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How do you draw a high-weight English Longbow?
adb:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,42178.0.html
Check this out. Pics and everything.
Del the cat:
Ok, I don't proffess to be a great exponent of shooting a heavy bow, but here's a link to a blog post of me shooting a 90# @28
You can see I slow up as I hit the wall, then I come over the hill for the last inch or so and it's loosed.
It's NOT a long draw but it shows how technique can help the last few inches.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/much-better-draw_22.html
Other thing to note is I'm shooting at a low target not up at 45 degrees for distance
It was a few years back. I'm make a 120# @ 32" in November and hoping to maybe train myself up to master itat least for a few shots.
Of course 120@32" is prob about 110# at 28" so it will be tough.
Any comments will be received with interest.
Del
WillS:
Looks fine Del. Heck, if the bow uses the whole arrow, and the thing comes out going where it's meant to go, who cares what you're doing?
If I had to find one thing to comment on, I'd say you could use the rear leg more, pushing the weight over it. You start your draw perfectly well, but the hips and legs don't move once you hit centre. It's obviously different shooting flat at a target to shooting 45 degrees for distance, but the more weight you roll onto your back leg the smoother it feels getting to the "wall." That being said, once you're there you're doing what you need to do, expanding the chest to finish the last inch. If it's comfortable, accurate and you're not straining muscles needlessly, why change?
adb:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on September 11, 2013, 05:08:05 pm ---Ok, I don't proffess to be a great exponent of shooting a heavy bow, but here's a link to a blog post of me shooting a 90# @28
You can see I slow up as I hit the wall, then I come over the hill for the last inch or so and it's loosed.
It's NOT a long draw but it shows how technique can help the last few inches.
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/much-better-draw_22.html
Other thing to note is I'm shooting at a low target not up at 45 degrees for distance
It was a few years back. I'm make a 120# @ 32" in November and hoping to maybe train myself up to master itat least for a few shots.
Of course 120@32" is prob about 110# at 28" so it will be tough.
Any comments will be received with interest.
Del
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120#@32" would be more like 100#@28". Usually 5# per inch for heavy bows from my experience.
Del the cat:
@abd good point, maybe I'm in with a chance of shooting 120# :laugh:
Mind I've got a couple of slightly lighter long draw bows on the book too so I'll have a chance to get into it.
One guy (Taxi Dave) has potentially a huge draw. He's a taxi driver and his arms are sooo long he has to drive from sitting in the back ;)
Del
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