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10 February 2012, 07:00
marquezlc
Peep sight alternative
I can't use a peep sight I am not sure if my glasses are the issue or just can't seem to focus on a pin. Either way I can't find a good alternative. I am wondering if by practicing a good solid anchor position one can shoot accurately without a peep. I seem to be doing ok but I have to close my eyes for a second and make sure my anchor is the same every shot. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you
10 February 2012, 07:37
Shof
There are several options. The one that comes to mind first is kind of "old school" but it still works. Install a kisser button on your string. Once you get it dialed in, serve it onto the string.

Or you could use something like the Peep Eliminator (http://www.peepeliminator.com/). I've known guys that have installed Red Dot sights on their bows with good result as well.
10 February 2012, 12:49
Norwegianwoods
First of all, have you checked what eye is your dominant eye?
If you shoot right handed and is left eye dominant, it can cause a problem.

I am using a peep now, but I have been shooting bows without a peep or a kisser for 20 years before I started to use a peep on my new bow that I got last year.

With enough practice you manage fine without a peep or a kisser, but it is very important that you have an anchor point that is very quick, easy and consistent to find.

A kisser is very good to find your anchor point fast.

I think many using a peep would still benefit a lot by using a kisser as well.

A red dot bow sight as Shof mentions together with a kisser is a very good alternative if you are left eye dominant and don't want to shoot left handed.
16 February 2012, 22:42
cgbach
I use a peep with a built in corrective lens, works great and I don't have to wear my glasses. I have also found the green and yellow fiber optic pins work better in low light for me.
C.G.B.
21 February 2012, 20:30
Naphtali
If you orient your bow vertically rather than angled, DAS' SRH sight is quick and useful. It is made in three different sizes, left-handed and right-handed, plain outline and florescent.

I have available a left-handed florescent "B" size were you interested. It, and the remainder of my archery equipment are being sold. I have severe MCTD and can no longer practice archery/bowhunting.


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24 February 2012, 07:28
TEANCUM
There is always the instinctive method which works on compounds as well as recurves and longbows.

Just takes a lot of practice. It allows you to shoot faster and in lower light but makes it tough to correct a miss on your second arrow, if the critter is still there.
25 February 2012, 06:55
lavaca
Two suggestions to think about -- dont' know if they'll help. One, go with the largest peep you can find and two, make sure that you are not losing a portion, or even all, of the aperature to string twist. I've had that problem and had to either torque the string before I drew or have the peep replaced in the string.
25 February 2012, 06:56
lavaca
Oh, yeah. You can drill out a peep if you can't find one big enough to suit you.
27 February 2012, 06:36
Don_G
There's a new titanium peep on the market with large diameters.

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/...hlight=titanium+peep


Don_G

...from Texas, by way of Mason, Ohio and Aurora, Colorado!
07 March 2012, 09:14
marquezlc
Thank You all for the advice. I am going to try a new larger peep that is properly installed before anything.