Grip style and draw length

[Pat Ct]

Hi everyone,

I just switched from a medium grip recurve to a medium/low tending to low grip recurve and while keeping same form and anchor shooting split finger on both, my draw length seemed to decrease from 30" to 29". Am I missing something or is this normal?

Thanks for any replies!
Pat.

[30coupe]

Yup, it's normal. Just hold your hand out in bow position and rock it up and down into high wrist to low wrist position and you can see the difference easily. I shoot just about all of them with a medium to high grip, no matter the riser design, so my draw stays pretty consistent. The exception would be for a Hill style, straight grip bow. They just don't like that grip, so it's heel down, grip it and rip it. That's one of the reasons Howard Hill, who was a big fella, had a relatively short draw.

[Pat Ct]

Wow! That was fast! Thanks for clearing that up for me! Guess I'll have to get used to it then. Cheers!

Pat

[LongbowArchitect]

I gain exactly an inch of draw length switching from my nearly straight grip long bow to my medium wrist grip recurve.

[damascusdave]

Depending on draw weight and grip style I shoot my bows at anywhere from about 29 inches to 31 inches...the only standard I pay any attention to is how accurately and consistently I shoot each bow...the truth is that for shooting game up to 20 yards mediocre accuracy is often adequate...when I want to shoot further I limit myself to two or three bows I shoot best

DDave

[damascusdave]

A good friend who is a bowyer and bowhunter of long standing puts it this way: "Draw length is whatever feels comfortable to you at the moment"...I have seen some great shooting done with what I would call a floating anchor

DDave