Beginning rant:

Bows have gotten shorter and shorter and they've put more and more reflex in them. Designed for the average smurf. They could easily make bows with very long draw lengths if they'd make a special straight or deflex riser for long armed guys. Problem is, there aren't enough of us long draw guys for most manufacturers to fool with it. Hoyt, Martin, Onieda and, I think, Merlin are about the only ones who offer bows that draw over 33".

And you will not find that kind of draw length hanging on the rack at the local bow store. If you do thumb through the catalogs and find a bow with the kind of draw length you need - never any in the midrange price class, always top end stuff - you gotta special order the thing without getting to shoot it first. If the bow turns out to be a total dog, you wind up buying an expensive bow you really don't want or you cut your loses and forfiet your deposit.

Frankly, for anyone who draws longer than 31", the compound end of the industry flat sucks.[:'(] The near total disregard for long draw archers is one of the many things that convinced me to return completely to traditional. Recurves and longbows: custom made from beautiful exotic woods by skilled crafstmen. VS Compounds: manufacturered from machine made metal and plastic components, slapped together by some semi-trained monkey on an assembly line. And the compounds are usually more expensive than the custom traditional bows!! Figure that'n out for me, cuz I just don't get it!

End rant.

BGfisher.... some guys have wingspan measurements a bit longer than their height. Me, for instance. I'm only 78" tall but have a wingspan of 82".