![]() ![]() Also, pay attention to the arrow’s position in the target. This indicates severe arrow-to-rest contact. Listen carefully for any whap, bang, or clang. If you are using a fall-away rest, the next step is to stand close to a foam target and fire an arrow. Bow Tuning Step 4: Fix Any Fletch Contact If unwanted arrow-to-rest contact persists, use spray powder to better diagnose the problem. If you have a laser or a bow square, they work well too for finding the center shot. That’s how I do it, and then I work out the kinks later while paper tuning. ![]() All of that said, you can easily just eyeball it knock an arrow and move the rest left or right until, from and overhead view, the arrow appears to extend through the center of the riser (as a long stabilizer would). Another option is to measure a nocked arrow off both the front and back of the riser, moving the rest left or right until both of those two measurements are the same. The most common location is between center of the arrow shelf (measured off the riser) and 3/16 inch to the left of center for a right-handed shooter. Read your bow’s manual for an initial center-shot setting. In simple terms, center shot is the perfect alignment of the arrow rest to the bowstring’s nocking point. Tuning a Compound Bow Step 3: Adjust the Center Shot Measure a nocked arrow off the front and back of the riser to find the center shot. Tuning a Compound Bow, Step 2: Time a Fall-Away Rest The two tuning marks-the white lines on the lower right of the site-should line up as the bow break over. Don’t worry about getting the rest perfectly positioned at this point, just get it correctly mounted. Now nock an arrow, and use an arrow level-these are widely available and cost only a few bucks-to determine you nocking point. If you have a fall-away rest, connect the rest cord to the downward buss cable or to a limb, again, following the manufacturer’s instructions. If you have a whisker biscuit or hostage-type rest, you’re done for now. (There are many good bow vises out there, and they are not very expensive.) Now simply follow the manufacturer’s instructions to attach the rest to the bow riser’s Berger hole (or holes), or to the face of the riser, depending on the type of rest you have. So, first, use a vice to secure your bow in a level, vertical position. You can’t get very far tuning a bow without it, of course, but also when it comes to a simple, basic tune for hunting, it’s small adjustments to the rest, more than anything, that will fix the problems you run into. It’s fitting, in a way, that the first step is attaching a rest to the bow riser. How to Tune a Compound Bow, Step 1: Attach the Arrow Rest Secure you bow in a vise, attach the rest, and tie in a D-loop for the nocking point. ![]()
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