How to Use a Sight on a Bow

Video Transcript

"How to use a sight on a bow. This is a basic 3 pin hunting type sight, has a round pin guard, fiber optic pins that are very bright and easy to see. A bubble level to help you know you're holding your bow squarely when you are at full draw. A full sight system on a bow also consists of a rear sight which is generally called the peep sight. There are a few different styles. To properly use a sight like this, when a bow is pulled back the shooter will look through this hole, center this round pin guard in that hole and then choose the appropriate pin for the yardage being shot. Each pin needs to be set for a specific yardage, typically 20, 30 and 40 yards would be used on a 3 pin sight like this. So the shooter will look like this at full draw, looking through the hole and looking through the sight. Another type of hunting sight is what we refer to as a single pin movable sight. It has only one pin in the front and the sight itself moves to set for your yardage. In our tree farthest distances the bow needs to be aimed up a little bit higher for the arrow to reach the target. So the yardage is critical, it helps to know the yardage you are shooting and then you set your sight once it's calibrated to the appropriate yardage in this case it has a tape on the back so it can be set for 40 or 50 yards and then when you draw and shoot you center your pin and your peep sight in the rear, put the desired pin on the target and with a proper release the arrow should technically hit the target you are trying to hit. And those are two common sights used on bows and the proper use of a sight requires the shooter to go to the practice range at a known yardage and set his sight pins at the desired yardage and then practice, practice, practice, make it work."