This is probably going to sound like a stupid question to some of ya'll, but pardon my ignorance I'm a newcomer to bowhunting. I've seen where alot of you guys comment on bows saying they have a "smooth" draw. I imagine you have to bow hunt for a while before you can tell if a bow draws smoothly or not. The reason I say this is because when I bought my Tomkat, I looked and pulled back several different kinds and they all seemed the same to me, except for those that had different draw weights of coarse. Anyway what does a "smooth" draw mean. Again sorry for my ignorance on the subject.

To me smooth draw means the bow comes back with a nice even feel to it. When I bought my new bow this year, I honestly didn't believe the thing was cranked up to where the guy claimed because it came back so easy. Not till I verified it on my bow scale at home, did I feel settled on the matter.

Ditto what rybo said. I don't care how smooth a bow draws, but thats just me. To some people it is very important.

savedbygrace, not a stupid question at all. I know just what you are talking about. Now if you really want an answer, try this. Go to a proshop, ask to pull back a recurve (or longbow), a long axle to axle eccentric cam bow, and them a short a to a single cam bow. Then you will feel the difference in draw cycles of bows from extreme to extreme, and something in the middle.

Thank you all for your input.

go pull back a switchback,that will tell you what smooth is