The only short bows I have experience with are my Shrews, of which I have 5.....at least thats what I can see from this chair...
They are great bows, and I never really thought of them as "short". It is limb (tip) design that has them stacking or not...and Shrews don't stack or pinch at all. Amazingly handy out of a tree.
Oddly enough...now that I am hunting off the ground, I have drifted towards a LONGER bow....a 62" Baraga. For me, a short length is more important from a tree than the ground.