A few years ago I tried moving my rest towards the dot because that was the conventional wisdom I found online and spent hours chasing my tail. I finally threw my hands up and decided to do the opposite since I had nothing to lose. Within 3 adjustments I was hitting together at 60 yds and laughed to myself the whole way home. Thank you for this video!
Ok so, 2 weeks ago I was having trouble grouping field points and broadhaeds together and getting really inconsistant shots. So I went right back to the start checking my nock point level to my rest, resetting my 1st,2nd and 3rd axis and then set about paper tuning. i was getting bullet holes with both bare and fletched shafts. I then tried the broadheads again same result 4 inches to the right of my field points!!! I checked out UA-cam and found a few video's, one of which you mentioned and set about doing as the said person described.. but that created more problems! Today I found your video and ripped the bow out of the case set the rest back to were it was pre said person and set about with your method. BOOOM!! Broadheads and field points together and just a minor sight adjustment to bring them back on target and Im ready to nail a big mountain boar in the morning!! Awesome video mate and well explained, makes much more sense. Keep up the awesome videos, Im a newby to the sport and need all the help I can get. Oh And happy new year from Down Under!
Literally had the same shit, I’m goin to try this tomorrow. I had just chalked it up to the bowtech revolt x has so much shit to tune and mess with. I was goin to aim 4 inches right when shooting a fixed blade, goin to fix this shit now !
Pattyboybx I had the original cams lock up on me, the bow shop had to poach a set just so I could get out opening week in Nebraska. I’m not goin to mess with the new ones until season is over.
@@tyhansen8 I actually stripped the sets screws that lock the cams. My shop called Bowtech and they actually sent me all new cams for free. It’s crazy that the screws themselves couldn’t be replace. Luckily this was done just in time. Yea I wouldn’t mess with anything at this point. Good luck this season.
4:20-5:00 you just saved me tons and years of misery tuning my broadheads with a hoyt. I’ve taken my bow into local pro shop and telling them I was having broadhead flight issues. They’d move my rest say I’m good send me on my way (don’t allow broadheads shot in their shop) get home to have the same problem. I just threw it on my press adjusted the buss cable and got perfect broadhead to field point flight. Thanks man.
You’re right. This channel is better than nock on, more in detail and helpful than most channels. I just got my first compound (Mathews traverse) after shooting only traditional my whole life. I’ve learned everything on the compound from this channel.
This channel is great, but I think the channel of the "black and green archer" is great too ! That guy has probably forgotten more things about bows than most of us will ever learn, however, what he said in his video about BH tuning surprised me too, indeed !
I use your site like a dictionary, whenever I struggle with something I just come here to find the answers to my problems. Been twice the last two days. This and the let off video. If you have shoulder injuries, the more let off the better. Just went from 80 to 85 on my Ventum 33. One little peace of information, if your shoulder doesn’t allow for a correct high elbow it’s ok to be close to level as long as you pull back, not down or out ( tear in labrum of right shoulder, surgery corrected rotator cuff etc but labrum still tore, 25 yrs worth)
Was having issues with broadband tuning. I was following some of the advise he spoke about but with I done what he said to do in this video my issue was fixed in 2 shots. Thank you
I gotta say huge thanks to you for this video. I accidentally figured this out on my own while tuning and thought it went against everything I’ve ever read or heard. This proved I’m not crazy and my bow isn’t a piece of crap! Thanks buddy!
Don't worry about the comments. I've tried every available method you can use and you're right with the way you tune it works 100% of the time. Thanks you helped me a lot best info out there
Seriously man, i truly appreciate everything you said, it made complete sense, but then, just today, i went and did it your way, and guess what... thank you. you rock 🤘
Thank you so much, worked like a charm!!! I had been doing it the opposite way for years and always settled on close enough, now I'm cutting fetching off if I shot my field tip first.
now this one kept me busy, and after spending quite some time to evaluate all the experts' arguments, the following seem to be plausible for me: 1) if the BH hits to the right (left) of the field point, the likely cause is that the BH (due to the surface) was planing a little bit (assuming that the weight and dynamic spine of the arrows are all the same). 2} to minimize the planing (where the BH is more effected as the field point) I have to move (like with a sail) the BH a little bit more out of the wind, 3) which would mean I would have to move the BH (sail) into the opposite direction, 4) and the only (?...stay tuned) way to do this is to move the arrow rest also into the opposite direction; 5) as a result the BH should now plan less, the field tip is less effected by this move due to the smaller surface thus the arrows should now group closer. If I would follow your approach I actually would increase the planing for the BH, the field point wouldn't be effected so much, thus the grouping would become bigger? ....sounds plausible, BUT (I mentioned it kept me busy for a while 😁)...the contemplating above didn't consider the impact of the other "sails" involved in this equation: the vanes! ...by moving the rest towards the broadhead (moving the BH more into the wind) I also move the vanes more into the wind, and the lever of the vanes (distance of the way to the center) is bigger than the lever of the BH (especially if you have a high FOC!!!...so the arrow will pivoting close to the BH providing more "corrective power") - therefore THIS APPROACH COULD WORK INDEED TOO❗❗❗ Conclusion: both approaches can work, it will depend on your specific arrow setup (especially the FOC and the fletching) AND the distance (time you give the vanes to correct the flight). Personally I think the "opposite direction approach" is more promising, your approach will likely only work with a very specific setup you shoot at a fixed distance; the results will likely differ if you do the tuning with a bare shaft without fletching. Eta: @2:55 you say ..." if you have a tail-right tear you have to move your rest to the left" ....that's usually not correct?.... I say usually as there is indeed more than one location of the rest where you can get a bullet hole pending on the archers paradox and the DYNAMIC spine (stiffness) of your arrow. However this second rest position you get when moving the rest to the left (sticking with your example) is far out from the centre shot - when this happened to me (when I started with archery) I was absolutely convinced that this was the right spot for the rest (as verified by the bullet hole), I was just wondering why my sight was totally maxed out wrt windage adjustment options 😁.
