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Injury and draw length
Pat B:
Build yourself a light weight bow with a longer draw and practice with it. It will also check your reaction to a longer draw without too much chance of injuring your shoulder.
Urufu_Shinjiro:
Also, performance aside, I would think a proper draw length for your physiology would cause less stress on the shoulder than short drawing. My thinking being that as you reach full draw (assuming proper form) your draw arm goes behind your shoulder and the tension should all be in line with your body taking some of the pressure off your shoulder muscles, as opposed to short drawing where it would be off center and your shoulder muscles are holding everything in place. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.
Dustinhill:
I'll figure out what my draw length should be and get making a longer and relatively light bow, Im thinking low 40's. thanks everyone! I appreciate your advice and am looking forward to experimenting with longer draw and shooting without hurting my shoulder!
-Dustin
bradsmith2010:
I think pulling 40# at 20 inches,, is harder than 40# at 28,, at least it is for me,,
but as suggested , try it to see which one is easier on your shoulder,,
mullet:
I had a 70" longbow that was 55# @28". When I pulled it to Full Draw it always felt like about 35#. Very pleasant to shoot.
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