I have been curious to find my "exact" draw length. My first bow was set up by a pro-shop and he used one of the mock-bow measures and I believe it was set at 30"-31". At this point I knew absolutely nothing about bow set-up or anything else for that matter. So at my hunter safety course the instructor (pro shooter for Cabelas) told me it was set up at least 1" if not 2" too long. So a friend of mine that does bow work readjusted the draw length, I believe at 29" (plus/minus ??), I can't really remember.
Anyway, the most recent issue of Bowhunting, they listed 2 ways to measure draw length easily - 1) put fist on wall and measure to corner of mouth, standing properly; 2) mesure wingspan and use a conversion. I figured these would be easy enough and i could get a better handle on my length (they said withing 1/2")
When all was said and done, I had 2 numbers that weren't even close 1) 32" & 2) 29 1/2". What am I to do??????

also, do you need to subtract 1" from the draw length if using a string loop????

I am hoping when I get my new bow, the proshop will get it right, but would like to have an idea going in.

Any help, insight, advice would be appreciated.