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GOODWIN's post about sight pin size got me to thinking about focal points when aiming.

I'm slightly near sighted so when I'm not wearing corrective lenses things get a little blurry out to 20 yds on, but my pins are crystal clear. I prefer to be able to see my target better, so I wear contacts or glasses. Well then the problem is my pins turn into little blurry blobs. Needless to say it is very hard to find a happy medium. I've tried to explain this issue to my eye doctor to see if he can perscribe something to help, but even after thorough explanation he doesn't have a clue. So for now I focus on my target. That is why I perfer an itty bitty pin so it won't blur out and cover as much of my target.

What about yall. When you shoot, is your pin in focus and target blurred like when shooting a pistol or are you focused on the target?
 
I got beat up pretty bad one time at a ball tourney, it messed up my eyes. If I focus on something for more than just a few seconds. My eye dries out really bad.

I've actual had to switch to a single pin sight .029 because all the pins will blur together.

I had to shoot pretty fast, otherwise I will not be able to see my pin.
 
No matter what you are shooting, rifle, pistol, muzzleloader, or bow, you should always focus on one thing and one thing only, the FRONT SIGHT POST. This is a basic fundamental of marksmanship and it applies to everything with sights.
 
10mm4me said:
No matter what you are shooting, rifle, pistol, muzzleloader, or bow, you should always focus on one thing and one thing only, the FRONT SIGHT POST. This is a basic fundamental of marksmanship and it applies to everything with sights.
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Is it fair to just say that's the way it is and no other way?

I agree with this when it comes to guns, but I think for archery it's more personal preferance which is the reason for the post. I have much more experiance shooting bows than guns, and I seem to be much more accurate if I focus on the target. I have gone back and forth on this for years, but it is hard to see a bottle cap and at 40+ yds or a deer in low light if you let your target blur. I'm not saying that what you are suggesting is incorrect, but I am saying that textbook tactics don't always work for everybody.
 
bobthebowhunter said:
10mm4me said:
No matter what you are shooting, rifle, pistol, muzzleloader, or bow, you should always focus on one thing and one thing only, the FRONT SIGHT POST. This is a basic fundamental of marksmanship and it applies to everything with sights.
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Is it fair to just say that's the way it is and no other way?

I agree with this when it comes to guns, but I think for archery it's more personal preferance which is the reason for the post. I have much more experiance shooting bows than guns, and I seem to be much more accurate if I focus on the target. I have gone back and forth on this for years, but it is hard to see a bottle cap and at 40+ yds or a deer in low light if you let your target blur. I'm not saying that what you are suggesting is incorrect, but I am saying that textbook tactics don't always work for everybody.
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Well, I guess there are exceptions to every rule. At the end of the day, whatever works, works. The idea behind the front sight is to aim at a general area, achieve the tightest group possible, learn your weapon and target intimately at the different appropiate yardages and adjust and improve from there. I don't aim at a bottle cap from 45 yds away (My max archery shot)I aim at the broadside vitals of a whitetail, giving me about 7" to play with. I almost always put 3 arrows in the center, in a 2" or smaller group, of the vitals and Knock it out the back of the target. But, as you said, whatever works for you, works for you.
 
Don't some of the sight manufactures make a magnifying glass that goes over your bow sight .I thought Copper Johns made one . That may help
 
J.W.308 said:
Don't some of the sight manufactures make a magnifying glass that goes over your bow sight .I thought Copper Johns made one . That may help
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HHA makes one for my site.
 
Many companies make sights with lenses. I've tried one before. Not something I would want to take in the feild. A: it doesn't help much and B: it is one more thing to have a problem with in the field.
 
I typically try to focus on the pins. However, for hunting purposes, especially at distances over 35 yrds, it's hard to not focus on the animal. Luckily, vitals are big enough that a little blur in the pins doesn't translate to a bad shot (maybe at a bottle cap bob but not on a deer). Personally, I've seen you shoot enough groups inside a quarter that I wouldn't change a thing. Put a Rage on the end of your huntin arrows and the kill zone expands into the shoulder, you've seen the evidence.

For target shooting, I still wouldn't change anything. Focus on the target if thats what your used too. If then pin is blurry, aim with the center of the blur. I can't look through your eyes to understand exactly what you see, but I've been drunk enough times to know that something doesn't blur much larger that twice it's size and pins ain't that darn big. If your seein double pins, experiment with opening both eyes and then closing your left. I don't know if it will help you but it might clear things up a little, or atleast make you realize which pin is more stable and which one is the floater. When all else fails, take a tip from Doc Holliday "I got two guns, one for each of ya"

P.S. This is a TENNESSEE website, no place for that roll tide BS.
 
I have EXACTLY the same problem while using my glasses. THe fibre optis tend to "bleed" a bit. The only solution I've found is by using a black majic marker and toning down the glow for my top pin. Just alittle dab will do it.

I posted on another topic a question about this problem (even on another web site) and have received ZERO responses. Must not be a common problem.

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