*The best time to hunt (or fish), in general, is anytime the moon is above the horizon, according toPeak times:
-high tide (major feed), low tide (minor feed)
-moon rise (major feed, +- 1/2 hr.), moon set (minor feed, +- 1/2 hr.)

*Bows with a long axel-to-axel length and long brace height are physically more forgiving and easier to shoot.

*It takes about 40 foot-pounds of kinetic energy to get a complete pass-through shot on a whitetail deer. About 50 foot-pounds is required for an elk.

*For birds use narrow feathered arrows with blunt pewter heads. The bow should be light (<50 pounds)

*For rabbit use light but broadheaded arrows, sharp pointed and barbed.

*For ducks use broadheaded, very sharp, deeply barbed

* Shooting a heavier arrow (shaft + tip) will not necessarily give you more penetration (kinetic energy) over a lighter arrow. Check it for yourself ... take your bow and shoot a heavy arrow and a light arrow through a chronograph, then calculate the kinetic energy. I bet the values aren't much different. However, both heavy and light arrows have their pros and cons.

*The idler wheel of a single-cam bow is the single most important component dictates the bow's accuracy.

*Is your bow chewing your arm off? Chances are, if your bow string is hitting your forearm, the bow's brace height is too short for you. This happens because of how your bow arm angles into the bow. The closer the bow string is to the riser (low brace height), the better the chances are of the string hitting your forearm. There isn't a lot you can do about this problem, but you can try removing the grip from the riser and replacing it with a thin rap. Or you can change up your shooting style.

*By replacing your bow's metal nock with a tie on nock or served nock, you can increase the speed of your arrows by 1-4 fps.

*Identical bows that have a one inch (1") difference in draw length will have an arrow speed difference of 6-10fps. This is assuming that the arrows weight and the draw weight are the same.

*Arrow Kinetic Energy (KE) = (Arrow Weight in grains (W) X Arrow Velocity in feet per second (V) X Arrow Velocity in feet per second (V)) / 450,800 » KE = (W X V2) / 450,800

*Drop-away arrow rest will not eliminate bad arrow flight caused by grip torque. These rests will only help a little at best. However, these rests will solve fletching clearance problems.