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my local archery dealer was in nelsonville recently and told me about a new bow thats accuatly has a 99% letoff.the weirdest thing he ever saw.he said you could pull it back and let the riser drop toward the floor and the bow would stay at full draw.just thought i would pass it on.

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Can you imagine the feel as you draw it back? Or the sudden jerk as the arrow is released? When does it not become a bow any longer? For this reason Pope and Young has a let off limit. I for one won' t shoot anything more than 65% letoff.

Hmmmm, maybe its about time I went back to a stick bow.

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My dealer has something like this also. He calls it a crossbow.[:o]

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That is incredible!

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HMmmmmmmmm I don' t know how this can be done without it being a crossbow. But I wont use it I just love my Darton Maverick with 75% letoff.


Brian

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It is interesting the direction we are going. Back " in the day" when we thought we were " right downtown" shooting 50% let off (and less) bows, if someone would have told us about an 80% I think we would have similar reactions to what we see concerning this 99% let off bow. At this point I can' t see needing one, but then, who knows what the future holds.

As long as we are on let off issues I see some changes in the wings coming for P&Y. Two years ago when the 65% let off was voted on it was voted nearly 3 to 1 in favor of keeping it there. This year I am told it barely passed by a mere six votes (this is hearsay so I can' t verify the six vote accuracy). However I thought it was interesting and very foreshadowing that Jim Dougherty, past P&Y president and director, in his monthly editorial column Trails End, in the October issue of Petersen' s Bowhunting states very emphatically that P&Y should change the 65% rule. I would say there is a change coming--- perhaps as early as next spring. [:o]

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Antler eater, I just recieved my Petersons Bowhunting yesterday and read Jims Trails End editorial ( I always read that first) and found it very interesting. I also subscribe to Bowhunter, and M.R. James ( also on the P & Y board for years) had an excellent editorial echoing the thoughts of Jim Dougherty, his belief that the let off limit should be changed. That is two very prominent members expressing the need for a change, in national magazines no less. I feel the same as you, I see a change on the horizon.

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I think you have to draw a line somewere.Or the lines will get so blurry that compounds will no longer be" percieved" as a primitive weapon.The 99% let off if it works may be an alternative for some disabled folks that don' t want to shoot an xbow.

CB

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that is just totally impractical, and thats all i got to say.

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Before you applaud high let-off, you best learn about the downside.

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Unless you have somebody draw the bow for you and then sit there with it drawn all day long, you' ve still got to draw through peak weight to get to that letoff. High letoff does NOT assist a disabled hunter. In fact, too high a letoff will likely cause more problems, and a disabled hunter already has plenty of problems.

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Arthur P. has made 2 great posts on this forum about high letoff bows. Many archers with a very high let off will crank his bow up a few more pounds, but the archer still has to pull that weight at some point in the draw cycle. I have seen some negate their " so called" higher letoff advantage by doing so.[&:]

Just my opinion....and admittedly I do not have the greatest shooting form, but I have found it more difficult to tune and shoot a higher than 65% letoff bow.

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My shoulder is hurting just think about this.

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a 99% letoff! you wouldn' t be able to creep thats for sure if you move at all the bow would probably tear your shoulder from the socket , right ? i mean it would have a solid back wall probably no valley , like bobco19-65 said my shoulder is hurting just thinking about it !!!!

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I don' t know about 99% but I do really like my new LX at 80%. The new HP cam can be set at either 65% or 80% I tried both and am sticking with the 80%.

99% seems like there would be a huge hump in the bow yet my first bow at 50% was almost impossible to pull over the wall. My last bow was OK at 65%, but the LX is way smoother at 80%? If it is true that higher letoff has a larger wall to get over then why is my bow so darn smooth?

I don' t care who you are you can' t hold your arms at draw for very long regardless of let-off. Try this, put a large mug of boiling hot coffee filled to the rim at arms length, now just hold it there, a little longer, ohhhhh now it' s shaking, ok you just burned your hand.....

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I totally agree. My dad had to quit bow hunting a couple of years ago because of medical problems. It hurt to hold his bow at full draw. The drawing part wasnt the problem.
I agree this has no place in regular archery season. You could put an arrow on the bow, draw it back and hang it on a hook or branch until you go ready to shoot. [X(]
NAH.