I’m currently going through this now. I just can’t get my bow to tune in Broadhead, followed everyone’s advice and all the Broadhead tuning vids. So I started reading comments and here we are. I hit a wall so I sat down and started thinking. I came up with exactly the same reasoning you did. I’m going for it tomorrow. I’ll update.
Thanks for the video. I was shooting about 12 inches to the left at 60 yard when I shot my broadhead. I used your teaching and both are now hitting together. incredible, thanks...
Buddy I just did this for the second time. First time I figured it out accidentally on my own and didn’t understand why... then I saw this video and clarified everything.
this fellow is right on. I just went through this on my hoyt charger. before anything i set my rest so middle of arrow shaft was 13/16 from riser and arrow dissected berger button. set string loop for arrow to sit ninety degrees to string when in rest. set sight pin inline with nocked arrow and string.took a shot at fifteen yds and noticed fletchings push right and arrow hit left of bullseye.moved rest very slightly to left [chased broadhead impact ] bingo ! arrow flew true to bag but left because of original pin setting. set pin to new rest setting and everything fell in line. even field tips
This worked for me too! I have done the opposite approach and had the exact same outcome you describe. My broadheads did move but so did my field points, in the same direction. SO FRUSTRATING! Today I tried this method as I am switching to a new arrow and re-tuning my bow anyway. I had already center shot tuned my bow, nock tuned a couple of bare shaft arrows through paper and was just thinking about my broadheads when I came across this video. Recalling my previous frustrations I thought, man, what do I have to lose by trying your method?! Well, after shooting a few rounds of a broadhead & field point I was able to identify which way my broadhead was planing and I started moving my rest that way and sure enough both the broadhead and field point moved that way but what I could see was that the arrows were now aligning more parallel in the target and closer together, meaning the broadhead shaft was in better alignment with the field point shaft. I made a few more very small adjustments and got them both looking great. Then I sighted in for the adjustment made to the rest and man, it worked! Then I thought, I wonder what's happened to my paper tune?! So, I shot through paper and it was still good but now I noticed a slight nock high tare. I adjusted my rest up a tiny amount and got perfect bullet holes! I'm stoked! I go back to 20 yards and now I'm shooting bare shaft broadheads with my bare shaft field points!!! AWESOME! Thank you!
I've always had trouble with tuning broadheads and fieldpoints and always followed the the other method and never seemed to work. Tried ur method yesterday and alot better results
Thank you so much for this video. This ACTUALLY WORKED and saved me so much frustration. It is crazy how much misinformation is out there telling people to move their rests the opposite way for broadhead tuning.
I definitely agree with you on this I've watched the videos of people doing it the opposite way and when I did that it got worse then I thought about why my broadheads were hitting left and realized I was doing the opposite of what I needed to do
MAN I always have trouble remembering which way to move the rest when broadhead tuning. I recently switched to a little bigger diameter fixed blade and it was hitting a few inches right compared to field points. I kept going the wrong dang way after watching a couple other videos. It did get a little better moving the wrong way, but I was getting some whacky flight. Watched this video and 5 minutes later broadheads were hitting with field points.
I’m always learning and I Ike your vids. I think where the arguments start is from this point: if your rest is kicking your bh to the left of the field point then the rest is directing the arrow to the left. When you draw back, the arrow is already aimed to the left and moving the rest to the left further will only magnify the deviation. The confusion is because one method focuses on the front of the arrow and the other focuses on the tail. That’s what I think is causing conflict between the two. Either way there is still a resighting of the sight to bring the points of impact together or re-center the impact point. I’m not arguing for either side but I have heard of both methods working for people.
The problem where he is wrong (IMO) and why the other opinion is right: he is assuming the rest is kicking the tail. This is NOT the case with a drop away rest, as there is nothing actually touching the arrow after release. The only thing the rest does is point the arrow in a direction needed to be aimed. Therefore, the focus should be on the front of the arrow, and yes, this method will throw off the tuning of your bow. This is why you should go the opposite direction when adjusting your rest.
@@harvestpnw3511 touching a rest or not is irrelevant, it's physics, the arrow doesn't want to change direction but the back of the arrow is being pushed and there's weight up front which resists moving so the tail will then kick out and the weight up front is now pointing to one side. Literally it's not a right and wrong argument it's simply physics. If you don't understand it, then that's ok but unless you understand how the physics is distributing force to manipulate the arrows direction then you can't really say you're right. Not trying to argue with you but want to help you understand.
I’m a newer bow shooter, but I have been in the precision and LR rifle world for many years. I’ve listened to -and made- many arguments in the rifle world (both good and bad ones). I know a good argument when I hear one. You sir, made a better argument than your counterparts. Well done.
The video I watched JUST before this one, was the one with the "black and green archer" you mention (lol). The science behind this method makes more sense
Dude. I’ve been trying to tune my revolt x for a good month now. Bare shafts hit left and field points to the right. Just today I recentered my rest and cams. Once again shafts to left. I moved the rest towards the field points which is right. All that happen was both set of arrows were shooting further to the right on target. Same spacing between the two on impact. I’d say about a good 6 inches. Then I remembered that Australian dudes UA-cam channel and how he said “sometimes you need to move the rest opposite of what people claim”. So I did this and bam!!!! All on point. This was at 20 yards. I then grabbed my broad head and took a 60 yard shot. Yea I jumped the gun a bit from frustration. Anyway the bH was on point at 60. So yea you’re right. Don’t listen to Hoyt oh I mean pse “experts” 🤫😉
I’m retired so I’ve got time to spend with my bow. I’m an okay shot and getting better every week. This week I started included one broad head with my practice rounds. I’m glad I found your video before I started messing around. I want to shoot my blades as good as I do my field points all the way out to sixty yards. It’s gonna take some time. Anyway thanks for your help with this.
