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Whats your draw length?
02-10-2008, 12:42 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Whats your draw length?
ORIGINAL: Canuck_2
By direct measurement and using the formula {power stroke + brace height + 1.75} my draw length is 29.25". This is pretty much in line with a height of 6'1".
However, wingspan is a much more accurate method to try and identify your draw length than height is. One formula for that is (wingspan - 15) divided by 2 = draw length. BUT that's just a ball park figure and there's more work to be done after that.
Based on the data that the various posters have put on here so far, as well as data I scrounged off another site, here's a graph pitting height against draw length. Note that, as expected, there's a linear concentration of values but there are also some flyers.
For example, someone who is 5'10" is very likely to have a draw length close to 28", but they vary from 27 to 29 in this sample set.
By direct measurement and using the formula {power stroke + brace height + 1.75} my draw length is 29.25". This is pretty much in line with a height of 6'1".
However, wingspan is a much more accurate method to try and identify your draw length than height is. One formula for that is (wingspan - 15) divided by 2 = draw length. BUT that's just a ball park figure and there's more work to be done after that.
Based on the data that the various posters have put on here so far, as well as data I scrounged off another site, here's a graph pitting height against draw length. Note that, as expected, there's a linear concentration of values but there are also some flyers.
For example, someone who is 5'10" is very likely to have a draw length close to 28", but they vary from 27 to 29 in this sample set.
02-10-2008, 03:01 PM
#46
Typical Buck
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RE: Whats your draw length?
lol im 6'1" and my 27" DL is almost off the charts... i used to be in denial and bought a 28" DL bow, but quickly bought new cams after my hand was behind my ear.
As more than one person has stated, everyone is different and there will be quite a variation of 'correct' draw lengths for people of the same height.
02-10-2008, 04:08 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Whats your draw length?
ORIGINAL: Canuck_2
Yup, that's your 27" DL in the 6'1" column. As more than one person has stated, everyone is different and there will be quite a variation of 'correct' draw lengths for people of the same height.
lol im 6'1" and my 27" DL is almost off the charts... i used to be in denial and bought a 28" DL bow, but quickly bought new cams after my hand was behind my ear.
As more than one person has stated, everyone is different and there will be quite a variation of 'correct' draw lengths for people of the same height.
02-10-2008, 05:04 PM
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RE: Whats your draw length?
6'2" tall I shoot32"+ loop drawlength, Matthews Switchback LD.
I shoot 73# draw and get 291 fps with a 400 grain arrow.
No its not too long for me, its perfect, thestring isright on the tip of my nose. Yes, I have gorilla arms and I am going to have a dot far off the center in the above chart
Oh and BTW, the ideal draw length for speed is 30". Because bows are not made over 30 inches that go really fast. Almost all the speed bows go up to 30 inch ing draw length, after that you get into bows with longer ATA and/orslower IBO speeds.
Even though I gain 20 fps at 32" over someone who is 30" in draw length in the same bow, I can't shoot bows that are very fast and in the end I loose on the final numbers. Plus my arrows are longer and thus weigh more. SO the moral of the story is, long draws are not always the best for speed.
I shoot 73# draw and get 291 fps with a 400 grain arrow.
No its not too long for me, its perfect, thestring isright on the tip of my nose. Yes, I have gorilla arms and I am going to have a dot far off the center in the above chart
Oh and BTW, the ideal draw length for speed is 30". Because bows are not made over 30 inches that go really fast. Almost all the speed bows go up to 30 inch ing draw length, after that you get into bows with longer ATA and/orslower IBO speeds.
Even though I gain 20 fps at 32" over someone who is 30" in draw length in the same bow, I can't shoot bows that are very fast and in the end I loose on the final numbers. Plus my arrows are longer and thus weigh more. SO the moral of the story is, long draws are not always the best for speed.
02-10-2008, 06:09 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Whats your draw length?
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"By direct measurement and using the formula {power stroke + brace height + 1.75} my draw length is 29.25". This is pretty much in line with a height of 6'1".
However, wingspan is a much more accurate method to try and identify your draw length than height is. One formula for that is (wingspan - 15) divided by 2 = draw length. BUT that's just a ball park figure and there's more work to be done after that.
Based on the data that the various posters have put on here so far, as well as data I scrounged off another site, here's a graph pitting height against draw length. Note that, as expected, there's a linear concentration of values but there are also some flyers.
For example, someone who is 5'10" is very likely to have a draw length close to 28", but they vary from 27 to 29 in this sample set."
One really amazing thing this chart shows, is the guy with 33.5" DL, gets over 85 more fps than the guy with 25"... LOL thats amazing. Not to mention bigger guys, can probly pull more weight so theres more speed.
"By direct measurement and using the formula {power stroke + brace height + 1.75} my draw length is 29.25". This is pretty much in line with a height of 6'1".
However, wingspan is a much more accurate method to try and identify your draw length than height is. One formula for that is (wingspan - 15) divided by 2 = draw length. BUT that's just a ball park figure and there's more work to be done after that.
Based on the data that the various posters have put on here so far, as well as data I scrounged off another site, here's a graph pitting height against draw length. Note that, as expected, there's a linear concentration of values but there are also some flyers.
For example, someone who is 5'10" is very likely to have a draw length close to 28", but they vary from 27 to 29 in this sample set."
One really amazing thing this chart shows, is the guy with 33.5" DL, gets over 85 more fps than the guy with 25"... LOL thats amazing. Not to mention bigger guys, can probly pull more weight so theres more speed.
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