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.

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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

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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

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Danny , I take it your a left hand archer ?

After you have your arrows tuned , then its time to start with the bow . By that I mean , you should have the proper stiffness [spine] arrows , they need to be as close to identical as posable . And if you plan on shooting fixed broadheads [ which is what muzzys are] , Id sugest 5" fletching in the rear of your arrow . I like 5" feathers on a 4 degree offset , some others prefer vanes , IMO feathers work great through the wisker bisquet .

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ijimmy, No actually I shoot right handed. I've been reading the links that were sent on here and looking at everything that you guys have been posting. I had no idea there was so much to learn. The fortunate thing is that I have alot of time and enjoy shooting at targets. Eventually i'd like to shoot at a deer this October but if i'm not confident in where the arrow is going i'll wait until next year.
My daughter and I shot the gun all last summer preparing for fall and we both felt like if a deer presented itself it was going to be taken cleanly. I was confident on her first shot that if she actually pulled the trigger that the deer was going to be hit where she was aiming. Same with me
I'm looking forward to getting both of us to that same place with a bow and we are willing to put in the time

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In that case , I would recomend moveing your rest slightly inward towards the bow untill your broadhead equiped arrows , and your field tiped arrows hit in the same grouping . Then adjust your sights .

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Great that you shoot and hunt with your daughter.
Absolutely outstanding, as is your choice to limit your shooting at deer if things aren't right.

I hope I am as lucky to have my daughter interested in the outdoor things I love to do.
I've got a few years left, since she's just 2 1/2, but I've already got her shooting a little 15# recurve about 5 feet.
It's the cutest thing. She'll do a countdown for me before each shot when I'm practicing in the basement. :)

Anyway, back to tech-talk...
We've heard you are right-handed, and your rest is has Whiskers, but how about some other info?

You've got a compound bow, right?
Do you use a release aide?
Were your arrows selected by the shop, or did you just grab some off the shelf?
Arrow selection is critical, as the rest and bow can only be adjusted to accomodate a given range of stiffness, and there are difinitely some spines that will work better for you than others.

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It is great to have my 12 year old daughter out there with me. Just watching her do all the right things including passing on good deer where the shot didn't feel right to her. I'm pretty lucky.

OK the specs

Fred Bear tr36 compound bow
53# draw weight
29" draw length
carbon gold tip XT camo hunter 3555 7.2g/inch cut at 29''
4 inch straight vanes
whisper biscuit rest
mechanical release
string loop
100g field tips and 100g muzzy 3 blade broadhead

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Oh and ordered through a local pro shop. They also cut them and put on the vanes