Hey fellas,

I have been planning on upgrading my bow components this offseason and was wondering if anyone had some experiences good or bad with some of my choices. I shoot a left handed red head kryptic, not the fanciest thing, but its comfortable for me and its only 2 years old.

First and foremost, its time for a new string. The guy at Bass Pro recomended winners choice. I know they are expensive and thats ok with me, so thats probably what I will go with unless someone else knows of a high quality string maker.

Im also wanting to upgrade my sight from the one that came with it to a Trophy Ridge Vertical 3 pin sight, I think its the Fire Wire that I am looking at. There isnt much to choose from when looking for a dedicated left hand sight. I cant believe there isnt more 3 pin sights.. It seems to me that a 5 pin sight would take up the whole deers body. Thats one reason I want a vertical 3 pin alignment. I think it will help see the deer better when getting ready to shoot. I normally have one set at 10, 20, and 30 yards. Most my stands allow for a very close shot and a couple offer a 100 yard shot if I want. But Im not comfortable with a 40 yard shot.


Your choices are all excellent! As for the sight choice- I don't have your left handed issue but I have another, I am red/green color blind. Different color pins are almost useless to me. I need a big field of view to be sure what pin I am using. When bows shot slow with heavy arrows I did not mind 3-4 pins because the pins were far apart & you could see well around them. Now bows are faster, arrows lighter, pins closer & for me they obscure too much. Even if I can see the deer through all the pins, the extra horizontal lines they cause can obscure the limb my arrow will hit instead of hitting the deer. Don't you just hate that? Also the new fib optic pins are MUCH brighter than our old metal ones. So bright in fact that with 3-5 pins close together I find I & my friends sometimes lose the ability to see the dark deer in the dark woods when the pins are too bright. I went to this single pin adjustable sight 2 seasons back: http://www.truglo.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;MULTI_ITEM_SUBMIT
With a large diameter G5 peep & a sight like this your field of view is huge & the deer (& limbs to shoot around) are seen better than anything else I have used to date. It is left & right hand adaptable, so if you don't like it it's easier to sell. This sight come with a built in light that shines on the coil of fiber optic, not on the tip of the pin itself. This avoids the "white out" of the deer when the light on the pins is too bright & causes your pupils to constrict. I have used all the pin lighting options & this is the only one I have found that really works well & is dependable. If you ever have to hunt from the dark of a pop up blind on a dark day you will bless that little light!

There are advantages & disadvantages to every sight design. When I am hunting with one, I always wonder if the other would not be better. It is nice not having to adjust a sight when a deer is close, so I leave mine set to the EXACT distance to the close trail I expect to shoot to (you can't do that with non sliding sights) & only move it for the longer shots where I usually have the time & calm to do so.

Also, buy a "String Tamer" or similar device. I have one & it is the most remarkable accessory I have ever used on a bow! They silence the bow more than any stabilizer you can buy. There is a reason they so quickly have became a standard on top of the line bows. Pick a stabilizer that balances the weight of our bow most comfortably in your hand. That's why they are called stabilizers & not silencers!

Hope this helps to confuse you! What ever you choose, you are a credit to hunters for taking the time & effort to make your equipment more effective.

Im also gona upgrade to an octane stabilizer. Ive read good things about them and Id like to make my bow a little quieter.

Im also thinking about switching arrows. I currently shoot redhead carbon furry's, and they shoot pretty good, but sometimes they seem inconsistant. Some of that is me, some of it is not. I have been thinking about switching to carbon express maxima arrows. They are kind of pricey, but not terrible bad. I like the weight foward theory and it makes sense.

Anyway any sudgestions??