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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: gaddy on June 26, 2015, 12:48:08 PM

Title: 35" Bow
Post by: gaddy on June 26, 2015, 12:48:08 PM: 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".
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Post by: coachcw on June 26, 2015, 12:55:23 PM: typically longer draws are more accurate
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Post by: h20hunter on June 26, 2015, 12:58:01 PM: Close...I shoot a Hoyt Spyder 34.
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Post by: highside74 on June 26, 2015, 01:07:58 PM: 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.
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Post by: earlmarne on June 26, 2015, 02:06:55 PM: 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
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Post by: D-Rock425 on June 26, 2015, 02:13:02 PM: He has lots of 35" plus options.
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Post by: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on June 26, 2015, 02:27:36 PM: 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.
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Post by: RadSav on June 26, 2015, 02:40:08 PM: 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.
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Post by: huntingaddiction on July 01, 2015, 04:10:00 PM: I shoot a bowtech CPXL at 32 inch draw...i am 6'10 though!
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Post by: RadSav on July 01, 2015, 04:53:39 PM: Quote from: huntingaddiction on July 01, 2015, 04:10:00 PM
I shoot a bowtech CPXL at 32 inch draw...i am 6'10 though!

6'10" :yike: Bet you didn't have to worry about being picked last on the playground basketball court! :chuckle: Probably a pain getting a 100# pack up on your shoulders, huh?
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Post by: huntingaddiction on July 01, 2015, 05:05:14 PM: I prefer to pack them out whole radsav! Probably why my hunting party calls me sasquatch! Lol
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Post by: RadSav on July 01, 2015, 05:18:36 PM: Nice!! You should get plenty of requests for hunting partners now ;) My old hunting partner Bone was that way. Greatest hunting partner EVER!!! :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Jellymon on July 01, 2015, 05:24:26 PM: 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. :twocents:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 01, 2015, 05:38:35 PM: Quote from: RadSav on July 01, 2015, 05:18:36 PM
Nice!! You should get plenty of requests for hunting partners now ;) My old hunting partner Bone was that way. Greatest hunting partner EVER!!! :chuckle: :chuckle:
one good thing about hunting with huntingaddiction is I never have to pack out any animals of his. :chuckle: :lol4: :lol4: :lol4:
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Post by: DVET253 on July 02, 2015, 09:40:39 AM: 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.........
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Post by: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on July 02, 2015, 10:23:45 PM: All great info. But the bows I was talking about Martin putting out start at 35 and go up to 42 or something crazy. But I agree the longer the more "forgiving".
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Post by: BUTTER on July 02, 2015, 10:39:48 PM: Just bought an Elite E35 I am 5'10'' and draw length of 27.5 probably have 100 arrows is all though it and at 30 yards have to be careful shooting same spot as other arrows due to fact I will smoke them Key to accuracy the longer the bow the more.accurate and find a bow that you can draw with ease and is maxed out whether it's 60 70 or 80 pounds maxed out and a longer ATA you will be shooting great just my 2 :twocents:
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Post by: np205 on August 31, 2015, 10:23:08 PM: I shoot an Arena 34 and have a 29" draw. I like a longer axle to axle bow.
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Post by: TheHunt on September 19, 2015, 02:14:55 PM: I shoot a 36 inch axle to axle by Hoyt. It is an older bow but I have only killed 3 bulls standing all the rest have been on my knees and bent around a bush or something. The longer axle to axle bow will compensate for messed up shooting form. I did the short axle to axle once. Now I am back to the longer.

The shorter axle to axle exacerbates the shooters poor form. Shorter bows are typically lighter than longer axle to axle. There is pro's and con's for everything. You get a longer axle to axle it is going to be heavier. BUT there are slings now days for your bow.

Anyway, this is my opinion. It is not worth much but it is an opinion.
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Post by: gaddy on September 19, 2015, 02:44:01 PM: Thanks for the opinion. The boy is built like a brick sh!! house. All muscle and a bit of weight wont hurt him. I just want to get him some thing that will keep him interested. He is dead on with his uncles bow that he has been shooting when he comes home but i want to get something that fits him better to keep him interested. When he came home for a bit this summer, the first thing he did was set up the target in the back yard. At man camp this year, we also had to take the target and the bow. The kids a natural, he doesn't hunt but maybe he can get interested with a bow.
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Post by: 10thmountainarcher on September 19, 2015, 02:53:37 PM: I shoot a bear encounter set at 31" for my draw, axle to axle is 30.5. The bow was in expensive and I did some up grades as far as sight and what not. This is my 3rd bow, and so far the bang for the buck has been awesome.
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Post by: Yankee on September 29, 2015, 07:34:28 PM: 6'3" here, also shoot a Bowtech Insanity CPXL the past couple years and have been happy with it. Not sure if you can still buy them new or not?