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Accuracy of long bows vs. short bows

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welch2:
Longbows are more forgiving of inconsistent nock placement and release .Becuase the string is longer.

Let's say you have 68" long string on your longbow and a 46" string on your short bow .Then you nock each bow say 1/8" off from where you should have placed the arrow .Half of each string length is 34" and 23" .So the 1/8" nocking (or a release error) is  .0037% of the distance to the nock on the longbow , and it's .0054% of the the distance to the nock on the short bow . That's about 2/3 more on the shortbow string ,making it more sensitive to form.

Did I make any sense ?

Ralph 

Ryano:
I don't find knock placement to be all that critical on my bows, although I always try to knock a bit high above square. I think short bows if designed properly can be shot just as accurately as a longer bow. I think there's more important aspects of a design that make a bow easier to shoot more accurately, like string angle, balance in the hand, grip design, physical weight, and placement of physical weight, just name a few.

Kegan:
As it was said, longbows are just easier. Short bows require a better archer, like Ishi :). I missed several squirrel last year from only a couple yards with a 62" D bow. I later realized I could have gotten opne if I had smacked him with the bow ;D. Lith a longbow, 70" for my 27" draw, I can hit a paper plate sized target out to 45 yards on a good day.

Stonedog:
OK, here is how I think about it.

A long bow is roughly man tall.  I have no problem dragging my body thru the woods quitely.....

adb:
Hi,
Longer bows are faster. Sir Isaac Newton had that figured a long time ago. Also, more forgiving and accurate. However, you have to balance that with convenience. Carrying a 74" bow around while hunting, is just a huge pain in the behind, and impossible from a treestand. Nice for target shooting though. I usually shoot a 72" ELB style longbow for target shooting, and a 60" recurve or 64" longbow for hunting. Everything still requires practice!!

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