How to Put a Laser Sight on a Brown Bear Bow

A laser sight on your bow will allow you to dial in your weapon and hit your target consistently. Laser sights also work well in low-light situations and increase your available hunting time, since it's easier to see at night with a laser than a fiber-optic or standard sight. The challenge of mounting a laser sight to an older bow like the Brown Bear is the bow's wooden riser. Drilling into that riser could jeopardize the structural integrity of the weapon. Using a simple workaround you can attach the laser sight to your bow without damaging it.

Things You'll Need

  • Laser sight with universal bow mount
  • Rubber mouse pad
  • Scissors
  • 2 zip ties
  • Allen keys
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Instructions

    • 1

      Choose where you want to place the laser sight on your bow's riser. A good place is about 4 inches above the hand grip, on the same side as the arrow rest.

    • 2

      Cut a strip off a rubber mouse pad, 2 inches wide.

    • 3

      Thread the two zip ties through the universal sight mount. Wrap the riser with the strip of rubber mouse pad. Fasten the zip ties around the rubber and riser about 1 inch apart, and secure tightly. Attach the remote on/off switch to the bow's hand-grip with the adhesive strip that comes with the laser sight.

    • 4

      Adjust the laser sight. Go to an archery range and zero in on your operating range, typically 30 or 40 yards. Set the left/right adjustment and tweak the elevation adjustment using the Allen keys, until you are hitting bull's-eyes.