Broad heads vs Practice tips
07-26-2007, 12:14 PM
#2
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 4,127
RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
Download Easton's tuning guide. If you start out with arrows that you know are spined correctly for your bow, you should be able to tweak the nocking point and arrow rest to get the two types of points to shoot to the same (or very close to the same) spot.
07-26-2007, 03:53 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 461
RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
I have my bow tuned so that it fly's straight, just eyeing it. I use Spitfire and they fly excatly the same as my broadheads. I also tried 4 blade muzzy and they shoot just like my field tips too. I have tried to paper tune my bow and get it exact but I still have trouble with some broadheads flying straight. Those have always produced for me so thats what I use.
07-27-2007, 08:51 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 3,073
RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
Yup. Easton's Tuning Guide. There's a good graphic that tells you what to adjust depending where your broadheads are grouping compared to where your field points are shooting.
07-27-2007, 08:58 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Happy Jack, Az.
Posts: 173
RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
You can definitely tune your broadheads to hit the same or nearly the same as your field points. However, if your bow is shooting really good and you don't want to mess with fine tuning for broadhead flight, try Rage broadheads. They come with a practice head in the package and the actual broadheads fly just like your field points. They are mechanical broadheads but they open rearward and not over the top. The entry hole is just as large as the exit hole with these broadheads. Good hunting!!
07-27-2007, 09:14 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cenral Illinois
Posts: 3,180
RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
ORIGINAL: jdbowhunter
You can definitely tune your broadheads to hit the same or nearly the same as your field points. However, if your bow is shooting really good and you don't want to mess with fine tuning for broadhead flight, try Rage broadheads. They come with a practice head in the package and the actual broadheads fly just like your field points. They are mechanical broadheads but they open rearward and not over the top. The entry hole is just as large as the exit hole with these broadheads. Good hunting!!
You can definitely tune your broadheads to hit the same or nearly the same as your field points. However, if your bow is shooting really good and you don't want to mess with fine tuning for broadhead flight, try Rage broadheads. They come with a practice head in the package and the actual broadheads fly just like your field points. They are mechanical broadheads but they open rearward and not over the top. The entry hole is just as large as the exit hole with these broadheads. Good hunting!!
07-27-2007, 12:20 PM
#9
Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
Why would anyone settle for marginal tuning? The worst choice is to shoot a mechanical if you haven't taken the time to tune your set-up.
If you have taken the time and tuned, you can shoot "any" broadhead.
The main reason mechanicals have such a bad name is because those archersdidn't take the necessary time and make the effort to tune their set-up properly. I have never shot a mechanical. Not that I don't think they aren't effective, because any fixed position bh flies out of any of my bows.
Every bowhunter owes it to the game they hunt to expecting the most out of their equipment through proper set-up/tuning proceedures.
There's absolutely no excuse if one doesn't.
If you have taken the time and tuned, you can shoot "any" broadhead.
The main reason mechanicals have such a bad name is because those archersdidn't take the necessary time and make the effort to tune their set-up properly. I have never shot a mechanical. Not that I don't think they aren't effective, because any fixed position bh flies out of any of my bows.
Every bowhunter owes it to the game they hunt to expecting the most out of their equipment through proper set-up/tuning proceedures.
There's absolutely no excuse if one doesn't.
ORIGINAL: jdbowhunter
You can definitely tune your broadheads to hit the same or nearly the same as your field points. However, if your bow is shooting really good and you don't want to mess with fine tuning for broadhead flight, try Rage broadheads. They come with a practice head in the package and the actual broadheads fly just like your field points. They are mechanical broadheads but they open rearward and not over the top. The entry hole is just as large as the exit hole with these broadheads. Good hunting!!
You can definitely tune your broadheads to hit the same or nearly the same as your field points. However, if your bow is shooting really good and you don't want to mess with fine tuning for broadhead flight, try Rage broadheads. They come with a practice head in the package and the actual broadheads fly just like your field points. They are mechanical broadheads but they open rearward and not over the top. The entry hole is just as large as the exit hole with these broadheads. Good hunting!!
07-30-2007, 08:31 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 461
RE: Broad heads vs Practice tips
I have killed deer with my bow for years without problem. As long as I am confident and know that everytime I shoot at a deer it is going to be a good shot that is all that matters. And as far as I'm concerned Spitfire broadheads are the best on the market