how to help a buddy
my buddy just bought his buddies used bow. when he test shot it, it shot great....with broadheads. the previous owner only practiced and sighted in with broadheads. had a bag full of fieldpoints he never used that came with arrows. never broadhead tuned. today he was shooting with me and our other buddy and he shot a couple arrows..all way right. hmmm i asked usual questions..watched him shoot etc. then he said it shot fine...but he was shooting broadheads. i was like DUHHH he sighted in with broadheads...you either gotta shoot broadheads like he did all the time, sight in for fieldpoints and then sight your broadheads back in...or be smart and broadhead tune by slightly adjusting your rest.
he gets mad EASY and said he hates the carbon arrows and they suck and alumanums he used to shoot never needed moved that much. i tried explaining to him but he didnt understand.
i didnt even bring up the fact that sighting in broadheads that are missing over a foot from your fieldpoints is a BAD idea anyways because of tune issues in general and wasted energy, bad penetration etc...
hes just super hard headed. he hates the fact that i know more about archery than he does and hes been doing it way longer(i just started last year..you guys added 20 years of expirience on to me lol) i am not pushy...just state what i know...
so now he cranked down the poundage..he didnt like it on 65 so now its on 60. who knows if the tiller is right...or ever was. and hes putting his WB on from his old bow. i told him put it on and take it to the shop to get tuned..hopefully he atleast does that..but he wont be broadhead tuned.
what do i do?? just let him do his own thing?? he gets furious when i speak pretty much..id hate something stupid, like a hard head, ruin a friendship...but id hate to see him out there with a poorly tuned bow...but i guess i could turn my head and let him do what he wants to do. i just know my bow will always be broadhead tuned...