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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: JoJoDapyro on August 20, 2014, 11:28:48 pm

Title: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: JoJoDapyro on August 20, 2014, 11:28:48 pm

I never posted a full draw photo of my board bow. I asked Tyke to take one tonight while we were shooting, and he shot a video instead. The first arrow is a heavy dowel with a steel 150 grain broad head. Any critique on form will be welcome. Does it seem fast to you? It seems pretty quick to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrAaasjSBuk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrAaasjSBuk)

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: autologus on August 20, 2014, 11:34:21 pm

Looks good.  It looks like a smooth shooter and sees to shoot fast.

Grady

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: bubby on August 21, 2014, 12:32:18 am

Looks good what's the draw length looks like you are really short drawing it

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: loefflerchuck on August 21, 2014, 01:38:00 am

Nice!

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: sleek on August 21, 2014, 02:01:17 am

Wow what a view! And yes... you look like you are short drawing the bow.

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: lebhuntfish on August 21, 2014, 02:58:47 am

Nice! But I'm with the rest of the guy's, looks like you are short drawing it to me too.

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 21, 2014, 07:33:04 am

JoJo, very well tillered and it seems fast. Nice! Jawge

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: JoJoDapyro on August 21, 2014, 09:21:09 am

It may just be my novice coming out, but I am slowly drawing it a bit more every session. It draws about 27. The feel is what I am going off of on release. Thanks for the info.

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Post by: jasonoflivingston on August 21, 2014, 09:32:39 am

It looks like a nice shooter.  Good job.

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: Pat B on August 21, 2014, 10:19:17 am

Her tiller looks good, JoJo and she seems to have good cast. It's really hard to tell without actually being there. .

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: JoJoDapyro on August 21, 2014, 11:21:29 am

How do you determine cast? I am pleasantly surprised at the speed. I need to take it in and have it chronoed. The archery department at Scheels said they would let us test them there.

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: TimBo on August 21, 2014, 11:59:53 am

I never can seem to draw new bows fully either...it helps (for me at least) to have something like tape on the arrow so I feel it at the correct draw length, then practice drawing it with my eyes closed and feeling what it is like to get to full draw.  You know it will make it to 27 in one part of your brain, but another part is probably waiting for an explosion!  Once you have done that for a while, it should be easier. 

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: sleek on August 21, 2014, 03:21:32 pm

For chrono numbers to be relevant you need to know the weight of your arrow.

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: JoJoDapyro on August 21, 2014, 04:23:08 pm

I haven't weighed the Bamboo ones yet, I will when I get home. The first one shot is a poplar dowel with a 150 grain broadhead, it weighs in at about 850 grains. The bamboo are much lighter.

Title: Re: Full draw, and throwing heat.
Post by: bubby on August 21, 2014, 06:00:43 pm

If you exercised it and got full draw you should be able to just yank it back to your anchor point and be really close to fully drawn