It’s about time someone made a video about this. I have been saying this for years about all the miss information on the internet when it comes to bh tuning. It took me a long time to learn that it was all wrong.
Amazing I was tinkering with lighted nocks with G5 montecs it's amazing how the weight of the nock throws the arrow spine off just enough to get erratic arrow flight..went back to the factory nocks and the montecs shoot just like field points out to 60 yards
good job. You are correct on BH tuning. the point is to get field points and fixed blades hitting the same spot. then adjust your sight to bring both back to the bulleye. If your broadhead is impacting to the right of your field point, move rest in direction of broadhead... I too have wondered why John Dudley would say the opposite but I think its because he was only caring where the broadhead hit and not the field point. At that point, you may as well just sight in your bow for broad heads and not even bother with the rest at all, as you stated.
Thanks for the advice man! I picked up a couple boxes of the Exodus broadheads today. field points are just about driving tacks. broadheads shooting 5in low....I will try to move the rest in the morning 🤞🤔
Hey man your videos are very helpful. I can't say how many of your videos I have actually watched, along with others for setting up and tuning my Matthews. However not only did I try your method and it was the opposite way I should have gone but also so many others saying the same thing. You should probly try it again and clarify yet again how to broadhead tune.
That's true, I actually have had good luck moving my rest in the opposite direction to bring my broadhead towards my FP. However, I have also bumped it slightly in the opposite direction, like you are saying now, and have had success. I made a video, on BH tuning, and stated it wrong, as I didn't actually have to make any Left Right adjustment.
"If i wanted my broadheads to only hit in the middle then why wouldnt i just sight in for my broadheads instead of moving my rest" that was absolute gold kellen you had me laughing so hard😂😂😂
well idid it that way and the broadhead went fron 2" right of field point and moved the rest like you said very slight movement on rest shot few more groups and it went to 4" more to the right
I have watched multiple videos on BH tuning. Assuming correct spine, Dudley, MFJJ, and several others (all who I greatly respect, admire and appreciate) advise to move the rest towards the field tip. That is, if BH is left of the field tip - move rest to the right (and vice versa). You advise the opposite. I have watched your video and read the comments. I'm BH tuning this weekend. I'm going with your advice. Based on the good reports below, I vote for a "cage match" video: Inside Out Precision vs. Podium Archery and NockOnArchery. The Ranch Fairy could referee.
Lol yeah it’s always a topic of debate. If you move the rest opposite of the broadhead , it will surely move your broad head over, but your field tip will also move over. I want them to hit together
This is why it took me a month to tune my bow. I took the advice of the green and black archer, and couldn't figure out why my broad head flight was getting worse. So many conflicting answers.
After u get a bullet hole proper tune with the hunting arrow and have sighted in the field point and the broad head isn't hitting the same point of impact (POI), make only like 132nd" movement of the rest at a time. Seriously, that small amount can work wonders sometimes. Yoke tuning on some bows may work too. Every bow has there own quirks. Good Luck Mr.
I just did this day before yesterday, and my bow must have been way off. I had a slightly high and 4" to the right broadhead ( NAP hellrazor). I had to move the rest to the left to get them to impact together.
You're obviously right... When I have a perfect bare shaft, the bow is always also BH tuned, and when the bow isn't bare shaft tuned, the BH tipped arrow shows the same flight error as the bare shaft, just not so pronunced, so, to correct the flight of both, you have to make the same things.
nicola alberti 100% correct in my opinion! Furthermore if you yoke tune your bow on centershot 99.9% of the time your BH flight will mirror your field points! I don’t BH tune! I tune my bow properly....
@Boxing 101 To tell the truth, I' ve never spine aligned my arrows, but I've always been able to get perfect bare shaft tuning (and BH tuning) on all the bows I've owned (Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech), but I'm sure that spine aligning brings the tuning another step further.
hmm I still don't get it. why the rest influences the tail (or the back part of the shaft) when it's horizontal, but then instead influences the point (or the front part of the shaft) when it comes to vertical? appreciate your clarification on this, bothering me quite a long time.
Thanks for your videos. I know many people have different ways of doing things and I am glad you are confident in your method. You are however opposite to pretty much everyone else out there and I personally don't see how it is going to work. It may help if you explained this all with a "first person" view so there is no confusing left and right. Simply put ..... if the arrow is flying to the left due to the rest. It would be logical to assume the rest is pointing it to the left. If you then move the rest further left, the problem will get worse. Please tell me how I'm wrong?
My broadhead was hitting about 4” right of field tips at 40 yards. Moved the rest right and the broadhead went further right. If I moved it left the broadhead hit where I was aiming but my field points were now 4” left. Nothing brought them together
I absolutely agree and I really like your videos. I spine index my bare shaft, then bare shaft tune. Then I broad head tune. Question: Why bare shaft tune at all? Why not go directly to broad head tune?
Great review and explained very well. Is aligning the spine of your arrow the same on every arrow as far as when you fletch them important for fixed heads? I shoot mechanicals and have never had an issue.
You know it doesn't hurt to spine align your arrows, but it's not like it will take your group from a 4" group to a 1" group. It will help a little bit though. More just for peace of mind
And also idc if your 7 or 8 hours away I would like To drive to the shop one day just to have you all really make sure my bow is set up correctly can’t find anybody within 3 hours of where I am that does true quality work and cares if my bow is set up correct or not where are you all located exactly?
Great video! What adjustments would you recommend for the Bowtech Deadlock system? You mention Bowtech two cam systems, but perhaps not the system that moves the cams laterally and therefore the string. For example, a BH hitting left of FP, would you move the cams right (i.e. opposite of the rest adjustments you would make in a similar scenario)?
