Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Dirty Mike on April 30, 2012, 12:51:07 PM
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How many people tune there broad heads, how do you go about doing it, does it really make a difference? Im shooting 3 blade and however they screw on is how I shoot, and they seem to do good as is
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Are you talking about nock tuning or aligning your BH blades with your fletching?
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I spin test all my broadhead / arrow combos. If they don't spin perfect I switch the broadhead to a different arrow & keep at it till I have 6 perfect spinners. Then I number them on the nock and shoot each one to confirm flight. I shoot them @ 50 yards & keep track of how each one shoots, any bad fliers are out. My best shooter is # 1 in my quiver for hunting season & I have a lot of confidence in it. I used to just screw them in & shoot one only to confirm my broad head hit the same as my field points till one year I shot them all and was shocked at how different they flew. My broad head groups are night & day better then they were before I started testing & shooting and the confidence I gain in my process is huge. Definitely worth the effort. Mike
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If your field points and broad heads are hitting in the same place on your target, your bow is tuned. If not, you need to finish tuning you bow. Once that is done, you need to spin test all your arrows with a BH on them. If they do not spin perfectly, you can shave down the front of your arrow using the G5 Arrow Squaring device. This works fantastic, I have used it on arrows I thought were target only arrows because they did not fly well with BH's and now fly perfectly. Squaring the arrow is probably the most importand arrow tuning process. Aligning blades and fletching is something I have never had to do after squaring my arrows. I have had a few that will just not square and that is usually because I have shot the heck out it.
Get it, it works!!! :tup:
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Go see this thread. I posted some videos that'll be helpful to you with tuning your arrows and broadheads.
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=94944.0
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if yer bow is tuned to perfection you should have few issues. i personally weigh all my arrows to make sure they all are with in 5 grains of each other. I think to often people over look this when setting up (tuning) they hit low high it can be the weight of yer arrow just some for for thought. also make sure yer bow is tuned to perfection. it is not un commen to be a inch left or right, just make the adjustments and you should be fine.
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I spin test all my broadhead / arrow combos. If they don't spin perfect I switch the broadhead to a different arrow & keep at it till I have 6 perfect spinners. Then I number them on the nock and shoot each one to confirm flight. I shoot them @ 50 yards & keep track of how each one shoots, any bad fliers are out. My best shooter is # 1 in my quiver for hunting season & I have a lot of confidence in it. I used to just screw them in & shoot one only to confirm my broad head hit the same as my field points till one year I shot them all and was shocked at how different they flew. My broad head groups are night & day better then they were before I started testing & shooting and the confidence I gain in my process is huge. Definitely worth the effort. Mike
Agree with you Mike :tup: shooting longer distances really gives you a good understanding on how well the BH is shooting. Remember there is a huge difference between sighting in and tuning. If your BH is impacting the same place as the field tip you most likely have a well tuned bow. When you have to adjust the sight to move the point of impact for your BH you should look at tuning the bow. I'll spend days tuning, arrows and bow, before a hunt.
