Lady Arwen--

Paper tuning is nothing more than a tool to get " close" . Perfect bulletholes used to be the rule of thumb 20 years ago, but nowadays tuning is a little more " refined" and thus it has been found by many seasoned Pros that the best tear is between 1/4" and 3/8" tail high left at 11:00. This tear eliminates " knuckleballing" and gives the arrow purpose by ensuring a quick recovery and very consistent paradox.

Group tuning and " supertuning" (creep tune method, twin cam only) are the definitive means of complete and correct tuning. Sadly most never go that far in their process, and almost never at any true distance. (over 50 yds) I have personally found that most " close" group tunings can be made to hit efficiently at 20, 30, 40 and 50, but to get extremely accurate groupings at anything over 50, you really have to be subtle in your approach and small-increment adjustments are key. A quality micro-adjust rest can save you more headaches that you know when it comes to this also! Many times in the past I quickly roughed in a ' close' bullethole, then went out and group tuned, then creep tuned if a twin cam, and then went back in and threw the 11:00 tear as mentioned above. (right handed, compound, release) Nowadays for my personal use I know exactly which tear I am looking for, and so I try to tune to that, and check everything at distance afterwards, making small adjustments if needed. The final assessment must be up to you and your own form and setup configuration tho, this dictates what specific tear your best groups will produce. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12