up.....this is before hunters had figured out tubeless peeps....your post makes it sound like people looked inside the tube

they always broke and would sometimes smack people in the eye

i bought my first "real" hunting compound in 1990 and started going to bow shops.....peeps were standard at that time
 
raisins said:
The peep keeps you honest with your form in the moment of truth. Even if you are pretty off on your alignment, if you can see through the peep and see the pins, then you can still hit a pie plate at 20 yards. I wouldn't consider going peepless until my form with a compound was embedded enough in your muscle memory that you almost never shoot a bad shot and when you do you knew it was going to happen and why it felt "weird".
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Also probably the draw for the guys that run a kisser and nose button without a peep. Its all positioning and consistency. Just using a kisser button can lead to rushed shots nose to high or low on the string and youre going to shoot high or low, string left or right on nose and your impacts will be left or right. Find what works for you and your hunting scenario and put in the reps to make it count when the opportunity presents itself. Dont be afraid to tinker and find what provides you with the best accuracy that you can repeat consistently under pressure and in various lighting conditions.
 
All I use is a kisser button that anchors in the right corner of mouth, nose centered on the string, but I'm looking on the right side of the string to my single sight pin. While at full draw, I see the string blur and align it with the left side of the sight's pin guard. This controls my lefts and rights and I check it, right before making the shot. :)

I have used this method of shooting for as long as I've been shooting a compound with sights....approx. 42 years. I have no low light issues for alignment and attain as good accuracy as those shooting with a peep, at the same yardages. :cool:
 
I shoot peepless with a kisser button and trophy ridge hotwire 3 pin.

String on the tip of my nose and my pins are on the left side of my string (right handed shooter)

Not sure if shooting trad helps me but I transitioned pretty seamlessly. Just yanked it out one day when I got pissed off at the tube breaking for the 100th time and never looked back. Best decision I ever made honestly. One less thing to fail.
 
raisins said:
the rubber tube was only to keep a peep sight aligned and not twisted up.....this is before hunters had figured out tubeless peeps....your post makes it sound like people looked inside the tube

they always broke and would sometimes smack people in the eye

i bought my first "real" hunting compound in 1990 and started going to bow shops.....peeps were standard at that time
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I had no idea what the tube was for. I actually thought it was part of an alignment people uses back in the day. I guess that was my thought that stuck with me from back in the day. I saw a few of them on bows guys were shooting. But I was still young, and never asked a question. Learn something new.
 
Micneador said:
Just yanked it out one day when I got pissed off at the tube breaking for the 100th time and never looked back. Best decision I ever made honestly. One less thing to fail.
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Been there, but the sticky backed plastic block that the tube goes into on the bow, let loose and popped me on the bottom edge of my eye socket and gave me a black eye. :mad: Yep....pulled that sucker off and never looked back. :)
 
All good info guys thanks. After watching vids and reviews on the EZV I think I want to give that sight a try peepless. Never liked the peep when I started with a compound. And it sounds like a good excuse to buy a 3d target….

I can only imagine the heads exploding when I show up to shoot with “adult arrows, peepless, EZV, and a whisker biscuit haha
 
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