What's confusing me about this issue is why would you change from rest towards broadhead for windage to rest opposite of broadhead for elevation. Why would that change? If the tail kick is what you're trying to correct, the procedure should stay the same windage or elevation. Or perhaps in missing something here.
Because if your broadhead is hitting high, your arrow is tail low. To correct a tail low tear you drop the rest. If its hitting low its because the arrow us flying tail high, meaning you need to raise the rest to bring the front of the arrow up.
Good video and what I've experienced, (with perfect, weak or stiff spine) is the vertical movements never change, but as you stated if you get a weak spine, good luck on the left and rights! What I also think should be stressed is the adjustment left or right should be extremely minor, (again like you stated 1/32" to 1/16" max). I shot Bowtech for many years and yoke tuning was so straight forward, but been shooting Prime past few years and have used your method of tuning my rest with solid results. My question, (since the new Primes are coming with top hats), when do you change/swap top hats over moving the rest?
Never owned a Prime, but if they now use top hats like Mathews, I think the best method you can use is to set the rest at the raccomanded center shot (usually 13/16 from the riser) and use top hats to get as close as possible to the perfect tuning, then make the needed minor adjustements moving the rest for the horizontal corrections and the rest or the nocking point for the vertical ones.
Your bow will determine what way to go. I have eight compound bows, and all do their thing. Somethings the field point is left move the rest left, it may or not work; the bow will determine what will. Shift the rest may move the field point arrow further left or right now the board head where the field point was. More work to be done.
I was trying this on two different set ups- made it worse and worse and was moving my rest and my sights everywhere. I did the opposite of this advice- worked perfectly.
@@mattpadilla909 hmm I still don't get it. why the rest influences the tail (or the back part of the shaft) when it's horizontal, but then instead influences the point (or the front part of the shaft) when it comes to vertical? appreciate your clarification on this, bothering me quite a long time.
Thank you for your advice, it works! My broadheads (125gr Slick Trick Grizz Tricks) were shooting 3" to the right of my field points but they were grouping well. I just did the arrow rest adjustment, in the direction of my broadheads, and they eventually came together. Took about 30 mins of shooting and making very minor adjustments. Does this method work the same way if broadheads are hitting lower than field points? Should I also adjust the arrow rest down?
Blaine Grissom thank you for clarifying this for me! I removed the lighted nocks from my hunting arrows, installed new nocks in all arrows, and made one very minor adjustment up on the rest and it is money. I am happy with how easy this was and how well my arrows are shooting with broadheads. I also weighed all of my arrows and they are within 1 grain of each other. Appreciate the advice
Just a teaching tip. Instead of saying “move closer to the broad head” you should probably say something like “move it toward the impact location just like you would if you were sighting in your bow”. I thought for the longest you were telling me to move it forward.
It took 7 different videos to finally find someone who knew what they were talking about. Thank you for this.
A few years ago I tried moving my rest towards the dot because that was the conventional wisdom I found online and spent hours chasing my tail. I finally threw my hands up and decided to do the opposite since I had nothing to lose. Within 3 adjustments I was hitting together at 60 yds and laughed to myself the whole way home. Thank you for this video!
Ok so, 2 weeks ago I was having trouble grouping field points and broadhaeds together and getting really inconsistant shots. So I went right back to the start checking my nock point level to my rest, resetting my 1st,2nd and 3rd axis and then set about paper tuning. i was getting bullet holes with both bare and fletched shafts. I then tried the broadheads again same result 4 inches to the right of my field points!!!
I checked out UA-cam and found a few video's, one of which you mentioned and set about doing as the said person described.. but that created more problems!
Today I found your video and ripped the bow out of the case set the rest back to were it was pre said person and set about with your method.
BOOOM!!
Broadheads and field points together and just a minor sight adjustment to bring them back on target and Im ready to nail a big mountain boar in the morning!!
Awesome video mate and well explained, makes much more sense. Keep up the awesome videos, Im a newby to the sport and need all the help I can get.
Oh And happy new year from Down Under!
Love it
Literally had the same shit, I’m goin to try this tomorrow. I had just chalked it up to the bowtech revolt x has so much shit to tune and mess with. I was goin to aim 4 inches right when shooting a fixed blade, goin to fix this shit now !
@@tyhansen8 just move the cams opposite of where you would move the rest
Pattyboybx I had the original cams lock up on me, the bow shop had to poach a set just so I could get out opening week in Nebraska. I’m not goin to mess with the new ones until season is over.
@@tyhansen8 I actually stripped the sets screws that lock the cams. My shop called Bowtech and they actually sent me all new cams for free. It’s crazy that the screws themselves couldn’t be replace. Luckily this was done just in time. Yea I wouldn’t mess with anything at this point. Good luck this season.
4:20-5:00 you just saved me tons and years of misery tuning my broadheads with a hoyt. I’ve taken my bow into local pro shop and telling them I was having broadhead flight issues. They’d move my rest say I’m good send me on my way (don’t allow broadheads shot in their shop) get home to have the same problem. I just threw it on my press adjusted the buss cable and got perfect broadhead to field point flight. Thanks man.
I've been screwing around for hours doing the wrong thing. Thank you for giving me the method that actually works!
Glad it helped! Keep em in the middle
3 years later, I’ve been moving my rest wrong.
Today I moved my rest towards my Broadhead and BAM grouping great with fixed broadheads
I have referenced back to this video probably four times this hunting season! What he says is true!!!
You are exactly right... And it is best to eyesight your pins using a field tip and so on...
You’re right. This channel is better than nock on, more in detail and helpful than most channels. I just got my first compound (Mathews traverse) after shooting only traditional my whole life. I’ve learned everything on the compound from this channel.
This channel is great, but I think the channel of the "black and green archer" is great too !
That guy has probably forgotten more things about bows than most of us will ever learn, however, what he said in his video about BH tuning surprised me too, indeed !
nicola alberti I agree. Dud is still the man.
