Orions_Bow

Some people love them, they can & do work. If all you do is hunt from a tree stand it may just be the right type of sight for you! Several really good models on the market. I like the Trophy ridge Mantis with the V-Drive. I still like ot use regular pins but they can work & the models out today are much better than the old ones.

davidw

Sharkey...I put a Keller on my setup last year and would trade back for anything. One comment however, they are not as simple to use as sight it in at 20 yrds and you are good to go. It took a fair amount of small adjusting to get a consistent pattern I was happy with. I am very comfortable shooting out to 35 yrds with mine. Down side is that they aren't worth a dang on the ground. All of my hunting is from portables so it works out ok.

rybohunter

David,
I am suprised you had trouble sighting it in. I never really had any problems other than a minor adjustment here or there once I got up the tree. The pin locks for ground shooting and hit dead on to almost 25 yds for me.

RTA47

rybonhunter-just wondering what kind of speed are you shooting?

Fieldmouse

I swear by my Red Dot Scope. It is the best sight I have ever used. With that out of the way my buddy hunts with a pendulum and to this date has the biggest deer on the wall between three of us. He also took #1 that year in the state.

Bees

they're only for lazy asses who dont want to bend at the waist with proper form, Boy oh boy nothing could be farther from the truth as the above statement.

I know for a fact that if you are in the habit of not bending at the waist the pedulum is not going to make up for it. Reason being is because you set the pin for a certain amount of drop in your bow arm. If the amount you drop your bow arm is not consistant your shots will not be consistant either. And guess what you can't be consistant by just dropping your bow arm on to the target. Any change in distance will make you have to drop your arm more or less just to get on target. Myth about pendulms makeing up for bad form is just that, a myth. If you don't believe me get one on your bow and go try to be consistant with it by standing up and just dropping your bow arm onto the target. You will find that you will be all over the place.

You will also find if you bend at the waist to get on target your angles will be consistant and so will your shooting.

To recap a pendulum will not make up for bad form as so many of you believe.

I started to use one last year because I felt like I was always guessing at the yardages. with 260 speeds it does make a small difference. With one pin I was hitting about where I was aiming. with the pendulum I can hit where I am aiming up to my maximium distance which is 28 yards for my setup. I feel more confident up there not haveing to decide if I need my pin a bit higher or lower.

Pendulum sights make up for bad form, gees if only it were true, you wouldn't have to pay attention to your form hardely at all. but it ain't true so you do have to pay attention to you form, anchor point ect. ect.

davidw

rybo,
I didn't reqally have any trouble sighting it in on the ground, othger than the usual right to left adjustments. I just had a few minor 'tweeks" up in the stand. I probably was trying to be too much of a perfectionist. Still. I wouldn't trade it for anything I have seen so far. I really like not having to guesstimate at yardage.