What would you do?

[BHunter32]

I had my hoyt xtec put on a hooter shooter and tuned at my pro shop. Once tuned it punched the same hole every shot. I decided to shoot it through paper the other night,(loaded quiver on the bow), and I got a consistant slight high left tear. The bow was tuned on the shooting machine without the quiver. Should I adjust the rest since it was tuned on something that is more consistant than me, to get a bullet hole, or leave it alone. I practice out to thirty yards which is about the furthest I can shoot in the areas I hunt, and can hit the vitals all day long. What would you do, any suggestions would be apppreciated. Thanks and good luck this season. Bhunter32.

[mrfritz44]

I've heard that a very slight high and left tear is actually favorable. I'd leave it alone.

[DaveC]

Here's where my disclaimer below comes in.

Can you hunt with a bow that was tuned with a hooter shooter and not TO the Archer who will be using it?
There has to be some sort of anchor point, shot sequence, mild torquing that the shooter places into the bow each shot that the machine cannot duplicate.

I'll be watching this thread for the pro's to answer.

[bow4life]

Gotta agree with Dave. Since a human is shooting the bow it should be tuned to the human shooting it. All paper tears aside a machine will throw arrows out of a grossly out of tune bow into the same hole. The human factor is the one to deal with.

[Paul L Mohr]

Unless you are going to hunt with the machine, I wouldn't worry about how it tuned with machine. I would throw some broad heads on and shoot it that way before I messed with it however. You may find that it shoots well, regardless of what the paper test shows.

If not there are two choices, set the bow up so it is tuned to you and how you shoot. Or modify your form and grip pressure until you get the same results as the machine did.

Paul

[BHunter32]

Thanks for the replies. I would agree with all of you on the fact that the person shooting the bow is who it should be tuned to. I just thought that it would be hard for me to match the consistancy of the machine. By the way this is the first time I ever had a bow put on a hooter shooter, that is why I am curious. Hey wouldn't that freak the deer out to look up in a tree and see a hooter shooter with a bow on it. It would look like a machine gun nest.. Keep the replies coming on this one. I am shooting a hoyt xtec, nap quick-tune 3000 micro rest, 30 inch carbon express 3d selects, with 3, 4 inch duravanes fletched at 4 degrees, a loop, and scott rhino release.

[Bees]

I would bet that most all the newer model bows from any of the manufactures would shoot repeatable shots if the human was removed from the equation..

[Kanga]

IMO the Hooter Shooter is a great tool for selecting arrows.
Keep those that shoot into the same hole and those that dont are your practice arrows.

As far as tuning goes I agree with the others your not going to hunt with your bow in the HS so tune it to your shooting style.