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Bowbuilds · Compound bow builds, tools and guides

Pick your parts. Build your bow. Share it.

A community for compound bow setups — every part of a build listed and discussed, plus free tuning tools and guides. Hunting-first.

01Bow builder

Build a bow

Pick a bow, then every accessory, slot by slot. Your draft is saved as you go.

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02Community

Browse builds

Complete setups shared by other archers, with every part listed and discussed.

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03Tools

Tune your setup

Paper and broadhead tear diagnosis, an arrow lab, and a sight tape that prints at 1:1.

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04Guides

Learn the why

Long-form references behind each calculator, written for hunting setups first.

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Pro setups · From their videos

Pro setups

What known archers and bowhunters shoot, part by part, from their own videos. Start a build from any of them.

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Tim Connor: 2026 hunting setup
Pro setup

“Tim Connor: 2026 hunting setup”

DartonDarton · TRITECH 35 Compound Hunting Bow

9/13

A 60 lb Darton Tritech 35 with an Axcel Landslyde slider and AVX-31 scope, an AAE Prophecy rest, Podium Archer bars and Victory RIP TKO arrows, set up for hunting after a season of 3D.

Tim Connor · Sep 2026
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John Dudley: 2026 hunting setup
Pro setup

“John Dudley: 2026 hunting setup”

HoytHoyt · Carbon RX-10 Ultra Compound Hunting Bow

9/13

His 2026 hunting bow, a custom-painted Hoyt Carbon RX-10 Ultra at about 73 lb, set up for spot-and-stalk: a 2-pin Boonie, a short front bar and no side rod, a 3/16 in peep, and Easton 5.0 arrows with Nockturnal lighted nocks and G5 T2 broadheads.

John Dudley · Sep 2026
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Cameron Hanes: 2026 hunting setup
Pro setup

“Cameron Hanes: 2026 hunting setup”

HoytHoyt · AX-90 Compound Hunting Bow

5/13

His 2026 backcountry hunting bow: a 90 lb Hoyt AX-90 shooting four-fletched Easton X10 Parallel Pro arrows of about 480 grains with Grim Reaper Carni-Four broadheads. Hoyt built the AX-90 after he asked for a 90-pound bow, and its Keep Hammering Edition carries his name.

Cameron Hanes · Sep 2026
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Dan Staton: 2026 hunting setup
Pro setup

“Dan Staton: 2026 hunting setup”

MathewsMathews · ARC 30 Compound Hunting Bow

8/13

His elk setup for the 2026 archery season: a Mathews ARC 30 at 80 lb with an Axcel Driver sight, a QAD 1776 rest and Easton X10 Parallel Pro arrows.

Dan Staton · Aug 2026
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Average Jack Archery: 2026 3D setup
Pro setup

“Average Jack Archery: 2026 3D setup”

EliteElite · Victra 40 Compound Target Bow

4/13

His new 3D bow for the 2026 outdoor season: an Elite Victra 40 on the 75% let-off module with a Hamskea Everest rest, and the Bee Stinger and CBE bars from his indoor bow.

Average Jack Archery · Jul 2026
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Chris Bee: 2026 hunting setup
Pro setup

“Chris Bee: 2026 hunting setup”

MathewsMathews · ARC 30 Compound Hunting Bow

7/13

His Mathews ARC 30 at about 81 lb, built at Mathews in August 2025 and still his normal bow at the 2026 Total Archery Challenge events, with a five-pin UV Slider, a QAD MX2 rest, Mathews angled Bridge-Lock bars and UV 1K arrows of about 455 grains.

Chris Bee · Jun 2026
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Community · Latest builds

Recent builds

The newest setups shared on the site. Click through for every part and the discussion.

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Illustrative assembly
Build

“Escalate Future Build”

BearBear · Escalate Compound Hunting Bow

13/13
by Aaron_Frasi18
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Illustrative assembly
Build

“Escalate”

BearBear · Escalate Compound Hunting Bow

12/13
by Aaron_Frasi18
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Illustrative assembly
Build

“2026 whitetail”

MathewsMathews · Lift 29.5 Compound Hunting Bow

12/13
by weston3456
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Illustrative assembly
Build

“Untitled build”

HoytHoyt · Alpha AX-2 32 Compound Hunting Bow

5/13
by bbcr
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Roe deer & boars
Build

“Roe deer & boars”

BowtechBowtech · SS34 Compound Hunting Bow

10/13
by perdouan
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Tools · Free, no account

Tuning tools

The calculators behind the guides. Bring your own numbers.

