Archery Ballistics Study | Data

Access all the raw data from our archery ballistics study right here.

Overview

This section contains every dataset collected during the study. In the interest of transparency, we make all data publicly available for review and independent analysis.

You can browse or download each data table below. We encourage researchers and enthusiasts alike to explore, verify, and build on our results. For details on copyright and licensing, please see the notice below.

Summarized Data

Vane Performance Overview

A summary table of the vane performance test data, including aerodynamic drag, restorative lift data, and weighted sound pressure level data.

Broadhead Performance Overview

A summary table of the broadhead performance test data, including aerodynamic drag and normalized wind drift.

Aerodynamic Drag

Aerodynamic Drag Calculations

All drag calculations from the study, including mean, standard deviation, and confidence intervals.

Radar Velocity Readings Summary

Summarized radar velocity data from the study, including mean, standard deviation, and confidence intervals at 0.5yd, 30yd, and 60yd.

Radar Velocity Readings

Each and every radar velocity reading from the study, including a 0.5yd, 30yd, and 60yd reading for each shot.

Normalized Wind Drift

Normalized wind drift calculations for each arrow build, based on calculated aerodynamic drag - including mean, standard deviation, and confidence intervals.

Restorative Lift

Restorative Lift Summary

A summary of the restorative lift test data, including mean, standard deviation, and confidence intervals of each build's horizontal deviation from a fixed reference point with field points, a Sevr 2.0 broadhead, and an Iron Will Wide broadhead.

Restorative Lift Shots

A measurement in inches of the horizontal distance from the reference point to the impact for each shot on the target during the lift recovery test.

Restorative Lift Shot Impact Coordinates

Raw horizontal (x) coordinates of the impact for each arrow on the target from the restorative lift testing photos.

Restorative Lift Image Files

Each and every image from the restorative lift testing, in PDF format, with markers placed on each arrow impact point.

Sound

Overall Weighted Sound Pressure Levels

Summarized sound pressure level (SPL) data from the study to reflect whitetail deer and human hearing, including confidence intervals.

1/3-Octave Sound Pressure Level Summary

Summarized sound pressure level (SPL) data from the study, including logarithmic mean and confidence intervals, in 1/3 octave bands.

1/3-Octave Sound Pressure Level Shots

All sound pressure level (SPL) values for each shot from the sound testing in 1/3 octave bands.

Human Hearing Filter

The A-Weighting filter used to normalize the sound pressure levels of the arrow flight to human hearing from 500 to 20,000 hertz.

Deer Hearing Filter

A custom filter based on Heffner, 2010 used to normalize the sound pressure levels of the arrow flight to whitetail deer hearing from 500 to 30,000 hertz.

Arrow Builds

Arrow Build Details

Full details on each arrow build used in the study.

Arrow Weights

Weights of each individual arrow used in the study.

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