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Author Topic: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?  (Read 1195 times)

Offline scedvm

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2011, 11:48:00 AM »
My draw is 31" with a recurve and almost 30 1/2" with a straight handled longbow.  I prefer 66" recurves and 68-70" longbows.  I've only owned 1 hybrid and it was 64" and felt too short to me.

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2011, 01:16:00 PM »
28.5 draw on a 62" curve and a 65" longbow

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2011, 01:22:00 PM »
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2011, 01:27:00 PM »
29" draw length
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #24 on: May 22, 2011, 01:42:00 PM »
Draw 27" like a 56" bow but I do all my shooting sitting.
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2011, 01:45:00 PM »
I like 62" recurves for my 29" draw, and on my Hill style longbows I draw 28" and though I have a couple of 66"ers, I will not purchase any more that are not at least 68" long.
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2011, 01:47:00 PM »
I draw 31" & shoot a 62" 63# Morrison Cheyenne, a 62" 63# Morrison Shawnee, 64" 63# 'boo backed Ipe R/D longbow I built & a 64" 63# Sunbear recurve.

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2011, 01:53:00 PM »
I like a 64" LB for my 27-28" draw.

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #28 on: May 22, 2011, 01:58:00 PM »
I draw 29" and have a 64" Blacktail TD, a 60" Dale Dye TD, and a 60" McCullough 59'er.  I shoot all comfortably, all are about 55"@28".

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #29 on: May 22, 2011, 03:52:00 PM »
First it depends a lot on the bows design! That said here are 3 of mine. 54" RER Arroyo, 58" RER XR and a 58" Belcher all drawn to 28.5"s. Shawn
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #30 on: May 22, 2011, 05:00:00 PM »
30 1/2" draw with a 62" Toelke whip. It works well for me.
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #31 on: May 22, 2011, 06:54:00 PM »
DL = 29.5 I shoot no bows undr 62" (most are 62' but I have a couple longer)

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #32 on: May 22, 2011, 07:16:00 PM »
31" draw...prefer my 70" longbows.

Own (2) 66" & (3) 68" all Hills/style.
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #33 on: May 22, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »
thank you all for your post, this helps me kinda get a fix on draw length vs. bow length. Kinda interesting but a lot of people seem to go as long as they can unless they mentioned from shooting from a seated position then it is short.

longer the bow smoother the draw and the shorter bow stacks faster and string pinch.
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #34 on: May 22, 2011, 07:33:00 PM »
I draw around 27" - 27 1/2" and much prefer a 'longer' bow .

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2011, 08:10:00 PM »
About a 26 1/2" draw, 55lbs Widow PSAV 58"
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #36 on: May 22, 2011, 10:03:00 PM »
1) Right now I've only got one bow. It's a 52" Toelke recurve. I draw 29".

2) My previous bow was a Toelke Whip. It was 60". It was long enough, but too heavy for me.

3) My brother has a 64" Whip. I love shooting that thing. My next longbow will be 62-64"

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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #37 on: May 22, 2011, 10:07:00 PM »
All 64" bows in my arsenal, and currently my draw length is a staggering 6".  I get the results of my MRI on Tuesday, and hopefully I can get back to my normal 27 1/2" draw.
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #38 on: May 22, 2011, 10:24:00 PM »
My main bow is a 62" Dwyer Defiant longbow.  I draw 30".
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Re: Draw length vs. bow length. What do you shoot?
« Reply #39 on: May 22, 2011, 11:52:00 PM »
27.5" draw, bows from 56" to 64" recurves.

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