COBRA ARCHERY
Cobra was one of the first companies to manufacture spooled fiber sights that produce super bright aiming points for low light visibility. This year, they have become the first to add an external light source to their spooled sights to increase their flexibility. The UV light source lights all three pins. The new sight is ideal for hunters who sometimes find themselves in ground blinds where ambient light is nearly nonexistent. (800) 352-6272 www.cobraarchery.com

COPPER JOHN
Round sight bodies have advantages over other shapes because they permit you to center their entire perimeter inside a large peep sight for better low light visibility without losing accuracy. The Copper John Dead Nuts Pro Series sights have round housings and five bright fiber optic pins that are bent to permit zero pin gap. Pro Series sights are extremely adjustable for level, windage and elevation. (315) 258-9269 www.copperjohn.com

WASP
The Boss and Boss Bullet are fixed-blade heads with minimal blade surface to reduce wind planing at high arrow speeds. The Boss Bullet has unvented blades, a 1-inch cutting diameter and weighs 75 or 100 grains while the standard Boss has vented blades and a 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter. It weighs 100 grains. Both styles feature Wasp’s aggressive stainless steel Smart Tip that has cutting edges that line up with the broadhead’s blades. (860) 283-0246 www.wasparchery.com

ROCKET AEROHEADS
The new Recon has blades that open from the back forward, driven open when the sharpened tip moves backward at impact. This eliminates any lost energy caused by long blades opening from the front backward. The two-blade Recon comes in two weights: 100 and 125 grains, both with a 1 1/2-inch cutting width. The blades are fully enclosed so this head flies like a field point. (800) 762-0281 www.rocketaerohead.com

SIGHTS

MONTANA BLACK GOLD
The most visible aiming points are at the end of long spooled filaments of fiber. Montana Black Gold put this concept to work in their Skylight sight. The fibers of the new sight are spooled on top of the sight body where they are unlikely to break even with hard hunting and where they can gather light easily. The four-pin sight is machined from aluminum and the pins fully contain and protect the .030-inch-diameter fibers. The sight has a built-in level. (406) 586-1117 www.blackgoldsights.com

VITAL BOW GEAR
Pendulum sights permit bowhunters to aim dead-on from a tree stand for all distances from 5 to roughly 30 yards without the need to estimate distance. The new Camel Back Pendulum from Vital Bow Gear features 3 feet of wrapped fiber that produce a very bright single green aiming point. An inner sight frame pivots within an outer, protective frame to compensate for shot distance. You can also lock the sight to keep it from swiveling. (208) 232-5764 www.vitalbowgear.com

HI VIZ
Bowhunters are always looking for ways to eliminate their peep sight for better visibility without giving up consistency and accuracy. Hi Viz offers a realistic alternative. Their XCel HD sight is a fiber optic pin sight with a rear X-shaped sight aperture. You line the rear sight up with the front pin, in much the same way you would with a gun, thereby eliminating the need for a peep sight. (800) 589-4315 www.hivizsights.com

TOXONICS
Toxonics has taken a slightly different approach to spooled fiber with its K9 series of sights. The spool is located in the dovetail adjustment bracket where aluminum surrounds it on two sides for protection. Toxonics has also encased the spool in clear plastic. The K9 Five has five .029-inch-diameter fiber pins and a reversible extension bar that you can flip to fit the sight window of every bow. (636) 639-8502 www.toxonics.com

FUSE
Introduced as part of the new Fuse product line, the Buckhorn sight has a machined outline of a nice 10-point buck on the mounting plate and five elastic ShockRods around the perimeter of the round sight head. The ShockRods soak up vibration. The sight has five fiber optic pins (you can choose between spooled fiber and standard pins) and a bubble level. It’s a cool, very functional sight. (801) 363-2990 www.fusearchery.com

TRUGLO
If anyone understands fiber optic filaments for archery sights it is Truglo. Truglo was the first company to bring this technology to the archery market in the mid-’90s. Their product line continues to evolve and improve each year. Their latest sight is the Tru-Site Xtreme. It features a very streamlined design with a round pin guard and five spooled fiber optic pins. The fiber wraps around the aluminum pin guard to gather the maximum amount of light. The glow-in-the-dark ring around the sight body makes alignment easier in low light and also illuminates the sight’s distinctive red level. (972) 774-0300 www.truglo.com