Ok so you all know i gut shot a deer Saturday morning if you follow the live from the stand thread. So i got out and shot today and i shot broadheads into my target and ther about 8-12" low at 30 yards... field points dead on no problem and the group with broad heads is awful, field point,? dead on in fact ther tryin to share holes.. im using nap killzones. Now im pretty sure i bout 100grain broadheades but i could b wrong. And i also noticed my killzone maxx wer worse then the original killzones.. is this a common problem that the broadhead is that far off?? Im gonna wiegh field points and broadheads and see what is up but if there close to the same wieght then why they fly so bad? Maybe ive got to many questions and yall need more info and if you do il do my best to answer.. i did step up to 10yrfs and shoot and they wer still hittin low. Please help. I am goin to my local pro shop tomorrow and hopefully he can help also..
Check it out on YouTube. It's pretty easy to do yourself. Despite the fact that every broad head mechanical or fixed claims field point accuracy that's not the case. You always want shoot them before going hunting. In your case you'll probably just have to raise your rest a tiny bit up. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
If you don't want to risk dulling or damage to your mechanical broadhead blades while you shoot into a target, you can use some string to tie the blades shut. Sent from my VS500 using Bowhunting.com Forums mobile app
Will that not mess my sight up? Moving the rest like that? Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
It will not. Making adjustments at the sight when shooting field points is only half the process for sighting in a bow. Once the field points are hitting accurately, shoot broadheads and make adjustments at the rest until the broadheads hit with the same POI as the field tips. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
My first thought is that, if you gut shot a deer, shooting low had nothing to do with that. If you were aiming at the lungs and shot low you would either have hit low in the rib cage or missed the deer...unless you shot at him standing on his back legs. When you tune a bow, it is crucial that you adjust the rest to fine tune it. I shot Muzzy's for years and they shoot like my field points. I started using Killzones in 2012 because my son gave me some to try, and they work great. I did not have to make any adjustments to my bow. This year, I'm going back to fixed heads for an elk hunt and got out the Muzzy's which I have not shot in 5 years. Guess what? They're spot on and I've adjusted my sights several times over the last few years as I've played with shooting different poundages. But I never had to adjust my rest and that's the key. If your rest is adjusted it should shoot whatever broadhead/field tip pretty darn close. I had an old Slick Trick head and recently decided to shoot it just for fun...dead on at 50 yards. Get your rest tuned and fast!
As mentioned above. Broadhead tuning is recommended. But your MAxx's will no doubt drop a little more than your regular killzones. They just don't appear to be remotely aerodynamic. Stick to low profile two blades = my advice.
If you spin test your arrows that could eliminate a lot of adjusting to compensate for an arrow that does not spin true.
Ok i went to my pro shop and we paper tuned the bow and it was way off so we tuned the best we could and it wasnt good enough yet so i had to break down and buy a new rest because the one on the bow was from the stone age and figured it wasn doin quite so put a QAD on and it paper tuned almost perfect. Resited the bow in this afternoon and wer gettin two arrow groups in pry 2-2.5" groups at 60yards or really close to that so im stoked, just needs more fine tuning and shoot a broadhead and i think wer good. But yes i was way out of tune and i dnt think that help any Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
