Broadhead tuning question
 

I am new to archery, in fact i'm new to hunting. I purchased a bow 3 weeks ago and have been shooting just about every day. I finally have it where i'm shooting good groups at 20 yards with 100g field tips. I bought Muzzy 3 blade 100g broadheads and tried them. They are less consistant and shoot about 4 inches to the left of the bull. Is this normal? Not sure if it matters but I am shooting a Whisper Biscuit rest.

RE: Broadhead tuning question
 

danny, I'd suggest starting here and downloading the Tuning Guide.

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

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Thanks Bob, I will. I'll take all the good advice I can get. I want to be ready for fall

RE: Broadhead tuning question
 

Danny, It sounds like you've got a tuning problem, meaning that the arrow is not leaving the bow properly.
The guide will help you correct it, or at least to understand it if you choose to have someone else help you.

Puting fins on the front end of an arrow (like a fixed-blade broadhead) will amplify any error that exists in your arrow's flight. When everything is set just right, broadheads and field points will hit the same point at any range, barring a crosswind that will affect BH's more.

When you think you have it paper-tuned or bare-shaft tuned pretty well, try broadheads again and see how close you are.
Then make your final adjustments, and verify your point of impact at several distances all the way out to your max shooting distance. If deer season comes and you're still having minor problems, you can just shorten your range to a distance where things are working well and your groups are still relatively small.

Kudos to you for not being one of those guys who is trying to get together a new setup the week before deer season opens.

Good luck.
-Bulz

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Thanks Bulzeye. Looks like I have a lot of work to do. Like you said I do have time though. I went through the same thing last year while trying to learn about gun hunting. My 12 year old daughter told me last July that she wanted to try hunting. Neither one of us had ever shot a gun so we did a lot of research together. practiced at the range all summer. Our first day out was on a youth hunt together on public land. She got a deer at 128yds with a 30-30. Now she wants to shoot a bow so we are learning that together too.
It's been more fun than I could ever have imagined.

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Good for you Danny,This is a great sport to do with the family.My daughter and I have spent many quality hours in the field together.The sad part is she has already killed a bigger buck than I have and she is only 10.[:o]




You need to find a QUALITY bow shop in your area and be a sponge.Absorb everything you can.Also try and find some 3-d shoots in your area.There are many helpfull people there and the practice is second to none.Don't be afraid or embarrased because everyone there was a begginer at one point in time.;)

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Ok so i tried the paper tune thing tonight. The fletching was on the right of the nock and low. I had an experienced friend shoot and his result was the same. the bow's center shot was set by the pro shop and looked correct. but yet the paper tune was off. Since the fletching was left I can understand why when I shoot the muzzy fixed broadhead instead of the field tips it winds up well left of the target (the field tips were right on out to 50 yards). The problem is that to get the paper shot to look good my nock was 3/4 of an inch high on the string and the whisper biscuit was so far off to the side that it looked like the arrow should come off the bow and hit the guy next to me. Yet the paper looked good. I could move the pins way over to the left and the shot would hit the target but you can see how far off center I am by just looking at it.

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TFOX.. Thats great that your daughter got herself a nice buck. I was way more happy when my daughter shot her deer than when I got mine. I got mine at 60 yards. My daughter seems to think that was too easy since hers was over 125.

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http://www.broadheadtests.com/TUNING.html

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The sad part being that you had to go buy new shirts cause your chest swelled so much I'm sure!!!;):D