@@nicolaalberti7736 Yeah but he's boring, he talks slow and it takes five mines to make a point. This channel blows his out of the water.
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I like both of them, but I admit that, expecially in the last times, I watch this channel more than the one of the other guy...
This method makes perfect sense and worked excellent for me. You provide some of the best archery information on the net.
Appreciate that! Glad it helped
Your level of experience and logic always amaze me. Love your instruction vids, thanks lots.
I use your site like a dictionary, whenever I struggle with something I just come here to find the answers to my problems. Been twice the last two days. This and the let off video. If you have shoulder injuries, the more let off the better. Just went from 80 to 85 on my Ventum 33. One little peace of information, if your shoulder doesn’t allow for a correct high elbow it’s ok to be close to level as long as you pull back, not down or out ( tear in labrum of right shoulder, surgery corrected rotator cuff etc but labrum still tore, 25 yrs worth)
Was having issues with broadband tuning. I was following some of the advise he spoke about but with I done what he said to do in this video my issue was fixed in 2 shots. Thank you
Had to save this video after seeing other videos and seeing the comments here! Thanks for what you do brother. Makes perfect sense to me!
I gotta say huge thanks to you for this video. I accidentally figured this out on my own while tuning and thought it went against everything I’ve ever read or heard. This proved I’m not crazy and my bow isn’t a piece of crap!
Thanks buddy!
Don't worry about the comments. I've tried every available method you can use and you're right with the way you tune it works 100% of the time. Thanks you helped me a lot best info out there
Seriously man, i truly appreciate everything you said, it made complete sense, but then, just today, i went and did it your way, and guess what... thank you. you rock 🤘
Thank you so much, worked like a charm!!! I had been doing it the opposite way for years and always settled on close enough, now I'm cutting fetching off if I shot my field tip first.
Me too. Close enough for years,get frustrated and move the sight. Did it his way today and have both hitting same at 40yds.
Physics and math; foundations of the Universe. Solid gold logic and explanation of how and why Kellen, keep the great videos coming. Much appreciated.
now this one kept me busy, and after spending quite some time to evaluate all the experts' arguments, the following seem to be plausible for me:
1) if the BH hits to the right (left) of the field point, the likely cause is that the BH (due to the surface) was planing a little bit (assuming that the weight and dynamic spine of the arrows are all the same).
2} to minimize the planing (where the BH is more effected as the field point) I have to move (like with a sail) the BH a little bit more out of the wind,
3) which would mean I would have to move the BH (sail) into the opposite direction,
4) and the only (?...stay tuned) way to do this is to move the arrow rest also into the opposite direction;
5) as a result the BH should now plan less, the field tip is less effected by this move due to the smaller surface thus the arrows should now group closer.
If I would follow your approach I actually would increase the planing for the BH, the field point wouldn't be effected so much, thus the grouping would become bigger? ....sounds plausible, BUT (I mentioned it kept me busy for a while 😁)...the contemplating above didn't consider the impact of the other "sails" involved in this equation: the vanes! ...by moving the rest towards the broadhead (moving the BH more into the wind) I also move the vanes more into the wind, and the lever of the vanes (distance of the way to the center) is bigger than the lever of the BH (especially if you have a high FOC!!!...so the arrow will pivoting close to the BH providing more "corrective power") - therefore THIS APPROACH COULD WORK INDEED TOO❗❗❗
Conclusion: both approaches can work, it will depend on your specific arrow setup (especially the FOC and the fletching) AND the distance (time you give the vanes to correct the flight).
Personally I think the "opposite direction approach" is more promising, your approach will likely only work with a very specific setup you shoot at a fixed distance; the results will likely differ if you do the tuning with a bare shaft without fletching.
Eta: @2:55 you say ..." if you have a tail-right tear you have to move your rest to the left" ....that's usually not correct?.... I say usually as there is indeed more than one location of the rest where you can get a bullet hole pending on the archers paradox and the DYNAMIC spine (stiffness) of your arrow. However this second rest position you get when moving the rest to the left (sticking with your example) is far out from the centre shot - when this happened to me (when I started with archery) I was absolutely convinced that this was the right spot for the rest (as verified by the bullet hole), I was just wondering why my sight was totally maxed out wrt windage adjustment options 😁.
I’m currently going through this now. I just can’t get my bow to tune in Broadhead, followed everyone’s advice and all the Broadhead tuning vids. So I started reading comments and here we are. I hit a wall so I sat down and started thinking. I came up with exactly the same reasoning you did. I’m going for it tomorrow. I’ll update.
This guy knows what he is talking about great information on tuning your arrows thank you
Tag Dud in this man. He’s a good dude and I’m willing to bet he’d make a quick video correction supporting your method.
Great explanation it a sign of a good teacher to explain how and why things work or doesn't work. Keep up the good work RTQ
Thanks for the video. I was shooting about 12 inches to the left at 60 yard when I shot my broadhead. I used your teaching and both are now hitting together. incredible, thanks...
Spot on, you're 100% correct.! I've been trying to get guys to understand this for a long time..!!
6:36 lol
Be careful, you're going to take an eye out ; )
Space Jockey he played it off well!!!😂😂
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Best channel hands down!
Your way works. It’s a no brainer.
There is so much misinformation in our community thanks for such a good explanation!
