How Accurate is this method of measuring Draw?

[8up]

I was told if you stuck a yardstick to the center of your chest and stretched out your arms on to the stick that where your finger tips ended would be your draw. For me this is 24 3/4" When I draw my recurve I get about 25" using the corner of my mouth as an anchor. With my compound and using a release my draw has always been 28" but of course thats with a different anchor.

I am just trying to make sure I am not cheating myself out of draw length with bad form or something.

Ron

[OconeeDan]

Ron, don't know about that method, never tried it.  But the easiest way for me is to clip a clothespin on an arrow, and draw back to my natural anchor.  Then measure where the clothespin is.  
Dan

[vermonster13]

Here are a couple other methods you can try.

 http://www.pabucks.com/bow_draw_length.html

See how the numbers compare to the method you tried.

[8up]

Vermonster method 1 shows 26" but method 2 gives me a wingspan of 65" saying a 25" draw.

Thanks for the site.

[vermonster13]

All of these methods show me 2" less than what I draw. I draw 30" and most of these come up 28" and one shows me as 29". Just as reference for you. Not knowing your build, but based on your compound draw, 26" should be cake for you.

[Frank V]

I have used a method similar to the colthspin, I stick my arrow through a leaf that is about 4" & draw my bow, let down easy & measure the distance to the leaf. Frank

[8up]

OconeeDan and Frank V. I am trying to figure out if my form is making me draw short. I know the distance from throat of nock to front of my bow is currenty 25-25 1/4"

[OconeeDan]

So, your draw length is 25" as you currently shoot.  I am not qualified to say if your form is correct.  But if you change your form, your draw length may change.  I would not change form for the reason of getting a longer draw length!  you change form to shoot better.  Let the draw length be determined by how you best shoot.
Dan

[vermonster13]

Thing is Dan if you are losing inches to improper form then you aren't shooting your best.

[OconeeDan]

Vermonster, I agree with you.  I was just saying to let proper form determine drawlength.  Now what is proper form, is another question, one that I can't answer.  I'll leave that to more experienced shooters.
Dan

[kawika b]

I'm 5'3" and have a 25"DL,,,on a good day.

[shootrmn]

these methods put me at 28 inches on average but I draw 29 1/2 in reality. The drawn arrow in my avatar is 30 1/2 inches nock to bop

[Teknoclash]

I have a 65" arm span divide by 2.5 tells me my draw is 26". Or if I use this one 65 minus 15 divided by 2 is 25. If I use the clothes pin method I end up with an average of 23". I can stretch it too 24" and 25" but accuracy suffers and it doesn't feel natural. I shoot my pounder at 25.5 with a 1/2" dloop. The yard stick method gives me 23.5"