RE: Need a release with a short head
Selway.......
You're slightly missing the point I think.
Yes you can USE more draw length if in effect you are using a short head release that gives you a better hand position VS a long barrel that might place your hand farther back with the same draw length.
So in actuality you could be drawing a bow that is too long for a proper anchor with one release.........and draw the same bow with a short head release and have it fit perfectly.
Draw length doesn't change that is true, but FIT can be very different for a given release set up.
If you are drawing a tad long with a certain long barreled release, your only option (if you insist upon using that release) is to shorten your draw length a tad to make the release work with your anchor point.
If you now switch to a release with a short head/forward trigger style that now gives you a proper anchor at that same draw length, you are now NOT drawing long.
Take the same example as above but now take that original long barreled release and say that the anchor point FITS exactly to start with. What you can do with the right set-up and a short head/forward trigger release is POSSIBLY increase your draw length a bit to match the release style to again to acheive your same anchor point..........you have now given your bow a touch more performance.