Getting ready for an elk hunt in idaho and have to use fixed blade per idaho law. I am shooting ram cat 100 grain and they are hitting to the right of my field tips. I used these same broad heads on a bear this year and they worked very well. For the bear hunt I adjusted my sights for the broad heads but would like to dial in both field tips and broad heads. What I have read so far says move my rest in small increments to the left till both heads hit same spot. Before I adjust I wanted to double check what the green screen says. Thoughts on how to dial it in?
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Move it a tad to the left. What is your center shot set at -
Sight your bow in with your broadheads. I have not shot a field point in several years. My FPs never did hit where my BHs did. Another set of wings on the front of your arrow will not always fly the same as a field point. That's my experience.
I like that Idaho law.Comment
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Paper tune your bow. Everything should shoot the same.Comment
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Thanks....center shot is set for Broad heads now but I like to practice everyday and would like to have them both hit the same if possible.Originally posted by hoyt21 View PostComment
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If your FP's and BH's are not hitting the same, then some tuning is needed. If they do not hit the same then you r penetration is at risk due to the fact the the arrows are not flying straight and it could cost you an animal.
This is pure and simple. Ask anyone that tunes their bow and has FP's hit the same as BH's and those that don't.Comment
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I must be ignorant on "paper tuning" and all the new and fancy gizmos and gadgets for bows and arrows but with 20 years of bowhunting experience and scores of animals under my belt, how can a field point with optimal areo dynamics fly exactly the same as a BH with 3 blades, grabbing air and having it swoop around the blades, not to mention more wind drag acting upon it. Your adding another set of wings to your arrow that will react differently when shot......Originally posted by Mudslinger View Post
To me that's like saying with proper tuning a rifle barrel will shoot all bullets of the same weight in the exact spot.......Comment
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I just know it will with my 40+ years of hunting and seeing BH's not flying right. If the arrow does not fly true, then the BH cannot reach it's maximum penetration period. Yes you may have years of experience and many of harvested animals, but believe me, if your bow is not tuned and shoots BH's the same as FP's, then you are going to the field not as prepared as you could be. I ask you to do your research adn talk and ask poeple on here that have way more experience than you in the field and see wht they say. not bashing, but arrow flight that is not optimum will cost you one of these days and you might just regret it. Just saying. I have learned the hard way.Originally posted by UltraMax View Post
Nothing you have said about paper tuning and all the latest fancy gizmos and gadgets arre OLD!Last edited by Mudslinger; 07-27-2015, 08:51 PM.Comment
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You may be right, but I'll stick with what has worked for me all this time. I wasn't "bashing" either.Originally posted by Mudslinger View PostComment
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True, if it works, why change it, I agree 100%. Your bow may be tunes way better than you think. hard to go against 20 years of things happening with no problems! Good luck this upcoming season. Post some pics of your kills, would love to see them!Originally posted by UltraMax View PostComment
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Ok, so how does one do this tuning? I had the same issue last year (first year to bowhunt), my broad heads shot to the right of FPs. So I just adjusted my sights to the BH.
So how does this work?Comment
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Easton has a lot of tuning info on their sight. Paper tuning, walk back tuning and BH tuning. Google them, most will give you solid info.Comment
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My dad still kills deer every year with a Hoyt Pro Vantage with aluminum arrows and I can promise you, when The Native Americans brought my dad's bow over the Bering Straight, there was no such thing as "paper."Originally posted by Mudslinger View Post
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