I definitely agree. However, I do believe this is an issue for many non-comp, weekend warrior bowhunters. I know the majority of bowhunters I know PERSONALLY (not on here, because, well we here on HNI are a special breed), don't practice nearly enough, and don't shot much until September or so to get ready for the season. Unless they are extremely blessed with natural talent, they probably aren't working on consistant form But that's being nit picky...in the end you're right, and they SHOULD be concentrating on form.


I think I probably mis-interpreted this statement, but why would this be? Short draw archers are at a natural disadvantage with respect to the draw force curve (i.e. speed). I would think in a competition you would want the best balance of speed/forgiveness. An archer with a long DL like say 31" can get away with shooting a much more forgiving brace height (8"+) and still have a very forgiving bow without giving up huge amount of speed, whereas an archer with say a 26 or 27" draw would have to shoot a bow with a very short brace height (6" or so) to keep the speed equal with that of the long draw archer shooting an 8" BH bow. It would seem to me that if this is true, the long draw archers would have the advantage (especially with the choice of bows).

All kidding aside, I'm not arguing at all (in fact I'm waiting to be corrected on all of this). I do see what you're saying though. A lot of this looks good on paper and in theory, but in real world examples there's so many other variables.