After a 20 year absence, I picked up my old bear recurve and shot all spring and summer and went hunting this deer season. I'm enjoying it enough to justify buying a compound for another summer of shooting and next year's deer season. I had a 31.5" draw shooting my recurve with a high wrist. I knew I would loose about a 1/2" shooting a compound with a lower wrist, but when I was being helped at a proshop, I was advised to change my anchor with the mechanical release so that the string touched the front or side of my nose. Shooting instinctive with the recurve, I had anchored with my index finger in the corner of my mouth and my thumb hooking under the back of my jaw bone. With this new anchor, the proshop owner had me down to a 29.5" draw length! She was also recommending a string loop which would shorten me up to 29". Does this make sense? Even with a peep sight, do you need that nose reference when using a mechanical release? It just seems like a huge difference to me and I hate to loose all the drawlength, but they seemed very knowledgeable with their advice on form when I was trying out some new bows. I really liked the Cybertec with an Excel cam over the Ultratec with a VersaCam. It was a very smooth shooting bow and I shot better with it, despite it's shorter brace height. Anyway, I would appreciate any feedback about my questions on form, mainly where to anchor when using the mechanical release. And is what the proshop person saying correct? Also, does a string loop's advantages outweigh the loss of more drawlength?

Thanks,
Chip