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Generator

Sight tape generator

Print a calibration-fitted tape from your zeroed pin distances.

Diagnosis

Archery form check

Upload a full-draw photo; get your form rated and what to fix first.

3D explorer

Draw cycle explorer

Turn, draw, and release a 3D compound bow. See the mechanics in motion.

Diagnosis

Paper tuning helper

Pick your tear pattern, get the rest, nock-point, and cam-lean fix.

Diagnosis

Broadhead tuning helper

Bring broadhead and field-point groups together before season.

Calculator

Arrow Lab: arrow build calculator

Spine, FOC, kinetic energy and speed for a whole arrow, all at once.

Calculator

Arrow spine chart & calculator

The spine your bow needs from draw weight, arrow length and point weight, with the full chart.

Calculator

Arrow speed calculator

Real arrow speed from your bow's IBO rating, draw, arrow and string, step by step.

Calculator

Arrow FOC calculator

Front of center from your components or a measured balance point, and the point weight for your target.

Calculator

Arrow kinetic energy calculator

Kinetic energy and momentum out to 60 yards, against the minimums for deer, elk and bigger game.

Calculator

Draw length calculator

Draw length from your wingspan or height, and the arrow length that goes with it.

Guides · Long-form references

Tuning guides and field reports

What each number means, how to read it in the field, and which adjustment fixes what.

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01

Compound bow shooting form

Good form at full draw, point by point, with the fix for each fault.

Guide02

Target panic and the release

How each release fires, command vs surprise shots, and the drills that fix target panic.

Guide03

How to set up a new compound bow

Install the rest, sight, nock point, D-loop and peep in order, then shoot the first arrows.

Guide04

How to tune a compound bow

The full tune order, the checks before it, and nock tuning your arrows.

Guide05

Paper tuning a compound bow

Read every tear pattern and the adjustment that fixes it.

Guide06

Bare-shaft tuning a compound bow

Read where bare shafts land against fletched arrows, and fix each offset.

Guide07

Walkback tuning a compound bow

Set the rest's left-right position from arrow drift between 20 and 60 yards.

Guide08

Broadhead tuning a compound bow

Every broadhead-vs-field-point impact pattern, diagnosed.

Guide09

Cam timing and cam lean

Check timing and lean at full draw, and correct them with yokes, spacers or adjusters.

Guide10

Arrow setup for compound bows

Spine, point weight, FOC, KE, and momentum for hunting arrows.

Guide11

How to sight in a compound bow

Which way to move the sight, then each pin in order, from 20 yards out.

Guide12

Compound bow sight tapes

How sight tapes work and how to make one that prints true.

Guide13

IBO speed vs measured speed

What IBO ratings mean and how to read the spec-vs-chrono gap.

Guide14

IBO honesty field report

12 compound bow brands ranked by advertised vs chronographed speed.

Field report · original data
How it works

From bare bow to tuned

Step 1

Pick your parts

Start from the bow. Add string, rest, sight, stabilizer, release, quiver, arrows and points, one slot at a time.

Step 2

Save it, then share it

Your draft stays in the browser until you publish. A public build gets its own page, a photo, comments and votes.

Step 3

Tune it

Read your paper tear, walk broadheads into field points, then print a sight tape calibrated to your real marks.

Ready?

Start with the bow.

Drafts save in your browser. An account is only needed when you publish.

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About

What Bowbuilds is

Bowbuilds is a community for archers to design, share and discuss compound bow builds. A build lists every component of a setup — bow, sight, rest, quiver, release, arrows and points — as its own page with discussion and votes, so someone with the same bow can see exactly what works with it.

Alongside the builds, the site hosts free tuning tools and long-form guides: paper tuning, broadhead tuning, arrow setup and a calibrated sight tape generator. They need no account and are written for hunting setups first. Bowbuilds is independent and has no affiliation with any manufacturer.

Frequently asked
What is a bow build?+

A complete compound bow setup listed part by part: bow, string, rest, sight, stabilizer, release, quiver, arrows and points. Each public build has its own page with the parts, a photo, comments and votes.

Is Bowbuilds free?+

Yes. Browsing builds, the tuning tools and the guides are free and need no account. An account is only required to publish a build, vote or comment.

Which bows are supported?+

Compound bows. Recurve and traditional are not covered yet.