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.
Tag Archives: compound bow tuning
Nine proven fixes to make a compound bow quieter for bowhunting — from string silencers and limb dampeners to heavier arrows and a string stop.
Quick Answer: Paper tuning a compound bow means shooting an arrow through a suspended sheet of paper from about 6 to 8 feet away and reading the tear it leaves. A clean round hole means your arrow is flying straight. A tear with tails pointing up, down, left, or right tells you exactly which way […]
Bareshaft tuning is the fastest honest read you can get on a compound bow. Strip the fletching off two identical arrows, shoot them next to a fletched group at 10 yards, and the unfletched shaft tells you exactly which way the bow is fighting your form. Paper tuning catches gross errors. Bareshaft tuning catches the […]
Whisker biscuit arrow rest pros, cons, setup and tuning — plus the honest accuracy gap vs drop-away rests every bowhunter should know in 2026.
How to sight in a compound bow in 7 steps: bow check, 20-yard pin, multi-pin stacking, sight tape calibration, and field verification.
A step-by-step compound bow tuning guide covering cam timing, cam lean diagnosis, arrow rest centershot, and paper tuning so your bow shoots bullet holes.
The four arrow rest types you actually need to know are full-containment (whisker biscuit), drop-away (cable-driven and limb-driven), launcher (prong), and blade. Pick the wrong one and your fletchings shred, your groups open up at 40 yards, and your $1,200 compound bow shoots like a pawn-shop special. Pick the right one and a $40 rest […]
Broadhead tuning made simple: a 6-step sequence to make hunting heads group with field points out to 50 yards before opening day.
Read an arrow spine chart correctly: how draw weight, arrow length, and point weight set your spine — plus paper tuning, bare shaft, and broadhead checks.










