Are short recurves really harder to shoot?

[Butch Speer]

I shoot a 52 in. Bear Kodiak Magnum & a 60 in. Bear T/D Hunter. For me either works fine at hunting distances. I don't target shoot so it's good enough for me.

[Zradix]

Ive seen the stalker. It is a clone of my old herters in shape. Pete ward has a good review of one

[Tom Leemans]

In the mean time, here are instructions for correcting the limb twist.
  fixing limb twist by Ric Anderson

[Zradix]

I honestly don't know. The bow I have lets me draw 28 3/4". Its a short bow and it stops there. I'm 6'2" 230#'s. Pretty average arm length, maybe slightly longer than normal. I just had to shoot what I had.

[reddogge]

Actually to quote an author Anthony Camera "the shorter bow will require greater force to be drawn to a specific draw length but will tend to shoot an arrow faster than a longer bow."

[Zradix]

Thanks for the how to. Guess I'm takin a bath tonite1!

[mustoffa]

shooting a shorter bow is harder .theres alot of reason usally the sight window is smaller you have to cant the bow more to shoot them well finger pinch not as forgiving just a lot of things

[xtrema312]

I shoot a 56" mojo at 29 3/4" draw.  It is the best shooting bow I have had.  I have had curves up to 62" and LB's up to 66". A lot of it depends on the bow.

[KentuckyTJ]

I've owned long bows and short. I personally like a shorter bow. I think it has to do more with the bow. A well made short bow is no harder to shoot than a longer bow. I have a relatively short draw at 27" and have found three short bows that shoot very well at my draw. I have a 56" Morrison Cheyenne that is an awesome bow. I also have a 58" Schafer Silvertip that is equally as good. I also had a 58" KajikaStik by Whisperstik that also could handle being short with ease. Very smooth to draw with no hand shock and hit where you were aiming. Just great consistent shooters all of these.

[George D. Stout]

I don't consider bows 56 or 58 inches as short. I would say a short recurve is 52 inches and under.  And what do we call a 60 or 62 inch bow?
They aren't short, and they aren't really long; so are they medium bows, or medium long, or kinda, sorta short.

The bow needs to satisfy the guy pulling the string, for the purpose in which he intends to use it.  For my draw, just a tad under 28",  I like a 58" bow for hunting.  If I'm going to the field range, I'll probably take a recurve over 62" and maybe even 66".  The longer ones are more comfortable over a long shooting period....at least to me.  We are talking recurves here.  I like longbows to be long....  66 to 68 inches.

For many years, many years ago, we shot those 52" rascals and did very well with them.  We didn't realize they were hard to shoot 8^).

[Curtis Haden]

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I'm personally a fan of longer bows, but I'd sure like to get my hands on one of those Shamans!