What type of target do you guys prefer when BS tuning your arrows? I am referring to one that will keep your arrow on the plane it entered so you can get a reading on the spine. Not a target that kicks your arrow for a false reading.

You’ll get the same advice from a dozen people: don’t worry about nock orientation in the target (unless you are able to shoot into a pile of loose sand).

Best thing is a clean sheet of paper with a line down the middle; aim dead on the line and mark where the BS hit. Then you don't have to worry about it.

FWIW, a fairly new Block is pretty good; but if you have a badly over/underspined woodie, the Block will break them. Don’t ask!

You don't read bareshafting for angle orientation, you just want them to group with the fletched arrows.

George is right. From traditional bows the arrows are wig wagging out to 20 yards or more. So paper tuning and perhaps shaft angle in the butt will change if you step forth or back a pace. Also a straw or hay bale will turn the shaft to match the stem alignment in the bale.

The point is where they hit, not how they got there, mostly. - lbg

Anything will work. You just need to observe the nock orientation as the arrow flies to the target.

10 yards and in, use the nock orientation. 20 yards and out, you use the impact of the arrow. A lot of the then the points will be very very close together 10 yards and in even if off spine by a lot. Get to twenty, they hold their natural trajectory and take off in that direction.

You should be able to see how the shaft is flying and go by that.If you cant you're standing to close to the target.I like hay bales to prevent damage should it hit at an extreme angle.

Must be why my buddy crown dips his bare shaft test arrows with white paint. You can see the arrow flight better.

Pile of loose sand is ideal. I use a soft clay bank of earth, no beach sand on my side of the mountain.

You can tune any number of ways, but the easiest, least chance of false readings and most accurate is what George suggests. Actually now that I think of it, least chance of false readings makes it easies and most accurate. You can have a REAL problem if you run into that.

If you use nock kick out and your bow shoots at 200 FPS and your shooting at 50 feet, you have .25's of a second to determine weak or stiff. And with newbs, it may encourage peeking.

With impacts you can shoot, then go have a beer, and then check to see if your weak or stiff.

www.acsbows.com/bowtuning.html click on 'download printable version'. Wish I had a dollar for every time I typed that. A couple of years ago I was wondering if a stamp would work on the screen.

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