At what distance do you shoot bare shaft?

[PaulDeadringer29]

I'm new to bare shafting. At 20yds, my arrow is going in dead straight. But it looks like it's flying nock left out to about 7-8 yds. Am I seeing paradox or should I be tuning at a shorter distance?

[Blackhawk]

I shoot from 5 to 20 yards and can usually get an idea.  A buddy shoots out to 30, so I suppose there is no "right" distance.

[Bjorn]

I can shoot 30 yds in my yard so that's where I end up. Paul you are seeing paradox. I prefer my BS to be a little weak to account for fletching. In my experience you can be too close, and not much shows up, at 20 yds and past, everything will show up.

[Stump73]

From 2yds to 30or morejust what ever I fell like.

[Bladepeek]

If my bareshaft and fletched arrows impact together, I don't worry about the angle of impact as it will be small. The fletching takes care of that.

[JRY309]

I start at 10 yds to make sure to hit the target if my spine choice is way off the start with.I then move back to 20 yds for finer tuning.

[lilbobby]

JRY309 x2!

[ishoot4thrills]

Exactly what Bjorn and Bladepeek said.

[mahantango]

X3! I don't worry about nock left/right, just point of impact. It would take a more perfect release than I have to eliminate the little wiggles with a bare shaft, but, when the spine is right and I can put bare shafts into a 4" group at 18yds, I know that the fletched shafts are going to fly great.

[PaulDeadringer29]

Interesting, I'm gonna see what happens when I shoot a bareshaft with a broadhead tomorrow.

[macbow]

Paul there is no reason to shoot a bare shaft with a broadhead.
Your looking for the correct spine etc. A broadhead,will be like putting wings on the front. If it hits true or moves to the side etc. Won't tell you anything.

Many how to threads on bare shafting warn against using broadheads.

[PaulDeadringer29]

It seems like I read that on the ACS website on bareshafting.

[kennym]

Yup, it can also plane kind of wildly since there is no fletch to help keep it strait with the broadhead steering it.

I usually start at about 10 and have shot out to 30 but only with field points!

[Friend]

Typically concerned with nock position at approx. 5 yards to discern whether a shaft is far too weak or far too stiff...beyond that and out to 40 yards, I utilize the actual bareshaft vs fletched shaft impact points for tuning. Olympic archers may bare shaft tune out to approximately 70 yards.

[Friend]

Typically concerned with nock position at approx. 5 yards to discern whether a shaft is far too weak or far too stiff...beyond that and out to 40 yards, I utilize the actual bareshaft vs fletched shaft impact points for tuning. Olympic archers may bare shaft tune out to approximately 70 yards.

[Dave Lay]

I have found bareshafting with a broad head is not the greatest idea, I do shoot a fairly wide head in a delta but any kick at all will let it grab air and plane badly, possibly killing the neighbors cat or something , on bareshafting, like others I start about 10 yds to get a idea then back up to 20 or so

[cacciatore]

Around 30 yards after some 15 yards warm ups.

[PaulDeadringer29]

So does anyone notice an extreme left/right nock at close distance? Like I say, 20 yds it show dead straight/barely weak, but 7-8 yds it's way nock left and I'm wondering if this is just paradox?

[reddogge]

I start around 15 yards and work back. I observe the attitude of the arrow in flight. It will fly either straight, nock left, or nock right all the way to the target. Very easy to observe.

[stujay]

PD29 Don't try bare shafting a broadhead, it will not indicate proper shaft spine as the head will act as a wing...could actually be dangerous.