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Offline bubby

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draw length ?
« on: June 08, 2012, 08:30:25 pm »
well, i'm building a bow for a gift, the guy shoot's a f@#^&ass recurve and say's he has a super long draw, well i aint makeing a bow that draw length, most of these guy's just dont know how to shoot a wood bow imho, anyhoo, i'm thinking the best way to keep him from drawing from here till tomorrow is to give him some arrows that he can't overdraw, what do ya think, Bub
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2012, 08:39:30 pm »
That's what I would do o build the ow for his draw length. Jawge
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Offline bubby

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2012, 08:47:15 pm »
jawge he said 36"
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Offline Weylin

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2012, 08:50:36 pm »
what, is he 8 feet tall!?!  :o That's ridiculous
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2012, 09:14:52 pm »
Probably that odd ball pull it behind your ear and spy down the arrow clinic everybody seems so anxious to pay for.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2012, 05:06:46 am »
Yup, I make my arrows so they can't be overdrawn, and if I let anyone shoot my bows, I insist they use my arrows.
I reckon a lot of people waaaaay overestimate their draw. Put it this way, I've never yet met anyone who drew longer than they said.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2012, 08:13:15 am »
  Gary Davis just finished up an osage bow drawing 120#@36". Maybe he will sell it.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2012, 09:46:55 am »
I seen that HOG Steve. Its seriously a typical Gary bow, just super-sized. All to scale even.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2012, 03:13:00 pm »
I've seen very few true draw lengths over 29".  I know there will immediately be 6 guys posting theirs is longer, but we have something like 14,000 people registered here, what's the ratio?

How tall is he?  With his height we can make some reasonable guestimates.  More reasonable than say....36 inches!  LOL
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2012, 03:30:14 pm »
I bet his shirt size is 17 X 36.....  I dunno...  I have pretty long arms and am 6"4" tall, and my draw length is 28".  I probably used to say it was a little longer, but I have shortened it a bit since going to selfbows, and since I found an anchor point that I can reliably repeat. 
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: draw length ?
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2012, 04:17:45 pm »
Just make it 100LBS at 28" and see if he can get it back to his 36" draw
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