Suggested Tuning Distance?

[FerretWYO]

Paper tuning at long distance has never helped me. It seems by that time the fletching has corrected any major error in flight.

Though I seldom paper tune now I do know that I can shoot bullet holes from four feet to 25.

I bare shaft tune starting at 15ish yards and continue out to thirty or so. Once I am comfortable with the bare shaft results I fletch and start hunting.

[Fletcher]

Snag, high speed photography has shown that the arrow is still oscillating a long ways down range.  The oscillation isn't much tho, and doesn't mess with the hole in the paper.  I usually paper tune about 6 feet, not more than 10.  By 10 yards, you can't tell anything unless you are really off.

The arrow has set its flight angle/direction very quick off the bow.  You have to pick it up with the paper before the fletching has a chance to start straightening out the path.

[Steve O]

AND, if your form is off it will show up on the paper tuning as well as the bare shafting.  I think both methods, done correctly get you to the exact same point.

[Friend]

Start close, possibly five yards and then gradualy work my way back.

Your form and level of shooting competancy will dictate how far back you may go. Seems if I tune 25 yards and back, my BH's require less if any final adjustments. Often times I may have practise sessions with just bare shafts to identify and address form issues. I recently just finished tuning an Ultra-EFOC set-up out to 25 yards. I inserted the Large 1 1/2" 3 blade 'Big Three' and they would stay consistantly on spot at 20 yards.

Another viable way to bare shaft tune is to tune at your point-on distance. Once you have tuned using this method, then you should have nailed it. It is a worthy double check to verify you have nailed it by bareshaft testing at 3 to 4 yards.

[Flying Dutchman]

Papertuning is meant for short distances only, say 5 to 7 feet.

If you want to tune on bigger distances, then bareshafting is the way.

[cacciatore]

Yes paper tuning is made also from 3 feet in front of the point.I did that when I was shooting compounds like Chuck Adams teached.
Then I always double checked with my BHs.