Tag Archives: bow tuning

Compound Bow Maintenance: A Season-Long Care Routine

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A practical compound bow maintenance routine covering cams, cables, strings, limbs, and storage so your rig stays quiet, accurate, and safe all season.

Let-Off Explained: How Compound Bows Ease Your Holding Weight

John Dudley in a full draw with a compound bow.

Let-off is the mechanical magic that lets a compound archer hold a heavy bow at full draw with almost no effort. Here is how it works and how to use it.

Draw Weight Selection Guide: Matching Your Bow to How You Shoot

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A complete draw weight selection guide covering discipline, body type, let-off, arrow spine, and safe progression so you pull the poundage that actually fits your shooting.

Hunting Compound Bows: How to Match a Rig to Your Quarry

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A field-first guide to choosing a hunting compound bow — how draw weight, speed, axle length, and let-off actually translate to clean kills on whitetail, elk, and everything in between.

Bare Shaft Tuning: 7 Steps to Perfect Arrow Flight

Bare shaft tuning setup with a compound bow, fletched arrow and bare shaft

Bare shaft tuning shows you exactly what your bow is doing wrong. Follow these 7 steps to read the results and get perfect arrow flight and broadhead accuracy.

Draw Length Measurement: How to Find Your True Fit

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Draw length measurement is the single spec that makes or breaks your shot. Learn how to measure it accurately, why it matters, and how to dial it in on a compound bow.

Brace Height Explained: 5 Proven Ways to Tune It

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Quick Answer: Brace height is the distance from the deepest part of your bow’s grip to the string when the bow is strung but not drawn. A lower brace height gives you a faster arrow but punishes bad form; a higher one is slower, quieter, and more forgiving. You measure it with a bow square […]

FOC in Archery: What Your Arrow’s Balance Really Does

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Total arrow weight and FOC decide how deep an arrow drives and how forgiving it flies. Here’s how balance point works, how to calculate it, and how to tune it.

Arrow Rests Compared: Drop-Away, Whisker Biscuit & Launcher

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Arrow rests compared head-to-head: how drop-away, full-containment, and launcher rests actually differ, and which one belongs on your compound bow.

Nocking Points and D-Loops: The String Interface That Governs Accuracy

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Your arrow meets the string at one tiny junction. Here’s how nocking points and D-loops work together to set arrow height, eliminate nock pinch, and keep every shot consistent.