ORIGINAL: BigJ12
ORIGINAL: GregH
I think that draw force curves matter. They tell the story of the draw cycle. For hunting, I want smooth draw charicteristics for when I have to draw slow and steady. With the big let-off bows they have today, I'm afraid of jumping the arrow off my rest. That is not smooth. I'm a data nut and have plotted draw force curves for all of my bows. I'd like to see all bows come with a card showing their draw curve. It would save you some time while shopping. You could see everything before you ever drew it back. But since they don't come with one, you have to go out and test draw all the bows. Then you pick the one that felt the best to you. Shoot them too.
I have never picked up a bow that I couldn't draw smooth and slow no matter how the draw curve was. To me it's a non factor. This is my point, how in the world could it matter? If the draw curve makes that big a difference, then I suspect the person drawing is WAY overbowed!
I didn't mean you in particular GregH, just in general. Do you not agree?
I don't agree.
Some bows
do not draw as smooth as other bows, period.
Can you draw them all smooth and slow? Sure. But some
will draw smoother than others.
When I was looking for a bow this year I drew and shot every bow I could get my hands on, I'll use two for example;
I shot both the Allegiance and Martin's Bengal the same day, back to back. When testing bows I plan on purchasing I always draw as if I've got a deer in front of me. I draw as slow as I can in order to really feel what the bow is doing.
I drew the Allegiance back and it was smooth as slik. It built up nicely and rolled over smoothly. There was no harshness in the draw.
The Martin however seemed I was pulling all 70# back at once. The draw cycle wasn't smooth and when the cams rolled over you really felt it. Because of this, while drawing slow, there was noticable movement on my part from hitting the wall harshly.
I think it matters, but its just personal preference.