Frank, I know many guys claim they don' t draw and hold any longer than it takes to settle their pin. But when you listen to their war stories of their last hunt... How many stories have you read on this forum about someone drawing while the animal is behind the bushes then holding for well over a minute while waiting for the animal to get clear? Reading Beatty' s account of how he took that Ohio monster that started all the P&Y bashing because his MMMmmm bow had too much letoff, he flat out said he held full draw for at least two minutes.

I' m not talking a matter of a few seconds. I' m talking MINUTES.

Who' s to say that' s right or wrong? You, me and everyone else. Remember when archers were more concerned about what was good for the future of bowhunting than in their own immediate success and gratification? I do.

Redpath, be careful what dung heap you go digging in. Someone could also say a rifle is more accurate than a compound and so a compound is not an ethical weapon to use. Fortunately, that kind of talk is easily refuted. It' s not the weapon that controls the ethics. Ethics comes from the character of the person using the weapon. Know your limitations and stay within them.

Just for the record, stick a primitive bow in a shooting machine and it will shoot just as accurately as any compound. It' s the jerk behind the string that screws everything up.