Brighter peep?

[Mudshack]

Shooting in low light is no problem for my pins. It is loosing my peep. If you cant see the outline of your peep you never know for sure if you are lined up. I know the best anser is learning to shoot with no peep. But I like shooting with a peep.

So....what are some good peeps that you all use for low light? I know yall hunt pigs at night. What do you use?

[manwitaplan]

There is a TBH'r that told me that he buys the glow in the dark paint off ebay and paints the peep then right before evening hits with a bright light. He said it will stay lit for a few hours after dark.

This was about 3 years ago and I do not remember who he was.

I am definitely waiting for other responses.

[laredoarcher]

I saw on amazon they sell the glow paint for gun sites. Sounds like a good idea

[Sleepy]

There is a TBH'r that told me that he buys the glow in the dark paint off ebay and paints the peep then right before evening hits with a bright light. He said it will stay lit for a few hours after dark.

This was about 3 years ago and I do not remember who he was.

I am definitely waiting for other responses.

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[Geezy Rider]

It's never been a problem for me. When I come to anchor, my peep is always lined up where it should be. I don't have to find it.

[Twztid]

Glowpeep it's pretty cool! Google it works like a champ,

[Boomer57]

I tried the glow paint on my peep. All it did was blind my eye so much I couldn't see my pins.
I figured out that when I'm aligned correctly the circle of my peep covers the circle of the pin holder perfectly. So when I can't see any of the pin holder, its blocked by the peep, I'm good to go.

[Lovec]

We have painted them white before and it helped.

[Fishndude]

Work on your reference points and your peep won't be an issue. Take a lesson or two. Doesn't matter how experienced you are. It helps,

[HainesNYT]

I shoot in the DARK (not low-light), so I have the same problem as you. I was told to try the glow in the dark paint also....I did and don’t believe it works, I know it didn’t for me anyhow. I first tried a silver sharpie and only painted the inside of the peep, hoping it would brighten it up enough to actually see the circle. That didn’t work either, so tried the glow-paint.

I feel as though I have a fairly decent anchor point, but have found that shooting in the dark dramatically highlights any inconsistencies. I have yet to hit exactly where I thought I was aiming. I’m going back to the Peep Eliminator for night time accuracy.

Good luck and happy hunting.

[bassmatt72]

My two cents....and I don't think it is worth that much? A few guys have said when they come to anchor its always lined up, and that is good. How does this happen? For me, I have three other reference points other than my peep. When I draw and anchor my index knuckle is placed firmly in a spot where my jaw bone is hinged making obvious indention. This spot is solid, its bone, and doesn't move such as a soft, fleshy reference point. Next, I use the tip of my nose and the corner of my mouth, kinda like a kisser button with out having one. These two point are "soft" and will change a little so I think having the third hard bone reference point is key. So, this has been more about consistent anchor rather than brighter peep. I have found for me anchoring the same every time has really helped lining up my peep. For a brighter peep, I use a larger peep that when at full draw, like Boomer57, my peep matches the sight housing perfectly. So, I'm lining up and centering my sight housing rather than individual pins, then just hold the correct pin where I want it to shoot. Bigger peeps have seemed to help me a lot.

[Mudshack]

my peep matches the sight housing perfectly. So, I'm lining up and centering my sight housing rather than individual pins, then just hold the correct pin where I want it to shoot.

This is what I do. I too use my jaw bone...and the tip of my nose as reference points. Having said that....you can still be off 10" at 30yds.

[tmurray]

Never used one but these look cool!

http://glowpeep.com

[Slick8]

I practice shooting at night as I hunt from a ground blind most of the time. As you know the last 30-45 minutes of the evening it can be nearly dark inside a good blind.

I do as many and come to full draw and anchor as I normally would. I then move my anchor up and down just a bit which will make the peep block a portion of the sight ring. You then have a positive fix on your peep and can reset your anchor with a high level of confidence.

I did this very excersise last year three times when I took my buck with minutes of legal shooting light remaining. I had to let down twice due to other deer movement or my target deer turning and such. On the third draw I performed the above exerscise and 12 ringed the deer at 32 yards. By this time it was so dark in my blind that I had a hard time attaching the release to my D loop.

[dustoffer]

I have tried the glow in the dark paint and it works, but it has to be reapplied frequently. Maybe just haven't found the right kind. I now have a glow peep and am not completely happy with it either. Their advertisement says hit it with a bright light/sunlight for 5 minutes and it will start out bright and then fade but will keep a slight glow for hours. I do lots of night-time hog hunting and I re-charge the peep about every hour for a minute or so with a tiny LED light. It does OK. I need the peep because shooting down at a steep angle causes me problems with anchor--I know, bend at the waist, but it's hard to do when seated, at least for me.

Paint is starting to come off the glow peep too, so I can't fully recommend it.