How to TUNE ANY New BOW Made Easy (Eastmans')

Learn how to tune your bow with Dan Pickar. This video covers advanced bow tuning and dives into how to find the best arrow set-up for you bow. Dan matches arrows to four different bows a Mathews V3, a PSE Evo Evl, a Bear Redemption and an Elite Kure. Each bow has different advantages when it comes to getting your bow tuned without visiting a pro shop.
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[@kilosoutdoors2706]

💯 Keep it stupid simple. A lot has changed in 35 years and I feel like some of the "New ways" of doing things and setting bows up over complicates it. I want a durable bow without all these fancy drop rest that I would assume need to be timed. I dont care for D-loops since I have a ball-bearing wrist release give me a basic nock point. I dont need a bow built like a tank but some of these sights sit way to fat out and as a treestand hunter all i really need is my antique pendulum sight. LOL I like to keep it super simple. Great video.

[@chrisnixon9529]

I like how much you put into this video and I agree with you that the proper arrow spine can be the answer to “bow tune”. I have found that mock tuning each bare shaft makes the bow shoot much more forgiving. I shoot a 330 spine Easton Hexx with a 175 grain ethic archery insert and a 100 grain FP or BH. Once I have nock tuned each bare shaft to bullet holes at 7-8 yards, I can shoot any broad head with no fliers. Granted I make sure both front and back of each shaft is square.

[@dp5430]

Really appreciate the tunning videos! Great job! I invested in a ez green press a couple years ago. I installed new strings and cables on my halon. Its very rewarding to harvest animals with a self tuned bow.

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Thats awesome, glad to hear!

[@brucescott9814]

I’m new to archery and this info was awesome thanks very much for sharing 👍👍

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Glad this helpful to you!

[@tfrost33elkhunter]

Spectacular video and thank you for sharing this knowledge! I’m gonna go tune my VXR 28. Look at those Wyoming blue skies!!! Work took me away from my home of Wyoming. Man do I miss it!!!

[@lengxiong3247]

Legit bro! U give so many different views and ways to correct them arrows.

[@qazwsxedc12345678991]

You should shoot at dark with lighted knocks so the Viewers can see the arrow fly funky

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

Thank you 🙏🏻 again Dan for another quality bow/arrow tuning video that makes it so simple. In a year or two I may get a replacement for my 2006 PSE. All four look like quality bows, since I don’t have a press I may lean toward the Elite Kure if I could find one at a shop around here in West Virginia. Dan’s ready for August Archery 🏹 Antelope Adventures. Hopefully I can do the same in a couple years.

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

You bet man! Let me know if you need any help and sounds good! I'm ready! - Dan

[@riversarchery]

I have one in stock if you need bud!

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

@@riversarchery thank you 🙏🏻 but I am getting married in August so I will have to wait until probably winter time around Christmas or so before I can get a new bow 🏹

[@riversarchery]

@@TheWVgoodguy22 no worries man good luck

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

@@EastmansHuntingJournals Okay will do whether here, Instagram DM and I am sure that you have a company email 📧. I bet that you are ready for some restocking of your freezer with pronghorn meat 🍖 and the adventure that goes along with obtaining it.

[@jeremyx1431]

Awesome video mate!

[@jayytee8062]

How do you know if your nocks aren't the cause? Maybe need to rotate the nocks as well??

[@zhickman338]

Why are your adjustments for broadheads and bare shafts different? The physics is exactly the same.

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Bare shaft tuning it actually tuning your bow. "Broadhead tuning" is getting your broadheads to group with your field tips. It's not actually tuning the arrow to your bow. The rest adjustments for broadhead tuning are so minute that it shouldn't affect your point of impact of your field tips. - Dan

[@teenelomz9402]

Great info, as a newer bow tech I am learning alot from your videos. However, why no love for the Bowtech with deadlock?

[@wrobo6122]

Where is the Bowtech Solution? That’s the best tunable bow !

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

They couldn't get us a bow soon enough but yes, also very tunable!

[@mattiecreates]

Hell yeah My last names Eastman! Great video Subbed

[@jwhitehorse3601]

What target is that you use. I've been looking for one for awhile and cant.