Buddy I just did this for the second time. First time I figured it out accidentally on my own and didn’t understand why... then I saw this video and clarified everything.
this fellow is right on. I just went through this on my hoyt charger. before anything i set my rest so middle of arrow shaft was 13/16 from riser and arrow dissected berger button. set string loop for arrow to sit ninety degrees to string when in rest. set sight pin inline with nocked arrow and string.took a shot at fifteen yds and noticed fletchings push right and arrow hit left of bullseye.moved rest very slightly to left [chased broadhead impact ] bingo ! arrow flew true to bag but left because of original pin setting. set pin to new rest setting and everything fell in line. even field tips
This worked for me too! I have done the opposite approach and had the exact same outcome you describe. My broadheads did move but so did my field points, in the same direction. SO FRUSTRATING! Today I tried this method as I am switching to a new arrow and re-tuning my bow anyway. I had already center shot tuned my bow, nock tuned a couple of bare shaft arrows through paper and was just thinking about my broadheads when I came across this video. Recalling my previous frustrations I thought, man, what do I have to lose by trying your method?! Well, after shooting a few rounds of a broadhead & field point I was able to identify which way my broadhead was planing and I started moving my rest that way and sure enough both the broadhead and field point moved that way but what I could see was that the arrows were now aligning more parallel in the target and closer together, meaning the broadhead shaft was in better alignment with the field point shaft. I made a few more very small adjustments and got them both looking great. Then I sighted in for the adjustment made to the rest and man, it worked! Then I thought, I wonder what's happened to my paper tune?! So, I shot through paper and it was still good but now I noticed a slight nock high tare. I adjusted my rest up a tiny amount and got perfect bullet holes! I'm stoked! I go back to 20 yards and now I'm shooting bare shaft broadheads with my bare shaft field points!!! AWESOME! Thank you!
I've always had trouble with tuning broadheads and fieldpoints and always followed the the other method and never seemed to work. Tried ur method yesterday and alot better results
Thank you so much for this video. This ACTUALLY WORKED and saved me so much frustration. It is crazy how much misinformation is out there telling people to move their rests the opposite way for broadhead tuning.
I definitely agree with you on this I've watched the videos of people doing it the opposite way and when I did that it got worse then I thought about why my broadheads were hitting left and realized I was doing the opposite of what I needed to do
You know it never made sense to me that guys would say that. This make much more sense to me.
I agree with this method based on tuning Iron Will Wide BHs. I was able to shoot out to 70 yards with these BHs while grouping with my field points.
MAN I always have trouble remembering which way to move the rest when broadhead tuning. I recently switched to a little bigger diameter fixed blade and it was hitting a few inches right compared to field points. I kept going the wrong dang way after watching a couple other videos. It did get a little better moving the wrong way, but I was getting some whacky flight. Watched this video and 5 minutes later broadheads were hitting with field points.
Great tuning tips, all your videos, some of the best on Utube!
Hey mate, keep up the good information. I’m gonna go buy a hat! Well done.
I’m always learning and I Ike your vids. I think where the arguments start is from this point: if your rest is kicking your bh to the left of the field point then the rest is directing the arrow to the left. When you draw back, the arrow is already aimed to the left and moving the rest to the left further will only magnify the deviation. The confusion is because one method focuses on the front of the arrow and the other focuses on the tail. That’s what I think is causing conflict between the two. Either way there is still a resighting of the sight to bring the points of impact together or re-center the impact point. I’m not arguing for either side but I have heard of both methods working for people.
The problem where he is wrong (IMO) and why the other opinion is right: he is assuming the rest is kicking the tail. This is NOT the case with a drop away rest, as there is nothing actually touching the arrow after release. The only thing the rest does is point the arrow in a direction needed to be aimed. Therefore, the focus should be on the front of the arrow, and yes, this method will throw off the tuning of your bow. This is why you should go the opposite direction when adjusting your rest.
@@harvestpnw3511 touching a rest or not is irrelevant, it's physics, the arrow doesn't want to change direction but the back of the arrow is being pushed and there's weight up front which resists moving so the tail will then kick out and the weight up front is now pointing to one side. Literally it's not a right and wrong argument it's simply physics. If you don't understand it, then that's ok but unless you understand how the physics is distributing force to manipulate the arrows direction then you can't really say you're right. Not trying to argue with you but want to help you understand.
@@harvestpnw3511 it's about the initial position of the rest and the angle of the arrow at full draw, the rest doesn't have to be touching the arrow
I’m a newer bow shooter, but I have been in the precision and LR rifle world for many years. I’ve listened to -and made- many arguments in the rifle world (both good and bad ones). I know a good argument when I hear one. You sir, made a better argument than your counterparts. Well done.
You helped me with the broad head hitting to the right of the field tips it worked
The video I watched JUST before this one, was the one with the "black and green archer" you mention (lol). The science behind this method makes more sense
You my friend are 100% correct
Dude. I’ve been trying to tune my revolt x for a good month now. Bare shafts hit left and field points to the right. Just today I recentered my rest and cams. Once again shafts to left. I moved the rest towards the field points which is right. All that happen was both set of arrows were shooting further to the right on target. Same spacing between the two on impact. I’d say about a good 6 inches. Then I remembered that Australian dudes UA-cam channel and how he said “sometimes you need to move the rest opposite of what people claim”. So I did this and bam!!!! All on point. This was at 20 yards. I then grabbed my broad head and took a 60 yard shot. Yea I jumped the gun a bit from frustration. Anyway the bH was on point at 60. So yea you’re right. Don’t listen to Hoyt oh I mean pse “experts” 🤫😉
Spot on dude, I have argued this point with guys who have shot a lot longer than me.. It's basic physics
I’m retired so I’ve got time to spend with my bow. I’m an okay shot and getting better every week. This week I started included one broad head with my practice rounds. I’m glad I found your video before I started messing around. I want to shoot my blades as good as I do my field points all the way out to sixty yards. It’s gonna take some time. Anyway thanks for your help with this.
It’s about time someone made a video about this. I have been saying this for years about all the miss information on the internet when it comes to bh tuning. It took me a long time to learn that it was all wrong.
Boxing 101 nope
Lol
Amazing I was tinkering with lighted nocks with G5 montecs it's amazing how the weight of the nock throws the arrow spine off just enough to get erratic arrow flight..went back to the factory nocks and the montecs shoot just like field points out to 60 yards
Maybe just a FOC problem...
