When you download eastons guide , it will say bareshaft tuneing for , recurve shooters useing a finger release or , compound shooters useing a finger release . If niether one of those apply to you then dont use that method . If you are a compound shooter useing a mecanical release , go to a diferant tuneing method . That is what the majority of archers use nowadays . I hunt , so broadhead tuneing is the most important/usefull to me.

In the past, I use to bare shaft test to check spine. Now, I never bare shaft test. I shoot a slightly too-stiff spine, so the testing is not helpful. After I discovered the huge spine range on a dozen typical carbons, I decided it was better to shoot them all on the stiff side, rather than some stiff and some weak. My broadhead grouping on a dozen arrows has improved since I've done this (compound with release). Final tuning should take place on the range with complete arrows.

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Bare shaft tuning is number one on my list. I've gotten much better fixed blade broadhead flight after bare shaft tuning my setups.
Pay no attention to fingers/recurve whatever. I shoot a mechanical release and I've been bare shaft tuning for years with excellent results.

Bowfanatic- can you describe your way of bare shaft tuning? Ive heard many ways from many people and I would like to hear your story.

I start out at 15 yards and get my nock position perfect first. Then I'll move right to 20-25 yards and work on verticle impact. I know from experience which arrows (spine) will work best with each setup , but for you the verticle adjustments will be a good indicator for if your using the proper spine or not. Once I've determined the spine is good , which by the way if it's not you'll notice imediately because your arrows can impact as much as a foot to the left or right , then I'll just fine tune by moving my rest (we're talking micro adjustments) until the bare shafts are impacting exactly the same as fletched shafts.
I cant speak for others but since I sh** canned the paper tuning and started this method I get much much better flight from fixed blade broadheads out to my maximum hunting yardage.