I am 13 years and you are the type of person that I want to be but struggle to get the materials for any of this cool stuff 😥 but have a 35 lb draw bow at 28 inches. Wish I could be like you
Love this channel! I grew up making bows and arrows as a child. I really wish that i could have been able to just create the things i thought up. Thank you for the information!
Hello Ryan, I absolutely agree with your explanations. In your most common hunting situations in the palmetto brush you will be more flexible with your short draw than someone who needs to reach full draw and straight form. But he will be more comfortable with longer shots from a tree stand undetected from the game animal. I’m limited to 3D „hunting“ here in Germany and will consider your teachings on lighter but faster arrows. Mine are rather on the heavy side so the trajectory is not so flat. Thanks for your great inspirational teachings.
Iv noticed the underdrawing thing. When I did the arm measurement it came to a 29” draw but 29 isn’t natural for me. It used to 25-26 natural shooting draw but Iv worked at it now I’m at 27 and I’m working on it trying to get to 28. But there’s a lot of benefits to underdrawing in hunting situations as long as you don’t loose enough power. Most people aren’t in a perfect archery stance and most are sitting down which is naturally going to compress you
You are amassing. I just found that out but I didn’t know it, after i saw this video it became clear to that this is true. I think that if my draw length from now on ist only 27 inch I can build shorter bows, so they will be faster. I mean if I shot a bow which is 60 at 28 inches but i don’t really draw that weight it doesn’t help mi at all if i don’t pull that far. My new project is now a bow 59 inch, 70 pound at 28.
I was in a bow shop and they told me that my draw lengths is 29.5 ich, but i had to build that artificially. I think I draw naturally only 27 and I’m much more precise when I shot with shorter draw
I've hunted with a catapult(slingshot) since childhood and your small game hunts remind me of mine, the snap shooting I do is generally at game in cover as its usually moving while I or the dog move the rabbits around the bramble, I come to a more full draw in the open provided the games sitting, this is in England btw, its scrambling about pushing game into areas and situations of an advantage to myself rather than sitting in a hide etc. My primitive bow while unable to use it here to hunt is set up similarly, 70lb at 26 inches but overspined arrows and my yew selfbow set up for them I can snap shoot accurately at whatever draw (probably 20in or so) but also take longer aimed shots at 26 inches, the bow btw I made heavily inspired by you, it's just a 56inch yew selfbow, nothing fancy at all, I feel confident I could use it just the same as I do my catapult which is set up to still have power on a snap shot close up but can be drawn out and put the .50 leads right out there in the open
I’m 6’2” and I’ve settled on my draw being 27” and still yet I feel like I short draw in some hunting situations if I have my body a little twisted to take the shot or if I have to cant the bow heavy to get the shot.
I wouldn't disagree with you because I've seen you shoot and you definitely take game. But what you are saying about the length of the bow is different from everything I've ever read from other authors on the subject, one a mechanical engineer. According to what I've read the longer bow stores more potential energy. He says that a longer bow will outshoot a shorter bow for that reason, more mass moving the arrow.
A longer bow requires a longer draw to utilize the potential energy. In that case the longer bow and draw will perform better, but if you have a shorter draw, having an excessively long bow will not allow the limbs to stress enough for a powerful shot. I have some much longer bows the same weight as shorter bows. At the same draw length, the long ones are terribly sluggish in comparison. There are a ton of books out there written by people that go on theory without actually running tests to collect data. That is why there is so much material in the Secrets & Science books that challenge previously thought notions. We have the data and stack of animals to back it up. I like to hunt with the most efficient gear possible, within reason, so I am pretty darn confident in what is in the book is the best information to get folks there as well. It's not "the only" way, certainly, but the data from real world tests and hunts is pretty convincing.
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You and Clay Hayes should do a bow build collaboration ❤
Oh yeah!
I did exactly that.. marked " my draw length" 28 in on my arrows had the wife film me shoot. Man I'm barely drawing 27 in!
You’re an inspiration!
I am 13 years and you are the type of person that I want to be but struggle to get the materials for any of this cool stuff 😥 but have a 35 lb draw bow at 28 inches. Wish I could be like you
Love this channel!
