Tuning at point on distance

[swampthing]

Had a brainstorm before I went to sleep last night.  How about tuning/fine tuning broadheads at you point on distance?  Would this be counter productive to shooting at normal hunting ranges? Sounds good.

[Looper]

I don't know.  My point on distance with field tips is around 42 yards.  There's no way I'd shoot at big game at that distance.  That being said, my broadheads hit in the same spot at that distance.

You can certainly fine tune your broadhead flight at long distances. I've found 30 yards to be more than sufficient to get them to hit to the same spot.

[Bowmania]

When you say fine tuning, I assume you mean comparing FP and BH hitting in the same spot.  The same spot is attainable at 20 yards, it's not so attainable at 40, 50 or 60.  How would you know if it's the shot or the arrow?

Bowmania

[swampthing]

Get a bare shaft to hit at your point-on/dead-on to find proper spine. Now get similar spine hunting shafts to fly straight to the target, not up, not down, or left or right, but right in it. Sound like this would be advantageous. You know your shafts are tracking straight and are not being corrected by fletching, = more penetration, your shot's go straight.  Think this would work? How well?

[Ragnarok Forge]

It will work just fine.  I always check my field point to broadhead flight at 20, 30 and 40 yards.  30 yards is my point on distance with heavy arrows.  I find that as I extend my range I can see more obvious grouping differences and can take my arrow and bow tuning to an ultrafine level.  This allows me to take the questions of equipment out of the shooting equation.  The only thing messing up my shots then is me.  

I keep all hunting shots to 25 yards and less.

[Looper]

http://www.acsbows.com/bowtuning.html

Isn't this what you're talking about?

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

I can't see a downside to this.

[twitchstick]

I would also see no down side to this. I have always like to check my tuning jobs at longer yardages but never seen it as tool to micro tune. It should show flaws in broadhead tuning and your form. Thanx for the sharing.

[Bill Carlsen]

Whenever I have a shooting form problem i need to work on I do it at point on distances. At that distance minor errors really stand out.