I recommend reading this. It will help reduce your confusion on what tiller is and what it does.

http://domino.htcomp.net/ragsdale.nsf/aac7d56ca8fd884b852563be00610639/1bc90d86d7a36b9f862569d2001ab9e3?OpenDocument

Also download a copy of Easton's tuning guide at

http://www.eastonarchery.com/downloads/

There is a lot of good information in it.

277 fps is more than adequate for hunting.

That's an old wives tale started by the dunderheads at Mathews - nothing more than glaring misinformation in the name of pumping up sales by overstating the alleged 'benefits' of the single cam design.It certainlyDOES work on single cam bows.

Tiller affects the nock point location just as much on a single cam as it does on duals or hybrids. I got a single cambow 'set up' at a pro shop some years ago. It was shooting bulletholes in paper even though the nock was 3/4" BELOW square. I took it home, adjusted tiller properly, and afterwards it was shooting bulletholes with the nock perfectly square.

Pistol Pete, tiller refers to the bow, not to the arrows. It's the measurement taken from the belly side of the limbs at each end of the riser to the string. On a single cam bow, or any other bow where the top wheel is a different diameter than the bottom one, you have to stretch a string across both axles and measure to that.

For a starting point, the measurement should be the same on each end of the riser. Then, if you wish, you can fine tune the tiller to make the bow ride level in your hand during the draw and shot.

To do that, you hold the bow out and pull straight back on the string. Watch the sight. If it wants to pull up, you take a half turn off the top limb bolt or add a half turn to the bottom limb bolt, or both. If it wants to pull down, take a half turn off the bottom limb, add a half turn to the top limb, or both. Keep at it until the sight stays put as you draw the bow. It'll make the bow draw smoother, it'll have less recoil when you shoot,and hold it'll hold steadier as you aim.

Of course, you'll likely have to readjust your nock point afterwards.

So, are you saying we shouldn't believe everything we hear? [8D]

Only if it comes from a Mathews add.