Compound bow loadouts, shared
A community for sharing complete compound bow setups — bow, sight, rest, quiver, release, arrow. hunting-first.
What's here
Build a complete loadout slot by slot — bow, string, rest, sight, stabilizer, release, quiver, arrow, point. Save it. Share it. Comment on other archers' setups, vote, and see what real hunters are running this season.
Builds are public by default and stay live at a permanent URL likebowbuilds.com/builds/your-build-slugso they're easy to share on forums, social, or with a buddy.
Tools
Free, no-account-required calculators and helpers for the recurring questions every compound shooter has.
- Paper tuning
Diagnose paper-tear patterns and dial in the rest, nock point, and cam lean on a compound bow.
- Broadhead tuning
Diagnose broadhead-vs-field-point impact patterns and the rest, nock-point, and cam-lean adjustments that bring the two groups together.
- Arrow lab
Calculate arrow FOC, kinetic energy, momentum, and recommended spine from your bow setup and arrow components.
- Sight tape
Generate a sight tape from a small number of zeroed pin distances. Trajectory math from your real numbers.
Guides
Long-form references that pair with the tools — what the numbers actually mean and how to read them in the field.
- Paper tuning a compound bow
How to read every paper-tear pattern and the rest, nock-point, cam-lean, and spine adjustments that fix each.
- Broadhead tuning a compound bow
How to read every broadhead-vs-field-point impact pattern and the rest, nock-point, cam-lean, and spine fixes for each. The last tune before hunting season.
- Arrow setup for compound bows
Spine, total weight, point weight, FOC, kinetic energy, and momentum — what each is, what it does, and the numbers worth caring about.
- Compound bow sight tapes
How sight tapes work, why they matter for hunting, and how to generate one from your zeroed pins.