Lighted site pins

[mowin]

I looked on DEC website, but couldn't find anything.  

 

Are lighted site pins legal? 

[silent death]

They are legal no worries ....the only kind that are illegal are laser pointers or a sight pin that projects light forward towards the deer

[DanielT]

I thought any electronic lighting device was illegal

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[silent death]

Nope as long as it does not shoot a beam forward it is legal . Allot of people use lighted sight pins 

Edited October 7, 2017 by silent death

[Steve D]

Silent Death is correct : http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/16huntguide.pdf

Page 21

It is illegal to hunt big game with:

• A fully automatic firearm

• A semi-autoloading firearm that holds

more than 6 shells (except an autoloading

pistol with a barrel length

under 8 inches)

• Any firearm equipped with a silencer

• Any rifle using rimfire ammunition

• A firearm or bow aided by any artificial

light or a laser that projects a

beam toward the target (use of illuminated

reticle scopes, red dot scopes,

or illuminated sight pins is allowed,

provided no light is projected toward

the target)

• An air gun

[Buckstopshere]

I've been using the fiber optic sight pins for quite a few years. They gather light, solar. The problem with the battery powered sights...they are too bright and obscure the target area in my experience. I tried a few models when they first hit the market...way before the laws...thinking it would give me an edge and able to shoot later. Nope. The darker it gets...the more lighted sights obscure the target.

[mowin]

Thanks guys.  I thought they were legal. 

[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

If you follow legal shooting times lighted pins really become obsolete..

[Hock3y24]

2 minutes ago, Bowshotmuzzleloader said:

If you follow legal shooting times lighted pins really become obsolete..

Not so true if you hunt some of the places i have stands deep off a hill under pine trees. Most of the time yes though.

[Bowshotmuzzleloader]

9 minutes ago, Hock3y24 said:

Not so true if you hunt some of the places i have stands deep off a hill under pine trees. Most of the time yes though.

There are always exceptions to the rule ...:)

[NonTypical]

9 hours ago, Buckstopshere said:

I've been using the fiber optic sight pins for quite a few years. They gather light, solar. The problem with the battery powered sights...they are too bright and obscure the target area in my experience. I tried a few models when they first hit the market...way before the laws...thinking it would give me an edge and able to shoot later. Nope. The darker it gets...the more lighted sights obscure the target.

This. I tried one years ago. The first night that I hunted with it, a rely nice buck came in at last light. I went to draw and I couldn't see a damn thing. I've been shooting a fiber optic sight that has multiple wraps since then. 

[OtiscoPaul]

11 hours ago, Buckstopshere said:

I've been using the fiber optic sight pins for quite a few years. They gather light, solar. The problem with the battery powered sights...they are too bright and obscure the target area in my experience. I tried a few models when they first hit the market...way before the laws...thinking it would give me an edge and able to shoot later. Nope. The darker it gets...the more lighted sights obscure the target.

This is my exact experience.

[TurtleFace]

I was incredibly excited to have a lighted pin set up come with my bow until I tried to use it during practice. So far where I've hunted I'll either see the deer or I wont. The light is going to do me more harm than good. Who knows about the next stretch of land though...

[zeus1gdsm]

Another instance where it helps is in a blind at first and last legal times.

Least that's where I use it.

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[PREDATE]

Logic tells me that they're not for shooting with it on, but rather to simply give the fiber optic pins a little boost.
That's all I use it for and only if I see the deer coming and have time.

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[OtiscoPaul]

4 minutes ago, PREDATE said:

Logic tells me that they're not for shooting with it on, but rather to simply give the fiber optic pins a little boost.
That's all I use it for and only if I see the deer coming and have time.

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I never thought of it this way and it makes sense especially if in a ground blind.

 

[TurtleFace]

This makes a lot more sence now. I'll have to experiment with that.

[Buckstopshere]

46 minutes ago, PREDATE said:

Logic tells me that they're not for shooting with it on, but rather to simply give the fiber optic pins a little boost.
That's all I use it for and only if I see the deer coming and have time.

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All you need to do, instead of fussing with a lighted pin to augment the fiber optics is carry a little AA battery pen light. Hold it on the fiber optic nexus on the riser for a minute to give you that extra couple of minutes.

[Lawdwaz]

My HHA sight gathers so much light it amazes me...........in the slightest amount of light they are still "lit". 

[Buckmaster7600]

My HHA sight gathers so much light it amazes me...........in the slightest amount of light they are still "lit". 

I have owned a ton of different sights and have settled on HHA for this reason. I have the light on it for hunting other states with longer legal times but still haven't turned it on in the woods.


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