K.I.S.S. ..... Keep It Simple Stupid
Forget all the gadgets, gizmos and trinkets. I have bowhunted for over 30 years and NEVER shot a bow through a chronograph. I think expandable broadheads should be outlawed because they are a chance that doesnt need to be taken. I have no idea about the kinetic energy of any set-up I have ever used. You have a good bow now just get some properly spined arrows and quality broadheads and start practicing. This aint rocket science. "Bowhunter" is a 2 part word, "bow" and "hunter". Too many focus too much attention on the "bow" part and neglect the "hunter" part. The more junk you have on your bow the more you have to go wrong at the moment of truth. The very best hunters that I know have the simplest bow set-ups. It doesnt matter how good you shoot your bow on the range, if you cant get game animals in range then you will never kill them and this is the same whether you are after a doe or a monster buck. Get a simple bow set-up, practice with it and focus on becoming a better hunter. You will be much more successful than if you switch this formula around. Good luck
Outdoor writer,
K.I.S.S. is a very old acronymn to me. Hopefully, you're using it as a broad application and not directing it at me.
I understand what you said above and I agree one hundred percent,....with most of it. I don't have ANY gadgets on my bow. I have a short stabilizer, a sight, a rest,a loop and a peep. That's it, and that's all I want. Here'sa question for you, though. You said to get some properly spined arrows and quality broadheads and start practicing. To someone who is new, like myself, who is going to determine what a properly spined arrow is? The pro-shop owner? That didn't work for me. I doubt I would have ever been successful in getting a fixed blade broadhead to fly accurately with the underspined arrows I was sold. Yes, I know how fast I'm shooting and how much KE the arrow is packing, but I also know that speed is over-rated and just about everyone packs enough KE to get a passthrough on a whitetail deer.
For a new hunter following your above advice, I've got my properly spined arrows and quality broadheads. Do I just screw them on and practice,or are there some steps in there toproperly tune the broadheads? I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just trying to point out that to someone new, there are some steps in there to assembling a broadhead tipped arrowso that it willfly true that they don't know.
It pays to know some of those little details so that your broadhead practice isn't a discouragingexercise in frustration.