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DC:
I was out playing with my new sinewed bow. It felt like I was full drawing it. The anchor point seemed right but there seemed to be a lot of arrow past the bow. I clipped a clothes pin on the arrow and drew it. 24.5". So I got one of my old trusties and did the same thing. Felt the same but my draw length was 26.5". I put both bows on the tree and measured the draw weight of each bow. One at 24.5 and the other at 26.5. Both were exactly 40#. Anyone else notice that their body shuts off at a given weight? I would've bet that I was pulling both bows the same.

Del the cat:
Interesting...
I tend to anchor fairly consistently but I find my left arm will stay flexed a bit more as I get tired/lazy and I can loose an inch of draw.
Del

loon:
low vs high wrist? leaning head? deeper/shallower handle?

DC:
I think my bow arm is flexing(shortening) when it hits that 40# mark so my anchor stays roughly the same. It was first thing in the morning so I wasn't limbered up yet. A couple of years ago I made my bows 40@28. I gradually started increasing the weight thinking I was getting stronger. I'm thinking now maybe I wasn't getting stronger, I was just bending my bow arm a bit.

PEARL DRUMS:
My mind has a shut-off, Don. But its a matters of bowyers panic that I have battled for a few years, not the actual weight I'm capable of drawing. Not all, but a lot of bows that break seem to break at 2/3 draw, which for most of my personal bows is around 35-40#. My mind tells my fingers to let go when I hit that range so the bow doesn't break. I have to bare down and focus to get fully drawn. The best thing I can do to help my situation is to grab my 59 Grizzly and shoot it for a week or two. It is a way to re-set my shooting mind and forget that bows can break.

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