draw length
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:10 pm
Hi all,
so i'm trying to get my brother into archery giving him my old compound bow
i measured his draw length by getting him to stretch out both arms out to the side and measure the length from longest finger to longest finger in inches and divided it by 2.5 ended up being 29"
i now have a samick sage re-curve take down bow 40# at 28" i got my draw length by trying bows out at a small archery store they
told me 28" will be fine.
ive now been shooting at my house for 3 months i'm going well though lately I've been feeling that i might need a longer draw length as my back and shoulders feel a little twisted forward
i measured my draw length the same way i did my brothers and i got 29"
so my questions are if i'm not pulling back my full draw which according to this is 29" does this mean my form accuracy and shoulder and back muscles will put everything out of alignment and leave me hurting a lot more in the back and shoulders?
another is does this mean i may have to sell my bow and buy one at 29" or can i change the limbs to make it 29"?
another is if i keep the bow at 28" and pull it back to 29" will it damage the limbs and bow combined
is this a bad idea altogether?
last is does an inch in draw length make a huge difference?
thanks Mitch looking forward to hearing your answers
so i'm trying to get my brother into archery giving him my old compound bow
i measured his draw length by getting him to stretch out both arms out to the side and measure the length from longest finger to longest finger in inches and divided it by 2.5 ended up being 29"
i now have a samick sage re-curve take down bow 40# at 28" i got my draw length by trying bows out at a small archery store they
told me 28" will be fine.
ive now been shooting at my house for 3 months i'm going well though lately I've been feeling that i might need a longer draw length as my back and shoulders feel a little twisted forward
i measured my draw length the same way i did my brothers and i got 29"
so my questions are if i'm not pulling back my full draw which according to this is 29" does this mean my form accuracy and shoulder and back muscles will put everything out of alignment and leave me hurting a lot more in the back and shoulders?
another is does this mean i may have to sell my bow and buy one at 29" or can i change the limbs to make it 29"?
another is if i keep the bow at 28" and pull it back to 29" will it damage the limbs and bow combined
is this a bad idea altogether?
last is does an inch in draw length make a huge difference?
thanks Mitch looking forward to hearing your answers