?????? # Depending on Brace Height

[Hrothgar]

Visualize this in the extreme using a converse logic. Imagine a 66" string on a 64" bow; technically it isn't pulling any weight until it has been dawn a couple inches, therefore when it reaches a 28" draw the poundage will still be pretty light.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I don't own a bow that changes draw weight based on its given brace height. I want one though. I think early string tension could get confused for heavier draw weight. The bows shape is exactly the same at say 28" drawn whether its 3" braced or 6" braced. That distance between the throat of the grip and your draw hand never changes at full draw, still 28".

[bow101]

Good thing you chimed in; your 2 bits makes it easier to understand for some. 

[bradsmith2010]

if you will weigh you bow with a 3 inch brace,, and then with a 6 inch brace you will see there is a difference

[bow101]

if you will weigh you bow with a 3 inch brace,, and then with a 6 inch brace you will see there is a difference

Seriously lets put this in proper context, a 3" brace is ridiculously low, I think that most of us are on the same page and think in terms of adequate brace like something between 5 - 7"..   Probably would be a slight increase from 5 to 7 but is it worth quibbling about. 

[jayman448]

there should be no difference in actual draw weight. itll feel lower to begin with but you will be pulling the same distance and loading the same potential energy. all that changes is string angle (finger pinch) and the bows final resting place (and some argue that a lower brace means higher arrow speed)

[Del the cat]

If you think for a moment about the geometry of it*... of course it will make a difference.
The question is "how much"?
The answer is "surprisingly little"
Del

*At high brace the string is a tiny bit shorter. The length of the bow has not changed. Therefore to pull the string back to the same point as before the limbs must be bending more. However, it's a very small difference and string angle changes tends to make this negligible.
Same way as the force draw curve of a bow is surprisingly linear despite all the weird geometry and physics. Some times the maths and physics doesn't actually help.
Del