I think we do it all backwards

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

Seems as if everyone messes and fusses with their setup all summer long, then shortly before season we find out our broadheads don't fly right.
Seems to me we should pick our broadheads in early in the spring, make sure they shoot then fuss to get the field points to fly like the broadheads.
Years ago a guy told me to shoot the best arrow I could afford and the cheapest bow I could get away with.. That logic still has value.. I might add that we should pick our broadheads first, then the best arrow we can find to carry them, and worry about the bow later.

[daveycrockett]

That's my way, has been for 20 years or so.

[Orion]

I agree.  Twenty-30 years ago, most of the tournaments around here were shot with broadheads at deer cardboard silhouette targets.  We shot broadheads year round.  Didn't really start shooting a lot of field tips until 3-D targets came in.  

Folks also seem to have a lot of trouble tuning the arrows to their bows nowadays, or at least seem to spend an inordinate amount of time doing it.  

I've always shot wood arrows, but never found it very difficult or time consuming to tune them.  Most bows, even those that aren't centershot, will shoot a fairly wide range of spines, as long as they aren't underspined.  Have been shooting Zwickeys for many years, and have added STOS, Magnus and Howard Hills in the last few years.  Only adjustment I have to make is to hold a little higher when I shoot the heavier broadheads.

[bkupris]

My hunting bow never shoots field points. I get my bear greenies flying good and leave well alone.

[mike g]

I never could understand people who say that they can't get a Broadhead to fly on there set up....
    To me that means that there ste up is wrong with field tips, All you should do is switch a same weight Fieldtip with a Broadhead and go Hunting....
    I think some people are just intimidated by useing a Broadhead and this cause lack of form or release, I know I was, so I went out in the yard and shot broadheads for a long time, Now I care less what I'm shootin.
    Thats just my Opinon of course.......

[Bonebuster]

I also agree. The most important thing is getting your broadhead where you want it.

I too get a broadhead to fly first and then replace them with field tips. A perfect flying field tipped arrow means nothing if a broadhead causes your arrow to fly like a 747 with only one wing.

I am not a tuning guru, I have just been lucky.
Broadhead flight has never really been a problem.

[Ketzi]

I agree with Mike. Since I mounted the 175 grain tips, no problems with the heavy Grizzlys at all.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

I'll go a bit further, in that I have never had a broadhead that spun true, do anything other than fly right. But then there are a lot of heads I haven't shot.
Actually I have had more problems with nock causing arrows to go astray than I have had with heads.

[Roger Norris]

"I think some people are just intimidated by useing a Broadhead and this cause lack of form or release, I know I was, so I went out in the yard and shot broadheads for a long time, Now I care less what I'm shootin."

I agree 100%. I shoot field points quite a bit, but I always have a fe broadheads handy, and shoot them regular. Also, aside from getting a new bow, I don't realy change much from season to season...less suprises in September that way.

[Terry Green]

I don't know of, or hunt with anyone, that does the original senario in the 1st post.  The 'everyone's' I know and hunt with with have their ducks in a row year round.

Maybe a 'lot' of people starting out for their 1st season do, but not seasoned hunters.

And, for what ever its worth, I've never had a problem with field points, judoes, or multiple Bheads(even of different weight) not flying like any other head on my prefered shaft.

I do believe people should shoot Bheads more often, as that's the money shot when we hunt.

[Roger Norris]

Terry - I also have never had a broadhead that wouldn't fly right. I have expeimented quite a bit with different point weights, and I amazed at the wide range of weights I can get away with. I strongly believe that a windplaning or porposing broadhead is just a bad release, being magnified by the possibly more sensative, less arrow dynamic broadhead.

[Osagetree]

Originally posted by Earl E. Nov...mber:
 Years ago a guy told me to shoot the best arrow I could afford and the cheapest bow I could get away with.

That was one smart cracker!

[30coupe]

For some reason, my broadheads seem to shoot better than any field point I have found. Maybe I just concentrate better with the BH's. I practice year-round, mostly with field points, but I do take a few shots with the broad heads every week. If they hit where I look, I figure the rest of the practice is doing the trick!