Author Topic: Who bareshaft tunes (Read 3667 times)

valleysniper · « **on:** March 21, 2019, 08:47:29 PM »

Who bareshaft tunes and who doesn't. Is it worth the trouble ?

Tedd · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:00:52 PM »

I can't stop bare shaft tuning!

valleysniper · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:03:17 PM »

Just asking because I grew up with all trad shooters and none of them did. I've been trying but am having little success. Seems like most do these days

jhinaz · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:07:14 PM »

Yep, I bare shaft tune. - John

9 Shocks · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:08:27 PM »

I do. I have found that to be successful at it you have to have a consistent release. If you collapse or have a bad release it will not work well and you wont have consistent results.

Tedd · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:10:13 PM »

Valley, It is vey easy to do. If you are not having any luck then chances are something is way off.

Tedd

valleysniper · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:13:20 PM »

Im shooting 400 spine with 150 up front Cant get rid of nock high.....driving me nuts

valleysniper · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:17:05 PM »

Forgot the rest....lol draw 30" arrow is 31

Bldtrailer · « **Reply #8 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:30:59 PM »

I bare shaft tune it's worth it

valleysniper · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:32:25 PM »

any suggestions to get rid of Nock High I've tried raising and lowering the nocking point

Yooper-traveler · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:39:10 PM »

Are you adjusting your nock just touch? Did you tie on a second nock? How far are you shooting?

valleysniper · « **Reply #11 on:** March 21, 2019, 09:42:50 PM »

Im only shooting 15 yds. I am going to try with another nocking point below also

Yooper-traveler · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2019, 10:09:15 PM »

Try that. See if it helps. You can also work down a 16th or so at a time to see if you can get rid of it. I assume you are grouping bare and fletched together, and the spine is good, otherwise solve that first.

stevem · « **Reply #13 on:** March 21, 2019, 10:46:58 PM »

I look at it this way- Without fairly good bare shaft flight, you are only getting good arrow flight because your feathers are steering in a big way. Then add a broadhead to the mix, and what might be ok arrow flight with a field point becomes difficult. With decent bare shaft flight, your feathers don't need to do a lot. I missed a nice elk this fall because of poor arrow flight, which I attribute to not enough practice with broadheads (most were flying pretty good). When I bare shaft tested things were bad. Once I added 75 grains upfront both the bare shaft and broadhead (on fletched arrows) flight improved a lot.

McDave · « **Reply #14 on:** March 21, 2019, 11:11:15 PM »

I bare shaft tune always. If you can’t get rid of nock high, it is probably a form issue of some kind or another. Either you are pressing down on the nock with your index finger if your grip is split fingers, or perhaps you’re not putting enough pressure on your index finger and putting too much pressure on your ring finger if you shoot 3 under. This can also be a problem if you’re using arm muscles rather than back tension to draw the bow. Fortunately, doing all of these things correctly will improve your accuracy as well as your tuning, so they’re worth checking out.

trad_bowhunter1965 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2019, 01:13:06 AM »

Quote from: McDave on March 21, 2019, 11:11:15 PM

I bare shaft tune always. If you can’t get rid of nock high, it is probably a form issue of some kind or another. Either you are pressing down on the nock with your index finger if your grip is split fingers, or perhaps you’re not putting enough pressure on your index finger and putting too much pressure on your ring finger if you shoot 3 under. This can also be a problem if you’re using arm muscles rather than back tension to draw the bow. Fortunately, doing all of these things correctly will improve your accuracy as well as your tuning, so they’re worth checking out.

DITTO
I bare shaft tune and I like a little nock high I think it's better feather clearance I just want everything field points and broadheads to group.

fujimo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2019, 01:15:59 AM »

maybe this will help, are you shooting with your bow truly vertical?
that was always my issue- i like to shoot the bow with a bit of cant, then when i was trying to bareshaft- shooting straight up in a forced position seemed to effect my form, as it wasnt a position i was used to.

so now i shoot in my natural canted position, BUT i also tilt my target centerline over to match my bow cant angle- then my results were more accurate- otherwise a weak or stiff shaft can look like a nock high or nock low shot.

valleysniper · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2019, 02:22:54 AM »

I do suspect it is form related, after a 2 year layoff I'm definitely not that smooth on release. I just think it will take some time

valleysniper · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2019, 02:37:14 AM »

I wonder if switching to a tab might smooth out my release....just thinking out loud

Friend · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2019, 04:22:06 AM »

I utilize bareshaft tuning at abbreviated distances if suspect a possible gross arrow spine mismatch.

I utilize the bareshaft planing method for distances out to 40 yards.

Have had many practise sessions where I just shoot bareshafts.

Have often forgone both bareshaft tuning methods and simply broadhead tune out to 35 yards.

The yardage distance numbers have been detetermined based on firmly established personal confidence.


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