Originally Posted by
brucelanthier
The bow's DL is still set to 28" but your DL is now 28.5".
The bow's DL is still set to 28" but your DL is now 29".
If the bow has a draw stop post and, say, cams for 28" then, after 28", the draw stop post hits the limb. If you now add a 1" d-loop the draw stop post is still going to hit the limb at 28" but you changed your DL to 29" by adding the 1" d-loop. If you now shorten the d-loop by .5" then the draw stop post still hits the limb after the string reaches 28" but your DL has been shortened by a .5".
So I can shoot a 24" bow with 4.5" d loop and reach my 28.5 inch shooter draw length and all is ok? So in other words the bows draw length doesn't matter because all can be adjusted by the loop?
I don't think you all are recognizing what a shorter or longer draw length bow will do to your sight picture and form. If I have a 28" bow that barely touches my nose at full draw with my head in perfect alignment what will happen when I change the bows draw length to 28.5"? The string will now be .5" past where it was meeting my nose at 28". I'm forced to turn my head or lean back. I have to adjust and begin to compromise sight and form. My sight picture turns away from the target. Move it to 29" and I turn further away or lean further back. Move it to 30" and my head is pointed further away. Move it back to 28" inches and my head is turned toward the target and my head is brought back into alignment without leaning back. Do you see the effect a bow's draw length has on your head and body?
So maybe you say, "But your elbow is pointed way up?" well then I need a longer d loop to bring my elbow back down, but I don't need to make the draw length on my bow longer. Maybe you say "my elbow is too low", well then I have to shorten my loop or my release. But by doing those I don't compromise sight picture or body position, I'm only adjusting my hand position and the efficiency at which I hold the bow at full draw.