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Stick Bender:
Well I think it does in terms of penetration when some of the energy is being dump on a slight cant  & the arrows are more prone to being erratic with a bad release which has happened to me before hunting , & taking shots at strange angles and position so my thoughts are to take advantage of every advantage I can  plus for me when the arrows fly like darts I feel more confident but that's just my thinking !

TSA:
i am with you stickbender.
i like to get my equipment as spot on as i can, then i have nothing to blame except myself, i agree it allows me to feel more confident with the shot!

if it were me, i would try them both, what bow are you shooting, and whats your drawlength!

but to set your mind at ease just a wee bit, i used to shoot with #55 shafts out of my one  longbow, i killed numerous  deer with that setup, and did a ton of stump shooting etc, then after i watched the S3 video on bareshafting, and eventually bareshafted my arrows properly, i discovered that bow was "properly tuned" with about #72 shafts :o.
 i was waaay off for the longest time- but the fletching really seemed to compensate.- nothing else changed, my instinctive point on aim was exactly the same- the shafts sure did look better in flight though :laugh:

i honestly feel that if you are not way off, you will be fine, but like you said, get the shafts tuned in as soon as you get the chance.

Stick Bender:
This particular bow is 68 in.47 lb @ 29 1/4 osage lever self bow 8 strand FF string my back up is a 62 hickory/sinew 45lb @29 1/4 B50 string the hickory/sinew flys flawless like darts a thing of beauty to watch with 50-55s knocked tapered Douglas fir I have these 30 year old Cedar arrows that I don't exactly remember the spine but I think there 55-60s (need to make a spines tester) but they seem to be heavier spine but heavy mass 586 grain with 125 grain head & fletched shaft, I'm going to work on those today ,55-60s are the heaviest shafts in wood that I have , I'm not worried about the shot at 20 yards is the max distance in my shooting lane , I'm just saying you know how it is hunting adrenaline pumping, surprise when you least expect it and the dear come in from strange angles a lot can go wrong different then shooting plastic critters , I'm not that good of archer need every advantage I can get. Sorry Willie not trying to hijack your thread just happened to be bare shafting and working arrows when you posted !

Stick Bender:
Woohoo ! got these heavy mass cedars tuned out they have to be 60-65s I micro tuned 3 of them at give or take a 1/16 in the length 31 3/4 over all the angle in the pic is is actual angle and point of aims shot I hade to shoot threw my back gate to get 15 yards I live in the city the 15 yard pateren and angles actually was grouping better then the 16 Ft pateren maybe it's me but for any body that wants to try this be warned it will show every micro inconsistency in your form and release perfection it's not but overall consistency is what to look for but to be honest I think I could poke a dear with no fletching if I had to at 15 yards and these 586 grain cedars are really dumping there energy when they hit they where bouncing the bag back against the wood stop also it really shows you the differences in spine arrow to arrow but very time consuming process but worth it !

Stick Bender:
16 ft.

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