[@PBS-nm1uu]

was hoping for more details

[@rod9444]

Awesome video, so much good info. Ima going to use some of this to tune in my bow! I shoot a Prime alloy 26” 70lbs bow and keep having to move my rest way left, shooting 400s with 125 grain tips, so figuring I’m overspined? I’ll have to try different arrows so I’m back close to center-shot.

[@brandonc5865]

I figure you’d be closer to underspined

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Yeah from the sounds of it, you should be spined about right but maybe you need longer carbon to weaken it up. Its acting overspined but shouldn't be. Check your grip. I would suggest you try another 400 spine arrow with at 26" of carbon.

[@BradfordStokes]

Prime bows use shims like Mathews just in case anyone is wondering I miss bus cables.

[@jjanders8810]

So you keep stating that having a 50gr insert and a 100gr tip is "A Lot of Weight" for a 350 spine. That is what every bow shop is going to install on almost any arrow unless you specify otherwise. What else is there to use? Should you just stiffen the spine to say 400 and run the set up with 50gr/100gr? I enjoy the videos and will continue to watch. Also, this year is the first year I have really seen everyone bare shaft tuning. Is this new to the industry or have I just been under a rock?

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

When I say "a lot of weight", this is compared to what was the norm 10 years ago. 150 grains up front is substantial and the more weight you have up front the stiffer arrow you need. So that means a 300 spine for me with 150 gr up front. I would probably shoot a 350 spine if I had 115 total up front. Bare shaft tuning has always been around but folks are seeing how much more important it is to finish tuning your bow. -Dan

[@demunbell]

V3-31, 30"@65# + Easton Hexx Carbon 260SP @ 417GR = 295FPS

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Solid!!

[@zachshumpert8824]

I tried this and my bare shaft was shooting left of my fletched arrow. on my bare shaft the nock was right of the tip of the arrow in the target. What should I do?

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Get a weaker spined arrow or move your rest to the left. -Dan

[@colesemler8513]

How do you figure out which arrow shoots the best?

[@coreykolenosky5974]

A well tuned bow, or tune-able bow should be able to shoot a wide range of arrows?

[@reapergrim76]

Awesome!

[@gothicboy643]

How do I tune a Jennings Sonic XL compound? Do I gotta go in to tune it or do I tune it myself?

[@wrobo6122]

Where is the Bowtech Solution? Yes, The most tunable bow made

[@jacobpillow3639]

Idk never shot a bowtech but my Elite Kure has some serious tuning capabilities. Just my opinion.

[@owsowmuskwanaistus9213]

30;00 or you can bring down the poundage to 67 when you dont have the luxury of arrows or a press you got to go tht path besides thts why they make 60 70 dw

[@GoBirdsNews]

I have a Parker Bows Ultra Lite 30 + , I’m very very new to compound bow hunting and shooting. Sadly, there is no pro shops near me whatsoever. I’m not sure what to do to make this bow work properly. Pretty sure it’s not tuned properly and I have no idea about the center shot at all

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Going to have to do some googling. Lots of information out there. Been in your shoes about 20 years ago and had to teach myself. Archerytalk.com is a good resource. Let me know if you need anything else..- Dan

[@katelynjackson3443]

Yeah good tips appreciated it

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Glad this was helpful! Dan is a wealth of knowledge 👊

[@steve8828]

Not sure I agree with “tuning the arrow to your bow.” Sounds backwards to me. However, bare shaft tuning the way to do it. Most people don’t and wonder why they can’t find a broad head that flies well.

[@teddibiase5332]

Tuning your arrows is the correct way to do it. Do you bend your gun to the ammo you like or do you find ammo your gun likes?

[@Erick-ie8ll]

@@teddibiase5332 guns and bows are completely different so you can’t use that analogy. When a bow is drawn and fired by a person, that individual inputs his or her own pressure on different contact points on the bow. That affects the power stroke of the string which can affect arrow flight. A rifle has a rigid barrel that is only fired by squeezing a trigger. The shooter has little to do with how the bullet travels out of the gun. The shooter of a rifle only has to worry about aiming for point of impact. 2 people can shoot the same bow with the same arrow completely different. A rifle can shoot a bullet out of a barrel the same way if fired by different people. In this video the archer kept getting nock left bare shafts and blamed it on a weak spine. Compound bows are shot with a mechanical release aid and have center cut risers that use rests. Weak/stiff spine won’t show as left to right errors. That’s a power stroke alignment issue that is corrected by adjusting the bow. Whether it be through yokes, shims, cable guard, rest, etc. just make sure you pick an arrow that is stiff enough and well built. Tuning a bow is not complicated. What makes it complicated is when the wrong information spreads and people get frustrated when they apply it.