Did you nock tune your bare shafts?
good job. You are correct on BH tuning. the point is to get field points and fixed blades hitting the same spot. then adjust your sight to bring both back to the bulleye. If your broadhead is impacting to the right of your field point, move rest in direction of broadhead...
I too have wondered why John Dudley would say the opposite but I think its because he was only caring where the broadhead hit and not the field point. At that point, you may as well just sight in your bow for broad heads and not even bother with the rest at all, as you stated.
expecially because, if you do like J.D. says, you make your tuning problem worst...
Thanks for the advice man! I picked up a couple boxes of the Exodus broadheads today. field points are just about driving tacks. broadheads shooting 5in low....I will try to move the rest in the morning 🤞🤔
That’s my problem….. gotta fix that
Gotcha, I should have listened to the whole video! Keep them coming!
Just fixed 2 years of frustration with my Triax! So much that I bought the VXR I was so sick of “chasing my field tip”
I’m in the same boat with my Triax. So damn frustrating!
Thank you sir!
Hey man your videos are very helpful. I can't say how many of your videos I have actually watched, along with others for setting up and tuning my Matthews. However not only did I try your method and it was the opposite way I should have gone but also so many others saying the same thing. You should probly try it again and clarify yet again how to broadhead tune.
Thanks didn’t take to long doing it this was and makes more sense then doing it the (other way) .
Very helpful video. Thank you!
Tried this today. You are right. Move your arrow rest towards the broadhead to correct left or right.
That's true, I actually have had good luck moving my rest in the opposite direction to bring my broadhead towards my FP. However, I have also bumped it slightly in the opposite direction, like you are saying now, and have had success. I made a video, on BH tuning, and stated it wrong, as I didn't actually have to make any Left Right adjustment.
You are the best....period!
I like JD and he has some good videos but damn this video here fixed me up in about 10 minutes.
Your logic is sound, Sir.
this make sense to me. i was having this issue with broadhead tuning last year and coulndt get it right. went back to my schwackers.
"If i wanted my broadheads to only hit in the middle then why wouldnt i just sight in for my broadheads instead of moving my rest" that was absolute gold kellen you had me laughing so hard😂😂😂
@@ronaldirvineII because they aren’t flying as true as they could be, resulting in less transfer of energy upon impact, decreasing penetration
@@InsideOutPrecision no no no you read that wrong. I just repeated what you said cuz i thought it was gold. My bad ill edit that
@@ronaldirvineII ohhhh haha my bad man!
well idid it that way and the broadhead went fron 2" right of field point and moved the rest like you said very slight movement on rest shot few more groups and it went to 4" more to the right
So there’s a lot that goes into this. When’s the last time you had your bow tuned?
Just got it tuned shooting bullet holes @@InsideOutPrecision
@@nickd4579 nice! And you were the one who shot it while tuning, right?
broad head tuning but I got it all fixed I had to move the rest the opposite now field points and broadheads hit the same
@@InsideOutPrecision
@@InsideOutPrecision its my friends bow and he was shooting it
I'll try it
Thanks for the info
Sounds right to me I’ll check it
I have watched multiple videos on BH tuning. Assuming correct spine, Dudley, MFJJ, and several others (all who I greatly respect, admire and appreciate) advise to move the rest towards the field tip. That is, if BH is left of the field tip - move rest to the right (and vice versa). You advise the opposite. I have watched your video and read the comments. I'm BH tuning this weekend. I'm going with your advice. Based on the good reports below, I vote for a "cage match" video: Inside Out Precision vs. Podium Archery and NockOnArchery. The Ranch Fairy could referee.
Lol yeah it’s always a topic of debate. If you move the rest opposite of the broadhead , it will surely move your broad head over, but your field tip will also move over. I want them to hit together
This is why it took me a month to tune my bow. I took the advice of the green and black archer, and couldn't figure out why my broad head flight was getting worse. So many conflicting answers.
Great advice keep up the good work 🏹😁
Are you worried about your paper tune if you’re adjusting the rest towards the broadhead?
After u get a bullet hole proper tune with the hunting arrow and have sighted in the field point and the broad head isn't hitting the same point of impact (POI), make only like 132nd" movement of the rest at a time. Seriously, that small amount can work wonders sometimes. Yoke tuning on some bows may work too. Every bow has there own quirks. Good Luck Mr.
I just did this day before yesterday, and my bow must have been way off. I had a slightly high and 4" to the right broadhead ( NAP hellrazor). I had to move the rest to the left to get them to impact together.
You're obviously right... When I have a perfect bare shaft, the bow is always also BH tuned, and when the bow isn't bare shaft tuned, the BH tipped arrow shows the same flight error as the bare shaft, just not so pronunced, so, to correct the flight of both, you have to make the same things.
nicola alberti 100% correct in my opinion! Furthermore if you yoke tune your bow on centershot 99.9% of the time your BH flight will mirror your field points! I don’t BH tune! I tune my bow properly....
@@crabwalk1891 Same thing here 👍
@Boxing 101 To tell the truth, I' ve never spine aligned my arrows, but I've always been able to get perfect bare shaft tuning (and BH tuning) on all the bows I've owned (Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech), but I'm sure that spine aligning brings the tuning another step further.
@Boxing 101 My current bow is a Triax, maxed out at 62 #, so, yes, I think you can call it a lighter poundage 🙂.
@Boxing 101 You're so right!!
That makes sense.
hmm I still don't get it. why the rest influences the tail (or the back part of the shaft) when it's horizontal, but then instead influences the point (or the front part of the shaft) when it comes to vertical? appreciate your clarification on this, bothering me quite a long time.
Respect👍
Thanks for your videos. I know many people have different ways of doing things and I am glad you are confident in your method. You are however opposite to pretty much everyone else out there and I personally don't see how it is going to work. It may help if you explained this all with a "first person" view so there is no confusing left and right.
