BowJoe Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 I have always wondered why people think that brighter sights at lower light levelsincreased their vision of the deer. Think about this. When a car is coming down the highway at night, can you see the driver or the make of vehicle until you get right up on the vehicle and past the glaring headlights? No. Obviously you can't because of the glaring headlights. The iris of your eye tries to block out the large amount of light by contracting and shrinking. Wouldn't it make sense that anything closer and brighter to you, such as your bright pin, would be blocked out? The objects further away such as the deer you are aiming at would then be even darker and less able to be seen because your focus goes to the pin instead of the deer. Your iris has to contract because of the light from the pin and using a battery operated light source only compounds the problem by making the pins even brighter thus making the deer even harder to see. Just a theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? The objective here is to make the pin GLOW not GLARE..... The intensity in which the pins glow is low which will have no instant reaction on the iris or retna allowing you to see beyond the pins and to the target... If you are using a sight lite,,,and it's too bright causing a bright hallow, which is causing you a glare affect. Try blackening it out alittle until just your pins have a glow to them..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? So why are all these companies coming out with even brighter sights and tritium sights and such? Doesn't make sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? [ QUOTE ] So why are all these companies coming out with even brighter sights and tritium sights and such? Doesn't make sense to me. [/ QUOTE ] It;s for low light conditions,,say overcast days where it's not as bright as if the sun was out,,,,or say you hunt thick hardwoods with heavy leaf cover,,,,early in the morning when the light is low or late in the evening when the sun is setting....... When a manufacturer says brighter,,,,,they don't mean so bright you are going to be blinded.... Believe me a light on the sight or even the new tritrium pins can be the difference in lettting a dear walk because you can't see the pins threw your peep...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? Up here in Canada, legal shooting time is 1 hour before sunrise till 1 hour after sunset . Looking down the open sites of a gun is no problem, but looking through a peep sight is a big problem and you lose valuable shooting time if you don't have the right set-up. I went to a larger peep-sight so I can see more through it (wider view) and have a tritium sight pin that actually glows in the dark, on my pendulum sight. Now when I say glow, I don't mean it's like looking into a light-bulb , it has a nice light to it, that just allows you to see your pin and see beyond it to your target. With the right set-up, you gain 10 to 15 minutes of legal hunting time, (especially on those cloudy days), as opposed to other bow-sight pins. I love mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kunegos Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? Its not that the pin is so bright that it gives off light; it just allows you too see the pin in low light conditions. My problem has always been seeing the pins in low light situations, not being blinded by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitrrophybowhunter Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? I agree with everyones reply. They just help wnough so the pin does not blend into the deers hide. They work out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathews4life Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? They put off just enough light to c the end of the pin. Like buckee said its not a "light bulb" type glow there for there is no glare. Its hard to explain unless u c it for urself then i promise u wont shoot anything other than tritium!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? I have fiber optic pins and a light on my sight. For the beginning of the season I had to borrow my brothers old bow that has the old brass pins. I shot an opossum at the very last light and put a perfect shot on him. I'm not so sure I could have done that with my sight. Those big old brass pins still showed up (they looked black) in light that I would question shooting with my fiber pins and light. It might be different down in the woods but where I shot it at the edge of a pasture they worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooBear Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Re: What\'s the deal with brighter sights? Bright pins become very important when Im in my Double Bull about sundown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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