[@v.n.6886]

If your arrows are too weak why didn't you crank the bow down a bit to about 65 lbs? Could help also.

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Yes that would help but modern compound bows tune the best and are most efficient with limb pockets seated into the riser. I would consider cranking down the bow as a last resort.

[@v.n.6886]

@@EastmansHuntingJournals That's right, but 5 lbs are about 2 turns on a modern bow. Not much above seated in and be most efficient and if it helps it's worth the little loss in efficiency.

[@katieevans8184]

No wonder why guys shoot crossbows! Why are bows so finicky today? Never had issues with tuning years ago and broadhead tuning! Bring back the mathews solo cam! All these new bows make people go to the dark side!

[@tonyallen8626]

what if you haven't got access to a shop or haven't got heaps of different types of arrows

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Then I would buy a bow that's easily adjustable. Don't need heaps of arrows though, what are your bow specs and draw length? -Dan

[@johnlanders5505]

So, pay over a grand for a bow and tune arrows instead of the bow? What happens when your broadhead doesn't tune? Now you got to tune the bow?

[@lynnsamford9324]

Who makes that target ??? We’re to find it ???

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

That's a Matrix target. Here's Dan's review on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omnRdYSGrM2chKM

[@celticoutdoors5452]

Man this was awesome information. I have a question if you do not mind answering? I shoot the V3 27" 70# 28" draw. Im shooting the 350HD Daysix arrows with the 50grain insert with 100 grain broadhead at 28.5". So am I shooting to low of a spine or is this the right setup? I can group decent, but I have the 5 pin slider from black gold and its adjusted all the way to the left. So is my arrow setup the problem? Thanks for your help. I have asked many bow shops and I keep getting told its because the riser is wider than normal bows, to me it doesn't seem right.

[@nickblake5824]

The riser is fairly wide, but the bigger issue is your bow shop “tuning” your bow by moving the rest instead of the top hats. If you look down your arrow shaft, it’s more than likely kicking way outside, which requires you to move your sight way outside to match that as well

[@nickblake5824]

If your sight is pushed far to the left, that indicates you were getting a tail right tear through paper so the rest was moved away from the riser or outside. The appropriate thing to do would be put the smaller top hats on the right side instead of the left and bring the bow back into center shot.

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

From the way you are describing it your arrows are too stiff for your setup. But reading your specs, I wouldn't think they would be. My guess would be its your grip..which is fine as long as it is consistent. Mark from Mathews said the bows are made so about 80% of people don't need top hats. He also said the V3 likes weaker spined arrows. So, need a weaker arrow or like Nick said, needs smaller top hats. The whole "riser is wider than normal bows" is silly. That's not right.

[@nwmod39]

Did all of the arrows weigh the same or close?

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

I made sure the arrows were within 5 grains of each other. Bare shaft or fletched.

[@jdonez8347]

Lost me when there wasn't a hoyt in the mix. 😅🤣

[@sethharding1727]

Who makes that target?

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

That’s a Matrix target. Thanks for your question

[@sethharding1727]

@@EastmansHuntingJournals thanks for the video. I have been wanting to build out a bow completely on my own and your video has definitely given me the confidence to attempt it this year.

[@craighunt1628]

You went both ways with this. You started with finding the arrow your bow wants. Then you jumped to tuning your bow. Lol. Why shoot a weak spine and tune your bow to it. Its the wrong spine

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

It still takes some fine tuning no matter what arrow you use. I shot a weak spine to illustrate a point.

[@colincarver893]

Confusing

[@jasperjones1153]

I want See on a hunting show a new

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Soon!

[@teddibiase5332]

Wtf...."this shows my spine is too weak" so you're going to bend your bow to correct for bad arrow selection??? Do ya bend your rifles barrel because it doesn't like a certain type of ammo?

[@upstreamer1661]

You are wrong.