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Shorter draw length

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aznboi3644:
My natural draw is 26".  But I do love to shoot short bows with 20-24" draws.  I can draw out to 32" but thats as far as I can stretch and accuracy drops...but its fun to flight shoot drawing warbow style.

Alpinbogen:
My normal draw is 25".  I don't want to shorten that or I wouldn't have much of a power stroke.

Traxx:
Jonathan,
You are not alone.I find pretty much the same as you.Dont know why for shure,but im more stable with the shorter draw and my alignment seems better and more consistant.Shorter bows,reflexed and sinew backed,seem to help with the performance some,at least at the yardage most of us shoot at.

Traxx:
I also meant to say,a bow designed to utize the energy,of a short draw,will lessen the performance loss from shrinking your draw down,on a bow designed for a longer draw.

Kegan:
What you lose in power you also make up for in the ease of finding arrows and getting them to spine and balance properly. I shoot a little over 29" and have trouble finding arrows stiff enough at times.

I also recently tried shooting a shorter bow I found at only 26" draw. It pulled about 60# or so and I found it painful to shoot at the shorter draw length, my elbows were unaccustomed to bearing the force rather than my bones and I tired out much more quickly. I had been planning a short Native style bow to shoot with a shorter draw length but not now.

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