ORIGINAL: TG78
It is hard to tell from the pic but my elbow is bent a little (maybe not enough). The reason I drew with no arrow is I have neighbors all around, is it still an absolutely never never though.
The best seeds out there by far are SPITZ and they do not carry them at the farmers market. In fact I would not even shop there because their seed selection is soo poor.
I was told by Len in MD (Macrotech Archery) that if you ever accidentally let that string go without an arrow knocked you'll destroy your bow. I think as long as you apply the rules of safe firearm handling to a "loaded" bow you'll be fine. My $.02.