ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr
What I have found normally works well is take your draw legnth and subtract 2 inches. So if your dl is 30 inches cut your arrows to 28 inches and so forth. Thast what I was taught from an old friend who owned a pro shop all of his life.
That can be very risky if you're shooting broadheads, and I'd recommend against it.
If that arrow falls off the rest somehow (and it does happen), the shooter has NO WAY of getting it back into position with their shooting hand since the tip will have fallen behind where your fingers can reach! It is a recipe for some potential serious injury.
With today's lighter arrows (if desired)and more efficient bows, there's no reason why you need to be cutting arrows that much shorter than your drawlength in my opinion.
And to the original poster, the d-loop is not factored into your draw length. Only what the bowstring is drawn to. For AMO drawlength, add 1.75" to the true draw measurement.
