pjridge said:
ratsnakeboogy said:
I think out to 25-30 yards it will not matter much if it's going where you aim everytime. Past that it can become very important. I know a lot of people that don't know they need to tune, they kill deer just fine. You can take tuning to an extreme, oscillations in an arrow rarely duplicate themselves exactly from one shot to another, unless your form is perfect. Temps will effect oscillations as well, so in September if you shoot at 7am your bow may be tuned, but if you shoot at 11:30 it may not be tuned perfectly anymore.
Just my opinion though.
Although I respect your opinion, however, I do disagree.
As long as the problem is consistent, oscillation will be consistent in most environments. Not sure what you mean by
extreme but tuning a bow is not hard if anyone is willing to take the time to learn how. As Radar said, to get optimum penetration your broadhead should be flying straight upon contact in front of the rest of the arrow.
As far as temperature effecting performance, with today's materials it would be very minute and probably unnoticeable, except maybe in very extreme conditions.
Confidence in my equipment has always helped me. If you have that, it gives peace of mind.
Don't get me wrong, I tune my bows and it is easy if you learn how. I just don't think a bow that puts an arrow reasonably straight into a target at 25-30 yards is at that much of a disadvantage to a "tuned" bow. What I mean by EXTREME is someone who thinks they can make an arrow fly perfectly straight, no such thing. They become almost obsessed with it(moderation in everything is good). If you look at an arrow in slow motion at 40 yards even shot by a world class archer oscillation(wobble) is still happening.
As for temperature, with carbon shafts there is less effect, but a 25 degree difference still changes shaft flex and oscillation patterns, not to a huge degree but the difference is there. As oscillation from shaft to shaft is different, even in the best shafts.
I guess what I'm trying to say is: there is no such thing as an arrow that flys perfectly straight. With force that is applied to it in a fraction of a second they look like spaghetti noodles far down range. Carbon recovers quicker, but still flexes far past the front of the bow. I agree that this is almost unnoticable, but a bow that has not been "tuned" but still puts the arrow in the target rasonably straight at 25-35 yards will still stack deer up just as well as the bow that is "super-tuned"
I think sometimes we split hairs a bit in regards to tuning with all the new technology, afterall a native american will an Osage orange stick a piece of sinu(spelling?) and amazing woods skills would still put us all to shame in the pursuit of whitetails. I wonder what he says when someone asks how much time he spent tuning his bow?