Simply put ..... if the arrow is flying to the left due to the rest. It would be logical to assume the rest is pointing it to the left. If you then move the rest further left, the problem will get worse.
Please tell me how I'm wrong?
Bowhunting Africa glad to see I’m not alone in my total confusion of his explanation.
My broadhead was hitting about 4” right of field tips at 40 yards. Moved the rest right and the broadhead went further right. If I moved it left the broadhead hit where I was aiming but my field points were now 4” left. Nothing brought them together
I think you are correct, I watched Dudley’s video and he had the comments turned off and you wonder why 🤔
IS SAYING DUDLEY LIKE SAYING CANDYMAN?
Sounds good.
Doing the opposite of what you said corrected my tuning. I moved my rest toward my field point
@@piecar7364 and sometimes that works, but many times it doesn’t been trying to figure out for years why certain set ups do the opposite
@InsideOutPrecision probably why it's such a hot topic
I love watching your videos. I have to tell you 6:36 has me rolling.
I absolutely agree and I really like your videos. I spine index my bare shaft, then bare shaft tune. Then I broad head tune. Question: Why bare shaft tune at all? Why not go directly to broad head tune?
Because bareshaft tuning will tell you a lot about spine and if done correctly your broadheads will usually fly with your field points right away.
Great review and explained very well. Is aligning the spine of your arrow the same on every arrow as far as when you fletch them important for fixed heads? I shoot mechanicals and have never had an issue.
You know it doesn't hurt to spine align your arrows, but it's not like it will take your group from a 4" group to a 1" group. It will help a little bit though. More just for peace of mind
Smacks self.....LOL. Great info!
And also idc if your 7 or 8 hours away I would like
To drive to the shop one day just to have you all really make sure my bow is set up correctly can’t find anybody within 3 hours of where I am that does true quality work and cares if my bow is set
up correct or not where are you all located exactly?
Great video! What adjustments would you recommend for the Bowtech Deadlock system? You mention Bowtech two cam systems, but perhaps not the system that moves the cams laterally and therefore the string. For example, a BH hitting left of FP, would you move the cams right (i.e. opposite of the rest adjustments you would make in a similar scenario)?
So you would push the cams in the opposite direction of the broadhead
@@InsideOutPrecision Awesome! Thanks for the reply! Looking forward to getting my new IW broadheads tuned in the near future
What's confusing me about this issue is why would you change from rest towards broadhead for windage to rest opposite of broadhead for elevation. Why would that change? If the tail kick is what you're trying to correct, the procedure should stay the same windage or elevation. Or perhaps in missing something here.
Because if your broadhead is hitting high, your arrow is tail low. To correct a tail low tear you drop the rest. If its hitting low its because the arrow us flying tail high, meaning you need to raise the rest to bring the front of the arrow up.
What do you think about Bear bows ? Like or dislike them
Recurves are great. Compounds def low end of compound bows. Diamond is same price, better bow. Bear has better accessories on a low quality bow.
Thank you
Good video and what I've experienced, (with perfect, weak or stiff spine) is the vertical movements never change, but as you stated if you get a weak spine, good luck on the left and rights! What I also think should be stressed is the adjustment left or right should be extremely minor, (again like you stated 1/32" to 1/16" max). I shot Bowtech for many years and yoke tuning was so straight forward, but been shooting Prime past few years and have used your method of tuning my rest with solid results. My question, (since the new Primes are coming with top hats), when do you change/swap top hats over moving the rest?
Never owned a Prime, but if they now use top hats like Mathews, I think the best method you can use is to set the rest at the raccomanded center shot (usually 13/16 from the riser) and use top hats to get as close as possible to the perfect tuning, then make the needed minor adjustements moving the rest for the horizontal corrections and the rest or the nocking point for the vertical ones.
If u got a stiff spine good luck with the left and right too
I don't have a press to add/remove twists in my string. Can you explain how to use a flexible cable guard to make adjustments for broadhead tuning?
I agree only because I need to learn about it more
Your bow will determine what way to go. I have eight compound bows, and all do their thing. Somethings the field point is left move the rest left, it may or not work; the bow will determine what will. Shift the rest may move the field point arrow further left or right now the board head where the field point was. More work to be done.
I was trying this on two different set ups- made it worse and worse and was moving my rest and my sights everywhere.
I did the opposite of this advice- worked perfectly.
What if the broadheads are grouping low? Same concept, move rest down?
no move rest opposite if vertical adjustment. Talks about it at the end
@@mattpadilla909 hmm I still don't get it. why the rest influences the tail (or the back part of the shaft) when it's horizontal, but then instead influences the point (or the front part of the shaft) when it comes to vertical? appreciate your clarification on this, bothering me quite a long time.
Thank you for your advice, it works! My broadheads (125gr Slick Trick Grizz Tricks) were shooting 3" to the right of my field points but they were grouping well. I just did the arrow rest adjustment, in the direction of my broadheads, and they eventually came together. Took about 30 mins of shooting and making very minor adjustments.
Does this method work the same way if broadheads are hitting lower than field points? Should I also adjust the arrow rest down?
Opposite for vertical adjustment. Same direction for horizontal adjustment.
Blaine Grissom thank you for clarifying this for me! I removed the lighted nocks from my hunting arrows, installed new nocks in all arrows, and made one very minor adjustment up on the rest and it is money. I am happy with how easy this was and how well my arrows are shooting with broadheads. I also weighed all of my arrows and they are within 1 grain of each other. Appreciate the advice
Just a teaching tip. Instead of saying “move closer to the broad head” you should probably say something like “move it toward the impact location just like you would if you were sighting in your bow”. I thought for the longest you were telling me to move it forward.
hmm honestly seems only you understood it that way...
6:36 lol
Lmao. Someone else posted it and I didn’t get it. Now I saw the hit