Great tip!
08-20-2003, 04:48 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ALLEN PARK MI USA
Posts: 165
Great tip!
I read somewhere (probably here) to number your arrrows to see if any are consistantly off their mark. So, I numbered all of my arrows and started scoring them from 0 to 10 on a double ring target and found that 4 of my 19 arrows consistantly miss their mark. Now I know which of my arrows I will be taking into the woods and which will be staying back at camp.
08-20-2003, 05:30 AM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
Posts: 13,672
RE: Great tip!
Funny you should mention that, I start off ranking my arrows about 2 weeks before the season opens, I start off with 12 and usually will be down to what I call my hunting 6! I rank them also and the first one nocked is always #1.
08-20-2003, 05:45 AM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Great tip!
Duhhh .... that' s exactly why we tune our arrows. Now, if in your test you only had field points on..... you get to do it all over again, this time with broadheads. Let me make a suggestion. Just work with a couple arrows until you have them flying or classified as good or bad. When you find a good one with a broadhead, set it aside and continue on. When you have them all done, take the hunters(the good ones) and start over again. Just do 3 or 4 or 6 arrows a night. Now, just using the hunter pile shoot score and number them and put them in you quiver in order. When you' re done put in new inserts and don' t shoot the things until a deer steps in front of them. The reason I suggest you first select hunters and practice arrows is so that you' re more likely to get the NUMBERING system right the first time. Depending on you degree of acceptance and the tune of your equipment, you can figure on getting anywhere from 5-9 good arrrows from a dozen new ones.
08-20-2003, 10:39 AM
#5
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 138
RE: Great tip!
I usually number them, then make out a grid on paper. spin test each one with field point and BH. give them a score 1, 2 or 3. Then target practice at 30 yards (that gives time for the arrow to do its best to get off line.) rate them 1, 2, 3 on 10 shots ( I throw out any shots that I know I flinched bad on or threw the arrow) Then shoot 10 shots with a practice BH give each shot a 1, 2, 3.
Add them up and you have yourself the best arrows. Now that I know that they work awsome I don' t touch the top 6 untill hunting season. I usually will shoot one practice shot with each of them each week to make sure that everything is Nuts On.
Add them up and you have yourself the best arrows. Now that I know that they work awsome I don' t touch the top 6 untill hunting season. I usually will shoot one practice shot with each of them each week to make sure that everything is Nuts On.
08-23-2003, 06:31 PM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WA, USA
Posts: 143
RE: Great tip!
I do something similar. I number my arrows, then put on BH' s. I sight in at 20 yards using #1,2 and 3. If one of those 3 are consistently " out of the bull" I pull that one out and go to #4, etc. Once I have 6 that are always " dead nuts" I use those six arrows to practice, never shooting at the same spot twice, to avoid damaging the arrows. I too rank the accuracy of those 6 arrows. My #1 arrow (accuracy wise) is the first arrow in the quiver. I think that it is very important to practice with what you are going to hunt with to avoid surprises. It may take me a dozen sometimes two dozen arrows to find six that I will hunt with. I am THAT picky! I think the game we pursue deserves that level of commitment from us. Once the season starts, I change out the blades of course!