HEED MY WARNING!!!

[Youngboyer2(billyf)]

NEVER LET ANYONE ELSE DRAW YOUR SELFBOw THE RESULTS CAN BE DISASTEROUS... MARK MY WORDS
this was a while ago but i keep the remains around as a warning

[osage outlaw]

Tie a string from the fade to the bowstring that is the length of YOUR draw.  If someone else draws your bow back, they can't overdraw it.

[MWirwicki]

Outlaw:  That's a great idea!  I will definately do that on the bows I display at the shoots.  You never know when you're not paying attention and someone pulls it behind his ear.

[SA]

string.. good idea i don't know how many times i showed a bow to someone only to cringe as they pull it back hoping they won't overdraw it , trying to explain "now its ONLY a 26" draw bow.

[osage outlaw]

I can't take credit for the idea.  A guy I met at last years Classic told me about it.  He sold laminated bows and had somebody break one by overdrawing it.  He used 1 strand of B-50.  He was shooting the bow with it on there.  He said it helped him from short drawing the bow while shooting.

[mullet]

Yep! That's always been a good rule.You can do a search on here and find lots of warnings for several years past.

[Youngboyer2(billyf)]

With a 22 inch draw ya gotta be careful, great idea Osage outlaw, I will put the strings on 2 of the recurves that I let my friends shoot

[crooketarrow]

  Outlaw I know people that had a problem with target panic that would tie a string their draw leath. This works good. THIS WORKS BETTER THAN A CLICKER WHERE YOUR MINE HAS TO TAKE CHARGE. USEING MUSSLE MEMEROY IS MUCH BETTER.
    As far as handing my bow to someone. If he's not use to selfbows or traditional and I don't know his draw lenth. I DON'T nothing worse than someone drawing useing a compond draw trying to lock there elbo. I use to tiller a inch or 2 past just for a added safty feature. But this puts excess stress on your limbs that do'nt need to be there. Causeing excess set and string follow.

[wildcat hunter]

 Osage Outlaw, thats a good idea! My friend handed his fiberglass bow to a young kid - he drew it back and "dry fired" it =  shattered limb. Needless to say my friend was very upset, that was his "meat bow".

[Lone500]

yep first 2 things to teach someone. never dry fire a bow and never pull it to far.

[Parnell]

So true.  I had one that someone drew and drew it at about a million miles per hour like it was a powelifting competition - whamo.

[Del the cat]

I like to let people shoot my bows, but I make sure they use my arrows which are cut to length so they can't overdraw.
Never let anyone draw without an arrow unless you are ure they can't pull it back to full draw (plenty of people tried my 90# ELB, but none got it anywhere near back to 28")
Del

[Youngboyer2(billyf)]

nope not me, i practically attack when people go near my hunting bow (got liscense this summer) so i set a recurve from a yard sale aside along with a 1/2 doz arrows for guests.
Osage outlaw , can i use anything but B-50 for that limiting string like paracord (too heavy ) or whatever. just wont have access to B-50 for a week of 2 and wondering if i can go for the cheapy fix

[zdogk9]

25# fishing leader should work

[osage outlaw]

Any type of string or twine should work as long as it is tough enough to not break when they get it to full draw.  Like I mentioned earlier, this was not my idea.  It was from a guy at the Classic.