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Texas deer hunt photos and thoughts on bow length,,,

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bradsmith2010:
Skick Mark,, I started shooting and hunting with Byron 20 years ago and am familiar with his shooting, he basically taught me to shoot,,
yes the longer draw can be an asset to accuracy,, but you will notice when he shoots close range moving targets,, he is not pulling the bow to full draw,, and is achieving extreme accuracy,,, so one can do both with practice,,
I am not suggesting giving up anthing,,, but just being able to shoot a short bow if it would be an advantage in given terrain or situation,,,
the advantage of of having the bow designed to the shorter draw,, is better performace at the shorter draw,, than if you short draw a bow designed for a longer draw,,,both can work ,, the the bow that is shorter in length gonna give you some clearance advantage that might make the difference in getting a shot at all,,
as stated above ,, i did shoot a longer bow for elk,, expecting to shoot out to 30 yards in the mountain terrain,,
    one might have to practice more to be proficient with long and short bows ,, but thats part of the fun,,,

also I want to add, I dont think the draw on Native bows was determined exclusively by their physical size,, just the like the English longbowmen that were shorter but had long draw,, I think the preference to draw length was determined by what worked best for its application,, they surely could have draw a bow longer if need be,, just like the English,,  and I am sure sometimes for war bows did,,,,
but for getting food I think the shorter draw bow had an advantage in some situations, not all,,
and getting close to the game was not an issue ,,, so close range accuracy for hunting was achievalbe with the shorter bows,,,
I can shoot pretty good at 10 yards,, so I know those guys had no problem with short bow at close range,,

Morgan:
Great photos.
I am no marksman by any means, but, I have been shooting 3 bows that I've made a lot lately. Two are mid 60", 64" and 66" I think and one is 56". One of the long ones and the 56" one is mid 40lb range and one of the long ones is mid 50's. My accuracy with the little 56" bow consistently outshines my performance with the longer two.  I don't have any idea why. All my reading says longer bows = greater accuracy, but that hasn't been my experience lately.

bradsmith2010:
thats great Morgan,, you get the accuracy and manueverability,, that bow sounds like a hunter for sure,,

selfbow joe:
Nice pictures and story.

Morgan:

--- Quote from: bradsmith2010 on October 16, 2017, 04:32:08 pm ---thats great Morgan,, you get the accuracy and manueverability,, that bow sounds like a hunter for sure,,

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I've actually been expecting that little bow to break at any time since I made it. I did a lot of things wrong with it and learned some from it. I've shot it a bunch and it hasn't broke, so I may finish it out and try to find a pig with it while all the leaves is still on. If you had to pick a length with whitewood that allows a full draw when it presents itself, what would the length be? I already assume you would gravitate towards a D bow.

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