Anyone hunt with sight pins on their trad bows?

[Legolas]

Just wondering. Is this more accurate or what?

Thanks for the opinions.

Paul

[allanburden]

I do not, however the gentleman that first got me interested in trad archery put some on a Martin recurve that he had.  He tried them for about a month and just did not like it.  He went back to instinctive because he said that when he missed he only had himself to blame instead of a sight.  Not much information but just thought i'd throw it out there.  I say try it if it interest you, you can always go back to barebow!

[Orion]

Sights were used a lot back in the 40s, 50s and even 60s.  At known distances, they will enable most folks to shoot more accurately than without sights.  Under hunting situations, they're usually slower to put into action, and hunters in the heat of the moment often pick the wrong pin or have to gap between pins on multiple pin sights.  Either can cause a miss or bad hit.

[John3]

For my old PMH I do use a pin. It takes time to get used to, but it is deadly accurate.

 

[robtattoo]

Originally posted by killinstuff:
Anyone that puts sights on a recurve or longbow gives up the right to say they are a traditional archer and should have their bow cut into 50 small pieces

Really..........Anyone that opinionated around my neck of the woods usually gets a slap!   :p

[Gene Roberts]

I don;t know,but my bow had sights on it before I owned it.The bow is about 50 years old.

[mcgroundstalker]

OH NO! What is gonna happen here?

Well, I know a fella that tried one sight pin on his recurve bow for hunting. Kept his shots within ten yards and made out O.K.. Point being he did not spend alot (or enough) time on the practice range and felt a sight would make up for that.

For me... I'll say away from sights... Maybe I'll draw cross hairs on my eyeglasses...  :D  ...

... mike ...    ...

[Instinctor]

In the 60's before the "new wave" traditional archery most everybody at least tried a sight on their bow. That is why so many of the older recurves have holes drilled somewhere in the riser.

[Legolas]

I think I will play around with a pin or two next summer. I have my first bow a Ben Pearson Colt I had 40 years ago. I may see what happens...

Paul

[SteveB]

Originally posted by robtattoo:
 

Originally posted by killinstuff:
Anyone that puts sights on a recurve or longbow gives up the right to say they are a traditional archer and should have their bow cut into 50 small pieces

Really..........Anyone that opinionated around my neck of the woods usually gets a slap!    :p  [/b]

Same around here this side of the pond.

Steve

[Jeff U]

I don't know about a pin, but a number of folks were using the DAS sight.  Here's a photo of "Trashwood" and his:


 


I lifted the photo from this thread about the DAS sight:  (good info here)

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=1;t=038330

[GrayRhino]

Killinstuff, sometimes its hard to determine what a fella means by a post in a forum, obviously part of your above post was rather 'tongue in cheek'.  However, I would recommend that you read a thread posted by George D. Stout back in November that addressed this very subject.

"Traditional:  Misunderstanding What Was"

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=052684

You may find it rather enlightening.

[killinstuff]

Thanks GrayRhino, I read the thread. At what point then does traditional become nontraditional is what I want to know? This thread is not the place to adress that question so maybe a new one should be started.

[Terry Green]

As far as Trad Gang is concerned....bows with wheels and cables are not Trad Bowhunting.  We've made it real simple here, so its easy to stay civil.

Now there's no need for another thread.    :D

[ishiwannabe]

I have seen a lot of older 'curves with sights on them. I have an AMF Hawk that was my Dad's, and I inherited it with a brass crosshair-type pin.
I personally dont use pins on my trad bows.  Years as a wheelie hunter, I dont even know how many deer I missed using the wrong one.
I think that the use of pins is fine. It is just a way for SOME to ensure accuracy....accuracy leads to better shots.....quicker kills...Etc Etc.
I think what ever any person has to do in order to feel comfortable taking shots at live animals is fine.

[LEOPARD]

A recurve or a longbow is trad! Whether it has sights or not!    People have been using sights on them for decades.....

[Molson]

I'll leave my opinion out of this one since my wife keeps telling me I need to lighten up.  She's probably right!  :rolleyes:

I'd say sighting is probably the least of problems for most shooting traditional.  Putting a sight on your bow may give you better accuracy on targets, but it will not cure what ails ya' in the woods.    

I believe Trashwood put the SRF sight on because he was having trouble seeing enough to focus.  That's where a sight can help and the SRF sight is probably the best type for hunting.

They can be used to help check aspects of your form too, however, you typically will not use the same shooting style with a sight as you will shooting barebow.

[TSP]

Almost everything posted on these sites are nothing but opinions so there's no shame in framing responses as such...except where the site itself might dropkick what you say from the 10th floor window, never to be seen again.  Gee I hate when that happens...  

But there's good discussion potential in the topic.  My own opinion is that using sights make perfect sense if the primary goal is precise, accurate shooting but they don't pass my self-imposed straight-face test for traditional gear.  I've used them and they do help accuracy if your form is good.  I may use them again for targets, but when I want to 'go trad' the sights stay off the bow.  Thats simply what makes sense to me.  You should make your own call on what makes sense for you.

[Dick4bows]

Pins on a recurve or longbow can really help someone with a dominant eye conflict. So many traditional archers gap shoot.  Isn't this a sight?  In the end, it's what ever the archer feels is right for them.
                                  Dick

[Terry Green]

I don't gap shoot, but I sure don't see it the same as a sight pin. Two totally different aiming methods....and one has a pin on the bow and one doesn't ....so that's not the same either IMO.

Good post TSP.

"Almost everything posted on these sites are nothing but opinions so there's no shame in framing responses as such..."  Yep, long as it is done so respectfully.

"except where the site itself might dropkick what you say from the 10th floor window, never to be seen again. Gee I hate when that happens..."  Yep, and we also hate it when that happens believe it or not.