PET PEEVE TIME! Anybody that wants to touch their nose to the string at full draw should buy a bow with enough axle to axle length to do that. Drawing 2-3" past your actual draw length with a short bow in order to get the string to the nose is worse than shooting without that anchor reference.

Looks good to me. You seem to be one of few who actually shoot the CORRECT draw length.


BTW, nice bow

True. But I am currently shooting a 33.5 inch axle to axle length bow with a 30 inch draw length and have no problem getting the string to touch the tip of my nose.

Ofcourse, I do have a big nose.....

Careful, Frank. We might have to start calling you Lassie. [8D]

Frank beat me to it. Arthur, I anchor my knuckle behind my jaw, just like you mentioned and I shoot the same specs as Frank and I don't have any trouble touching the string to my nose, and unlike lassie, I don't have a big nose[:-]

It looks pretty close to me also. Stand up straight and keep your head erect. And, as some sid, you'll never get your nose on the string with such a short ATA bow. The release appears to be LOOONNNGGG. I can't tell from the picture if you have a string loop, but you could gain a bit of length to your anchor with one. You look to be stretched to a good position with the drawing arm. I'd say you might be able to lengthen the bow and shorten the release and see if that helps.

I have been called a dog before Arthur but only by good looking women...

On a serious note, I think facial dimensions, hand size, etc.. can and do play a part in what we are talking about here.

I agree with the others. Its hard to tell. But if I took a venture I would say try lengthening it about 1/2". Are you bending your bow arm slightly at full draw? YOu do look a little short.

I like to anchor with my index finger knuckle in the little "hole between my ear and jaw. With my draw correct, this places the string right on the tip of my nose. Then I set my peep to that spot. If you shoot a string loop, you can sometimes shorten it up a tad to get it perfect. When I first install a loop on my strings, it stretches a little for a while. I notice it right away and have to shorten it to get me back to perfect again.

according to the pic it is definately too short

Based on the limited pictural format, your bow is the correct draw length. It's your form that is too long. Listen to some of the points made about body position before you start making your bow conform to poor form.