My current bow is a hoyt-easton and is old and slow with a 3 pin sight. i just ordered a destroyer 340 and it is an awesome bow! I debating whether to get a 7 pin or just a 5 pin. I hunt in very open areas with a lot of spot and stalk where 50+ yard shots present themselves. The 340 I shot had a Montana Black Gold 5 pin and I loved it. Just wondering if a 7 pin is more of a pain than what its worth.
It could get awefull confusing with all of those pins up there when the moment of truth presents itself with your adrenaline pumping like crazy. Plus with all that speed, those pins will be stacked on top of one another.
i am not nearly experienced as the majority of the member being i just got into bow hunting last season... i currently have a trophy ridge 5 pin and feel like i do not need all 5. i am thinking hard about an adjustable hha sight but i am having a hard time deciding if the adjustability will be more of a hassle than a help in the heat of the moment while on a stand... if i do not get that i will be getting the trophy ridge fire wire V3 (vertical 3 pin sight). i feel like 3 pins (set at 20,30, and 40) is all i would need for a hunting application due to less sight interference. i also do not feel comfortable yet shooting at 50, and do not a 40 yard shot. if i were to be into target shooting a 7 pin may be very plausible though. i went from very old slow shooting bow to a brand new carnivore this past month and the yardage gap in the site is very minimal which is why i am switching to less pins.
Unless you're shooting a 3D tournament (in which case you'll be limited to four pins for Hunter Class), I see NO need to shoot seven pins... Unless you're an experienced shooter who may be hunting out west and are capable of taking 60 - 70 yard shots... Gapping most pin groupings at 10 yards apiece suffices for 99% of most hunters, as the distances are more easily recognizable yardage-estimation wise (harder to start guessing 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47 and so on...) and shooting a 20-yard pin at an animal that's 23 yards away still produces a kill-zone shot on a whitetail-size animal Using that reasoning then... 20, 30, 40 & 50 will suffice for most people. I'd probably only need three if I ONLY hunted whitetails in the Midwest.
Out West I am out west. 70 yards seems far being my current bow max range is about 35-40 yards max accurately. But i can definitely see where in the heat of the moment 7 pins could get very confusing. I saw you got the same bow Greg, I am still waiting on mine. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas.... LOL Do you believe the 340 is a 70 yard bow? I know 60 is a reachable goal but 70...... what kind of groups should i expect from that bow at long ranges in perfect conditions?
Five is sufficient for most. This is determined best by your shooting capability. You say 70 is your goal, then I would go w/ seven pins. Get the .010 for less cluster of pins. If you're going to stay under 50 yard shots, stay with the five pin.
I truly think when it comes to shooting 70 yards that's going to be a matter of shooter proficiency. Is the BOW capable of it? Heck yeah... this bow will shoot MUCH better than I'll ever be capable of -- or anyone that I know, for that matter. There's truly never been a better cam system developed for launching an arrow straight down the pipe on a bow than this one... Craig developed it so that you can set center shot and leave it there, tuning with the split buss cables and not having to move away from there with the rest. Combine that with the fact that this still remains a true slaved binary system, and this is by far the best tunable, shootable system ever developed IMO.
What's your effective range? Just because you have the pins doesn't mean you can make the shot at extended ranges. That many pins makes for a crowded sight and it's easy to pick the wrong pin in the excitement of the hunt.
Maybe you should have your first pin set at thirty yards and set off of that? Is that unheard of? I'm just throwing out a suggestion
The guy who set my bow up at our local shop set it off at 30 yrds. which was fine except for with the heavy arrows i shoot and hunt with the drop was more noticable from 20 to 30 yrds. so instead of 30, 40 ,50 i now have 20 30 40
I have a 6 pin sight.... even that is too much, I removed a pin to make it a 5 pin. As many said the gapping is just so small with the fast bows of today, it's to cluttered of a sight picture.
I have a 7 pin site and love it. I take the pin that I consider to be my "max" distance and rig it up with a different colored fiber optic. For example, all my pins are green and red. My max distance pin is orange. I normally only use 4 or 5 pins for hunting, depending on the animal I'm hunting. The last pins on the site are strictly for practice, I practice at long range most of the summer and this way I don't have to move my site pins right before the season.
I use the Hogg It with 7, .010 wrapped pins (large housing) and an 8 inch extension. I shoot a 490 grain arrow at 240 fps and can only use 6 of the pins effectively (60 yards) because of the trajectory of the “heavy” arrows. This also gives a larger "gap" between the pins. I would not hesitate taking a 50 yard shot at a deer, as long as I knew the exact range. PS You can use more than 5 pins in IBO competition in an unlimited class. As for the confusion mentioned above, that is my "normal" state. 1,2,3,4,5,6 = 10,20,30,40,50,60.
Boy that is a personal preference but at the same time the newer bows (with the speeds they are obtaining) may be a big cluster with 7 pins. JMHO. I like 4 for hunting woods situations. I had five on my bow for hunting out west.
I went with a 5 pin Spott Hogg Real Deal and love it. Got My first pin set at 30, them 40, 50, 60, 70 very impressed with the groups this destroyer 340 is shooting even at 70! Thanks guys
I am a single pin shooter, what are the other six pins for? just playing.... to each his own. congrats on the new bow... i just picked up a new destroyer 350 and i dont think there will be need for more than one pin. This thing is fastest bow i have ever seen.
