shooting short bows..

[aero86]

im thinking of making a short bow or two, with shorter than normal draw.  how do you guys shoot them?  do you still hit the same anchor? or do you have a different anchor when shooting them.  the mini hornbow i have made me think of it..

[Josh]

I usually just bend my bow arm more and hit the same anchor.  Using shorter arrows with it helps or if you are gonna use your regular arrows then wrap some thread around the arrow at the bow's drawlength so you can feel the thread cross the arrowpass/your hand when the bow is at full draw to keep from over drawing it.  That's what I do and it works great for me. Good luck!

[aznboi3644]

when I shoot my short bows I anchor loosely under my chin with a pinch grip...thats between 20-24" draw.

[JW_Halverson]

I shoot short bows the same exact way I shoot longbows and any other bow.  Poorly. 

[aero86]

me too jw!

[hillbilly61]

I'll let ya know when I get my first shootable one finished. The last 2 have blown up on me Both 48" attempts. But it had to be the woods fault not mine

[Elktracker]

Good idea on wrapping the thead on the arrow shaft to know when you are at full draw never thought of that duhhh I was marking mine with a permanent marker or makeing different arrows that are shorter lol thanks for the simple yet great idea I really like short bows when I shoot them I have a different anchor point I anchor my top thumb joint to the side of my chin bone and when shooting longer draw I usually anchor my upper pointer finger knuckle to my cheek bone.

Josh

[half eye]

I dont use an anchor point per-sey....floating anchor. Otis Mason, in his paper of 1893 told as how the Natives he talked to said they "pull to the head" so I make my arrows to the bow. But still dont use an anchor, when the head touches the bow hand ....it's gone.  for what ever it's worth sir.
rich