Hey there...

You all know that I bought that brand new Reflex Highlander compound bow recently... That bow is absolutely WICKED! I found an archery software product which I downloaded, and entered in all the figures. It calculated me shooting at 273 feet per second and 69.71 kinetic energy - which is enough to take down an elk or other large game animal.

Anyway, I just upgraded the sights on it and with my being a lefty, I ordered a left handed pendulum sight from Vital Bow Gear. This thing is really cool!! You turn the lever on the top/back and it locks the swinging pendulum, so you can shoot/practice on flat ground. But when you're in a treestand, you unlock the pendulum, and it automatically compensates for any distance from 5 yards to 30 yards, without any guess work!!

Butch,

That looks neat !!

Although not being that "hip" on bows, I really need to see it firsthand to understand exactly how it helps ... I'm just a dumb rifle shooting flunky, who happens to have gotten into using a Crossbow !! ... lol


99er

Wow, that's way cool Butch!



Hailz yeah! That's pretty sweet.

Thanks...

The "pendulum action" of a compound bow sight removes the problems with geometry equations. See, let me explain it like this:

YOU - 20 feet up in a tree stand.
DEER - 20 yards away (60 feet).

On flat ground, yes, you can use a common 20 yard sight pin to shoot the arrow, and nail the deer. But up in a tree stand, you will end up shooting low (Remember that Pythagorum theorum from high school geometry class?) because the distance (hypoteneuse) is longer than 20 yards.

The pendulum action swings out when you tip the bow down and automatically compensates for any distance judgements or errors. It really is a cool thing to see in person!

Butch A.