NotD: I'll have to disagree with Pavan re using a fixed call on a Hill style bow. It may not be optimal, of course, but can use a fixed crawl with any style bow. Now many, perhaps even most, Hill style bow shooters use a split finger hold and swing draw, which involves a fluid motion from the beginning of the draw through the release. There is no static aiming period of a few seconds.
Though I don't shoot with a fixed crawl (I'm usually a split-finger, split vision shooter), I have played around a bit with 3-under and the fixed crawl. I've found that bows that have the arrow shelf cut 2 inches above center, meaning equal length limbs, as opposed to those with the arrow shelf cut closer to 1 1/4-inch above center, meaning the top limb is longer than the bottom limb, seem to be more comfortable and quieter with a fixed crawl, but either can be shot that way.
BTW, I've been measuring the arrow shelf distance above the center of the bow on all the bows that have come through my hands for the past 30 years or so. What I've found is that some bowyers tend to build with the arrow shelf about 1 1/4-inch above the center of the bow, others build the shelf 2 inches above the center of the bow. Some do both. For example, two of the J.D Berry Hill style Vixens I have and an R/D Taipan are cut 2 inches above the center of the bow, while another Vixen and my forward handle Valor are cut 1 1/4-inch above the center of the bow.
Of course, tiller also varies with where the arrow shelf is cut and the resultant comparative length of the upper and lower limbs. Those with a longer upper limb usually have positive tiller, while those with equal length limbs usually have an even tiller. Perhaps that's why 3-under/fixed crawl works better for me on bows built that way. Too, a fixed crawl would place the drawing hand closer to the center of the bow (bending the limbs more equally) on a bow with the arrow shelf cut 2 inches above center
Re back set versus string follow bows, all other things being equal, the backset bow will generally be a bit faster, about 5 fps or so, which translates into 2-3# of draw weight. String follow bows, because there is less early load vis-a-vis a backset bow, also build draw weight just a tad faster than backset bows.
Some have argued that the softer feel at the beginning of the draw of a string follow bow makes the bow a little easier to draw when the shooter is most out of alignment at the beginning of the draw. By the time the bow starts to build weight at a slightly faster rate (vis-a-vis) a back set bow, the shooter's alignment is more in line and better able to handle the slightly increased stack, so much so that it's basically unnoticeable. Isn't very much to begin with. Too, the string follow bow has less hand shock at the conclusion of the release.
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