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Old 02-27-2003 | 08:21 AM
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BHunter32
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Default Draw length ?

I have a question about my draw length. The current bow I am shooting is a mathews q2xl, 29 inch cam, with a string loop added. When I draw my bow back, the string settles on the tip of my nose, in the corner of my mouth, and one of the fletches touches lightly against my face. This feels very comfortable. When I was about 19 years old I had my draw length measured at a pro shop and they said that it was 30 inches. So every bow that I shot from there on out was a 30 inch bow, shot off the string. I visited another pro shop last night and the guy there told me he would bet that I have a 29 inch draw since everything feels right with my bow set up that way, and that the first pro shop might have measured me to long in draw length. When I shot a 30 inch bow off the string I never really had any problems with slapping my arm, which is common with to long a length. I know that the majority of people on here state that a loop doesn' t actually add to your draw length, but that it changes your anchor. I am wondering since the 29 inch cam and loop feels so comfortable to me, is if I have always had a 29 inch draw length and have just gotten use to anchoring slightly different. It would explain why it feels right, I guess. So if the loop actually doesn' t add to draw length, and the 29 inch cam fits me so well, then it looks like the guy last night could be right. I have ordered a mathews lx, with a 29 inch cam, going by what feels right to me now on my q2xl. I hope I made the right choice. What do you all think? Please give me your opinions so I feel better about my decision.

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