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How do you measure draw length?

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stuckinthemud:
Just a quick question.  When you quote draw length, are you measuring the distance the string has moved from the back of the bow, or from where the handle touches the tree- the length of the tree plus the thickness of the bow, or, the length of the tree/stick only?

mullet:
I measure to the Back of the bow.

bjrogg:
to back of bow.

I think the best way to measure someone’s draw length is to put a clothespin on your arrow.

Draw the bow to your normal anchor point and let clothes pin slide towards tip as far as back of bow touches it

Then carefully let off

Then measure distance between arrow notch and clothespin

Bjrogg

stuckinthemud:
I’m not so much interested in what a person draws but how I measure draw length while tillering. For the record I have been measuring to the inside of the handle, and as I always make bend through handle bows it doesn’t really make much difference but it’s amazing what bad habits I am capable of slipping into….

Hamish:
With wood bows, the bow's draw length is always measured from the back of the bow. It is the draw length that the bow has been tillered to. It's not necessarily the same thing as measuring a shooter's draw length.

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