Draw Length Chart

[Brush to Bay]

I get a lot of requests for copies of this chart. It's a simple chart determining ones draw length by measuring wingspan divided by 2.5. This gives the shooter an average draw length measurement. Keep in mind this is intended to be an average draw length.

[txdukklr]

Still have to go to the bow. I measure 28.25 and i'm a different length depending on the bow . . . . mathews is the worst I have to shoot a 27.5 and as short a loop as I can manage to have put on.

[Pineywoods]

It's pretty accurate for me...my wingspan is exactly 72" and i am shooting a 29" bow with 1/2" d-loop. The chart says 28.8".

[Fishndude]

Your silhouette is obviously left handed.

[txdukklr]

It's pretty accurate for me...my wingspan is exactly 72" and i am shooting a 29" bow with 1/2" d-loop. The chart says 28.8".

the chart is money

it's the bow manufacturers that I'm griping at. . .

[careybirdwell]

Still have to go to the bow. I measure 28.25 and i'm a different length depending on the bow . . . . mathews is the worst I have to shoot a 27.5 and as short a loop as I can manage to have put on.

I have always set my bows at 27.5 and that is pretty close to the chart. 27.5 felt pretty good with my PSE and Bowtech I have shot, but I swear that feels short on my mathews and I could probablymove up to 28.5

[Brush to Bay]

Still have to go to the bow. I measure 28.25 and i'm a different length depending on the bow . . . . mathews is the worst I have to shoot a 27.5 and as short a loop as I can manage to have put on.

yea Mathews is notorious for not being true amo draw. I've found that out with my NO Cam HTX.

[Brush to Bay]

It's pretty accurate for me...my wingspan is exactly 72" and i am shooting a 29" bow with 1/2" d-loop. The chart says 28.8".

Typically I'll round up to the closest in the instance of 28.8", I'll round up or down depending on the comfort level of the customer and the bow itself.

[Brush to Bay]

I have always set my bows at 27.5 and that is pretty close to the chart. 27.5 felt pretty good with my PSE and Bowtech I have shot, but I swear that feels short on my mathews and I could probablymove up to 28.5

Ive had an issue with my new Mathews htx no cam. I'm a 29" draw but had to go down to a 28.5" mod just to get my anchor point right.

[32drawlength]

Yep
The chart checks out fine with me at 80"...32

[Rat]

As with any "rule" in archery, this is just a starting point and will get you very close, usually.

Bows on the other hand, very different story.

My Bowtech runs long, Hoyt and Mathews run short, PSE seem to be pretty close. I think it is more of a product of the modular/adjustable draw length we see on cams now days; back in the day when cams were draw length specific I don't remember them being so far off; of course, I was a lot younger back then and my memory isn't what it used to be.

[agwrestler]

Google Nuts and Bolts of Archery. That pdf is full of great information despite being a bit disorganized.

[gonehuntin68]

Still have to go to the bow. I measure 28.25 and i'm a different length depending on the bow . . . . mathews is the worst I have to shoot a 27.5 and as short a loop as I can manage to have put on.

Yep, Mathews list a shorter draw length then the bow actually is. I've been shooting Mathews since 2002 and all 5 of my bows have been this way. Of course you already know this since I know you have been shooting mathews for a long time.

[Pushbutton2]

The second pic is kinda hot

[Brush to Bay]

The second pic is kinda hot

Yea of course I had to put a female silhouette on there