Pros and Cons of Lighted Sights

[UncleCharlie]

All my current set ups are tent blinds. I had a couple of shot opportunities this weekend on late moving deer but their time of arrival coupled with the darkness of the tent was not a good combination. I think I could probably hunt 10 or 15 minutes longer with a lighted sight. What are the pros and cons?

[Marion]

I have a Tritium pin on my sight. I can see it in low level light and no batteries are needed. It has a soft green glow that isn't to bright like some that are lit using LED's.

[jerp]

Ditto on the tritium. Plenty bright for inside a dark blind. I've found that some of the battery powered ones are too bright - for me anyway.

[Boomerang]

I have a battery powered one and it is TOO bright. But there is an easy solution. I accidently left it on and ran the batteries down. So I only use 1 battery that is good and 1 that is dead. Then it is still pretty bright.

Get some black eletrical tape and put over the LED bulb housing, then I get a hot needle and burn little holes in the tape for tiny pin holes. I burned the holes in a linear fashion to cast the light on several pins ... seemed to do the trick.

[orion]

I am a fan of lighted sights and have used them before-

the only con i know is that a buck cannot be registered as a P&Y with certain lighted sights.

[Archermike2605]

I am a fan of lighted sights and have used them before-

the only con i know is that a buck cannot be registered as a P&Y with certain lighted sights.

With any lighted sight or nocks etc...

[Horitexan]

Tritium is the ONLY way to go! Batteies fail, switches fail and they're too bright and will cause you to LOSE shooting time- they are so bright that you can't see the target as well as you can with the dimly litvtritium pin.

[az2tx]

I am a fan of lighted sights and have used them before-

the only con i know is that a buck cannot be registered as a P&Y with certain lighted sights.

Sword makes a great 3 position light for their sights. The P&Y thing is no big deal, most people don't bother to enter their trophies.

[jbitt4x4]

The light for my Axcel Armortech is nice and does not have a halo effect either. It is a white light instead of purple or blue and is not noticeable viewing from the front. It's also has a 3-stage setting for brightness. However, the pins are bright enough that I seldom even need the light at all

[John W. Michel]

I have a ajustable light from very dim to bright, it works great real early and late by using
the dim setting

[torkers]

x2 john

[Joey~AP]

Pro: Can see pins.

Con: Come to full-draw and realize you forgot to turn it on.

[UncleCharlie]

Our ranch is high fence so the book stuff is out the window without the lighted sight. Sounds like adjustable lighting or a tritium pin. Time to do some more research. Thanks for the replies.

[flashof1979]

no matter what you get it will be better than nothing. Everyone is diff.

[47]

All my current set ups are tent blinds. I had a couple of shot opportunities this weekend on late moving deer but their time of arrival coupled with the darkness of the tent was not a good combination. I think I could probably hunt 10 or 15 minutes longer with a lighted sight. What are the pros and cons?

The darker the inside of your blind against the outside brightness, the brighter pin you will need.

I personally like a single up pin, HHA 5519 with their afterburner fiber light, has a rheostat for changing light conditions. Another pro(for me) of using a single up pin, is sometimes in low light, it is enough to just use the silhouette of the pin, and having only one to pick out is a plus.

Another good rule of thumb with pin lights, is stick to smaller diameter fibers, larger fibers tend to flare, usually obscuring your view of the target.