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Shorter draw length

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Pappy:
The only down side to the shorter draw is the performance you give up,I have a short draw
25/26 and I can tell you that shorter power stroke hurts, I shoot with a guy with a full 28 and when we are shooting the same weight bow at our draw length,mine 50@25 his 50@28,his will out penetrate my by quite a bit,I have been working on squaring my stance a bit and make sure I get to the corner of my mouth,[I use my middle finger] To get a little more length,I also do like Keenan and build my bows a little heaver that I like to compansate for the shorter draw. :)
Just something to think about before you work on shorting you length by much,I also went to a much heavier arrow to help with penetration but then you loose a lot of distance.Since I am mainly interested in Hunting distance [10/15 yards] it seem a worthy trade off. I would kill for a 27/28 inch draw. :) :)
Pappy

jonathan creason:
Would adding reflex/flipping the tips to add some early draw weight help much with the performance loss?  That is my main concern, but I just seem to shoot better this way.

Kegan:
This is a bit off the main topic, but unless you're used to it or wearing a hat with a soft brim, the string hitting your hat can throw your shooting off alot more than you'd think :P

jonathan creason:
Yeah, that's a big issue for me too, Kegan.  Even ones with a soft brim tend to throw me off when they fold down over my eye.

Keenan:
Pappy said it right on, The shorter draw = shorter power stroke,  Compensate with as much weight as you can shoot (very good) and go with heavy arrows. ;)

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