35" Bow

[gaddy]

Any body shooting a 35" bow? Had my son measured for his draw length the other day and they said he needs a  draw length of 31" and they recommended a 35" axle to axle bow and longer arrows. He is spot on with a 30", never misses at 20 yds, but recently nicked his finger with the short arrow. He is interested in archery golf. Anyone into archery golf that could help him out ? He is a student at the UW. Is there a big difference in the length of the bow ? The boy is 6'5".

[coachcw]

typically longer draws are more accurate

[h20hunter]

Close...I shoot a Hoyt Spyder 34.

[highside74]

I shoot an elite energy 35 and love it. It is worth every penny and a very easy bow to shoot. It would be perfect for archery golf.

[earlmarne]

I shoot a 35 inch decree hd, am 6ft 6 with a 30 inch draw.I think 35 is about as short as I want to go.Never heard of archery golf but def stick with a taller bow

[D-Rock425]

He has lots of 35" plus options.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

Yeah marti had most of there bows at 35+ inches ata.  Carrying a sheet of plywood damn near.  To wide of a load for the archery hunting I do.  35 I could manage but any longer just seems ridiculous.

[RadSav]

Archery golf was popular back when bows only cast about 100 yards.  Today with longer cast and slip & fall lawyers behind every blade of grass...not so much.  Was fun though!  Hard game to play with a compound.

[huntingaddiction]

I shoot a bowtech CPXL at 32 inch draw...i am 6'10 though!

[RadSav]

I shoot a bowtech CPXL at 32 inch draw...i am 6'10 though!

6'10"   Bet you didn't have to worry about being picked last on the playground basketball court!   Probably a pain getting a 100# pack up on your shoulders, huh?

[huntingaddiction]

I prefer to pack them out whole radsav!  Probably why my hunting party calls me sasquatch! Lol

[RadSav]

Nice!!  You should get plenty of requests for hunting partners now   My old hunting partner Bone was that way.  Greatest hunting partner EVER!!!

[Jellymon]

   I shoot an Elite E35, 35ata. I'm 5'10" 28" draw. There isn't as much string angle on a 35+ bow as on a 30" bow, which gets the peep closer to your eye and allows you to touch your nose to the string without tilting your head, raising your anchor, or shooting too long a draw length. The longer the draw, the taller the bow needs to be to maintain the proper string angle. It also gets weight further from your hand which makes the bow more stable. Yes short bows are accurate, but I feel longer bows are much more comfortable, easier to shoot well, and to me more consistent. They have that "inside the cockpit feel".
   Also not all the same ATA bows will have the same string angle. Hoyts hunting bows are a good example. Hoyts berger hole/grip is higher than other brands. Yes this balances well, but it also puts your nock point higher in the string, which increases the string angle. Combine that with Hoyts smaller cams and the large amount the limbs move at full draw, and a 35ATA hoyt will have about the string angle of most other brands 32" bows.
   A 35" bow is only 2 1/2" longer at each end than those tiny 30" bows. I don't even notice that little bit of length when plowing through our thick brush. Il take a more stable, better fitting, comfortable platform over "maneuverability" any day.

[D-Rock425]

Nice!!  You should get plenty of requests for hunting partners now   My old hunting partner Bone was that way.  Greatest hunting partner EVER!!!

one good thing about hunting with huntingaddiction is I never have to pack out any animals of his.

[DVET253]

I have a 30" draw length and prefer a longer bow. My current rigs are 32", 35.25" & 35.5" ATA's. My first bow had a 30" ATA, it shot fine....I thought, until I bought my first Bear Anarchy (single cam 35.25" ATA). I immediately saw improvements in my grouping (horizontal impact) at distances greater than 40 yards. At the time I didn't know why.

With the shorter bow I believe my grouping size at 40+ yards was directly attributed to how easy/finicky the bow was to human error, hand torque, canting etc..  Then I heard Bill Winke talk bow mechanics on one of John Dudley's Nock On podcasts and he summed it up like this: take a 5 lb rolling pin and hold it out like you would hold a bow, cant the rolling pin left and right. Now take a 5 lb fence stake and hold it out, cant it left and right, which one is easier to move? Both items are the same weight yet the rolling pin is easier. It takes more effort to cant the stake because the mass moment of inertia is greater. Thus resulting in longer ATA bows tending to be more "forgiving". And piggybacking on what Jellymon said about string angle you've got the potential for a great shooter!!

 Further more I have no problem carrying a longer ATA bow in the elk woods, I can maneuver 35" easier through the brush than I can maneuver my 6'3" frame.........