60" recurve vs. 62" recurve

[Tom]

29" draw and 62" bows work best for me also. Have one 60" curve but we are still in the getting acquainted stage.

[buckeye_hunter]

I wanted to get my new recurve in 64 inches, but the bowyer recommended 62 for my 29 inch draw length.

Don't know why bowyers are recommending a 62 vs 64in recurve for a 29 inch draw. Olympic archers use longer recurves than that.

Oh well, I ordered mine at 62 so it is a done deal. I wouldn't have even thought to order it at 60 inches. Just wouldn't have been comfortable at 29in draw for me personally.

-Charlie

[Don Stokes]

Dan Quillian sold only one bow shorter than 62" that I am aware of, and it was a 60" youth/ladies longbow designed for a 26" draw. I have the prototype. His long-draw longbow, the Gull, was 72". For his 62" TD recurve, he offered a longer riser that made it 66". He believed that short bows are just too critical for most folks, unless you have a short draw to match. My draw is 28", and I haven't found a recurve under 58" that I could shoot worth a flip. Just can't make 'em work for me. I had a 60" Grizzly that I could shoot well, but my current recurves are all 62".

[bigcountry]

Originally posted by buckeye_hunter:
I wanted to get my new recurve in 64 inches, but the bowyer recommended 62 for my 29 inch draw length.

Don't know why bowyers are recommending a 62 vs 64in recurve for a 29 inch draw. Olympic archers use longer recurves than that.

Oh well, I ordered mine at 62 so it is a done deal. I wouldn't have even thought to order it at 60 inches. Just wouldn't have been comfortable at 29in draw for me personally.

-Charlie

That is rather odd.

[Rick Perry]

I draw an honest 31".......... I shoot 60" recurves with no issues  .......... I do shoot 2 fingers under tho 8^)

[BobW]

I draw an honest 32", and have bows of 68" (LB), 64" (LB), 62" (RC) and 56" (LB).  Shoot 3-under, so that reduces/rules out finger pinch.  It is all dependent on the bow geometry if the bow can handle the draw.  I will say that I'm a heck of a lot better with longer length bows.  Favorite right now is 64".  Maight be mass, or the length, or both..... The short bow is an outstanding performer, but man do you have to be on your game...

I really think a short recurve and a long draw is an accident waiting to happen.  The liklihood of getting to perpendicular with the string and the tip is really possible.  I think that is why I folded (blew up) a Red Wing a few years ago at full draw.

[buckeye_hunter]

Originally posted by BobW:
The short bow is an outstanding performer, but man do you have to be on your game...


I really think a short recurve and a long draw is an accident waiting to happen.  The liklihood of getting to perpendicular with the string and the tip is really possible.  I think that is why I folded (blew up) a Red Wing a few years ago at full draw. [/QB]

Couldn't agree more about the short bow. As far as the second part of your quote  

[elbow]

I must tell ya, I shoot a 60" Jaguar [elburg] and I also have a 64". Both shoot well at my 31" draw, maybe it is in way the bow is built.