I grew up making bows and arrows as a child.
I really wish that i could have been able to just create the things i thought up.
Thank you for the information!
Hello Ryan,
I absolutely agree with your explanations. In your most common hunting situations in the palmetto brush you will be more flexible with your short draw than someone who needs to reach full draw and straight form. But he will be more comfortable with longer shots from a tree stand undetected from the game animal.
I’m limited to 3D „hunting“ here in Germany and will consider your teachings on lighter but faster arrows. Mine are rather on the heavy side so the trajectory is not so flat.
Thanks for your great inspirational teachings.
Really like how you explain this subject in such detail , great info brother 🤙
Appreciate the upload, as always
Iv noticed the underdrawing thing. When I did the arm measurement it came to a 29” draw but 29 isn’t natural for me. It used to 25-26 natural shooting draw but Iv worked at it now I’m at 27 and I’m working on it trying to get to 28. But there’s a lot of benefits to underdrawing in hunting situations as long as you don’t loose enough power. Most people aren’t in a perfect archery stance and most are sitting down which is naturally going to compress you
Greatly appreciate the information!!
You are amassing. I just found that out but I didn’t know it, after i saw this video it became clear to that this is true.
I think that if my draw length from now on ist only 27 inch I can build shorter bows, so they will be faster. I mean if I shot a bow which is 60 at 28 inches but i don’t really draw that weight it doesn’t help mi at all if i don’t pull that far.
My new project is now a bow 59 inch, 70 pound at 28.
I was in a bow shop and they told me that my draw lengths is 29.5 ich, but i had to build that artificially. I think I draw naturally only 27 and I’m much more precise when I shot with shorter draw
I've hunted with a catapult(slingshot) since childhood and your small game hunts remind me of mine, the snap shooting I do is generally at game in cover as its usually moving while I or the dog move the rabbits around the bramble, I come to a more full draw in the open provided the games sitting, this is in England btw, its scrambling about pushing game into areas and situations of an advantage to myself rather than sitting in a hide etc. My primitive bow while unable to use it here to hunt is set up similarly, 70lb at 26 inches but overspined arrows and my yew selfbow set up for them I can snap shoot accurately at whatever draw (probably 20in or so) but also take longer aimed shots at 26 inches, the bow btw I made heavily inspired by you, it's just a 56inch yew selfbow, nothing fancy at all, I feel confident I could use it just the same as I do my catapult which is set up to still have power on a snap shot close up but can be drawn out and put the .50 leads right out there in the open
A fact and truth brother
I make and shoot sub 50 inch bows and draw accordingly for each bow as it feels
Brother my draw length is 30inch what bow length do you advise 50lbs is my target weight thank you so much for this beautiful information.
I’m 6’2” and I’ve settled on my draw being 27” and still yet I feel like I short draw in some hunting situations if I have my body a little twisted to take the shot or if I have to cant the bow heavy to get the shot.
I wouldn't disagree with you because I've seen you shoot and you definitely take game. But what you are saying about the length of the bow is different from everything I've ever read from other authors on the subject, one a mechanical engineer. According to what I've read the longer bow stores more potential energy. He says that a longer bow will outshoot a shorter bow for that reason, more mass moving the arrow.
A longer bow requires a longer draw to utilize the potential energy. In that case the longer bow and draw will perform better, but if you have a shorter draw, having an excessively long bow will not allow the limbs to stress enough for a powerful shot. I have some much longer bows the same weight as shorter bows. At the same draw length, the long ones are terribly sluggish in comparison. There are a ton of books out there written by people that go on theory without actually running tests to collect data. That is why there is so much material in the Secrets & Science books that challenge previously thought notions. We have the data and stack of animals to back it up. I like to hunt with the most efficient gear possible, within reason, so I am pretty darn confident in what is in the book is the best information to get folks there as well. It's not "the only" way, certainly, but the data from real world tests and hunts is pretty convincing.
@@huntprimitive9918 practical experience is always better than theory. Thanks for the info.
Thats why i use a clicker