As I said, I will sit back and see if those that do not advocate the bent arm do not for all or some of the same reasons I do not, and to see if someone can clearly explain and justify the method. However, in the meantime I'll be a devil's advocate.

"BUT for bowhunting It is the BEST way to do it - because of clothing issues…."

If the bent arm method is not good form, and is not good for accuracy, how can the method be the best way for bowhunting, regardless the clothing issue? In archery, bad usually remains bad and can become worse when trying to adapt a bad method to correct a shooting issue.

adams: I don’t want to debate the issues and comments in the other thread, but if a too long draw-length is the cause of a particular problem, and you adjust the draw-length of the bow and the arrow to a measured draw-length while having a bent arm, are you truly adjusting the bow and arrow to your actual draw-length?

If you adjust everything while drawing without a bent arm, but then use a bent bow-arm to shoot, are not you now technically using a shorter draw-length than what you based your tuning and setup on?

Black Frog has raised a good point; just how much bent is bent? That is a point I have never been clear about when shooters advocate a bent bow-arm. To me, bent is bent, no matter how slight.