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Is this normal? Difference in fixed blade/field point practice? #9105229 09/10/24 06:35 PM
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Been shooting and hunting with a bow now a few years, I went to 3 blade fixed broadheads a couple of years back. When I practice with field points I consistently group 3" to the right (I am a right handed shooter). I have a few broad heads I have designated practice and am dialed with those. Field points and broadheads are the same weight. Is this something I am doing or just the way fixed blades fly?

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Assuming it’s a compound, it’s a tuning issue

We normally start adjusting the rest to get heads hitting with field points, but it could be various issues, cam timing, tiller, arrow spine, etc.


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Originally Posted by txtrophy85
Assuming it’s a compound, it’s a tuning issue

We normally start adjusting the rest to get heads hitting with field points, but it could be various issues, cam timing, tiller, arrow spine, etc.


Yes compound, thank you, this and a short article I just read give me a good place to start.

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This is why you always sight in with the broadheads you are going to hunt with. But yes you have a tuning problem.

Re: Is this normal? Difference in fixed blade/field point practice? [Re: BassBuster1] #9105390 09/10/24 10:32 PM
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It’s a tuning issue, probably a minor one. What distance are you shooting?

3” at something like 30 yards is a tiny bump of the arrow rest to the left. I mean tiny. You could possibly fix that with grip pressure. Or maybe nock tuning.

If it’s consistently grouping, at this point I would just sight in with the head I am hunting with or try a mech head. It’s deer season.

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Try going to a stiffer arrow for your broadheads and see if that groups with the field points (say 300 for BH and 340 for field points). Doesn't always work but I've seen it work in some cases. In either case, site in with your broadheads out to the max distance you intend to shoot and then shoot your field points to that distance. You can practice with your field points if you know how far off you will usually be.


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I wouldn’t go stiffer. Field points hitting the right side. I almost made the same mistake. You’ll get alot of conflicting info, i just follow the gold tip charts. That’s how i learned to broadhead tune.

A change in your grip could throw your fixed heads 8” in another direction at 50 yards. This close to deer season, hold what you got.


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Broadheads are dialed to hunt, I will mess with this after season.

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Wise decision


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