most of all the bows i have ever had in the past few years were shorter ATA lengths with the longest being 34" im primarliary a tree stand hunter and they help with moving around easier in the stand...but this year i went to a little longer bow with the 101st at 36" i will say that i find that i am much more accurate with it over the shorter bows and so far from what i have seen i have no problems yet and dont think i will in the stand either so i really like it...but i do think that the 36" lenght is where i would stop at and not go any longer