RE: Can a shorter draw length realy benefit?
Everyone has a good point, but I just want to throw mine in.
I shot the Equalizer this year. It wasset up for elk at 60# and 26" DL. So I set the first pin at 30 yards and the second at 40. Shooting at 23 yards, it would hit about 1" high on ground level. When I was up on my treestand about 20', a deer came in about 20 - 25 yards. I put my #1 pin right on the vital and fire it. The arrow overshot by a hair and stuck into the ground. The deer didn't even notice what was going on. I have never hunt deer on treestand before, so this was my first time shooting. I have been hunting elk for over 5 years with this set up and never missed.
So if you want to set your #1 pin at 30 yards and hunting deer, I would suggest you nail down your compensation as deer get smaller at longer range.