If I shoot one bow longer, I shoot it better (maybe)  :D

I've got 6 longbows. 1 is 64", 1 is 62", 3 are 60", and 1 is 56".
I shoot my 60" MOABs the best, followed by my T-Child (56")...

Got three myslef two@60" and one @62 and love shooting all three and one recurve @60 also all four bows are 3p.takedown      

moleman, you are most likely right, however I like shorter bows and aquired a "short" longbow in a trade on here. It is 50"s tip to tip and was built by Lostcreek Bows. When showing it off at a trad 3-D shoot everyone said it was WAAYYY to short to be shot accurately. Another member on here from Texas that I have the honor of shooting with, calls it a short,stupid little bow. However I think he will agree that it is a great fit for me and shoots plenty good! I think it is just the mindset of the person handling the bow.

I was a die hard fan of a 62 inch longbow. Went down to a 58 incher and settled right in at a 60.      
 Good out of a treestand, pop-up blind or for stalking.

64" ers is as long as I own and for me it is what I am shooting the most during that time that I shoot the best.

QuoteOriginally posted by Kirkll:

Forgiveness in a long bow shouldn't have anything to do with the length if it's designed to draw the same distance without stacking up....      [/b]

I also don't see what the length NTN has to do with anything about forgiveness. To me, it comes from smooth draw characteristics as far as the limbs' input into the shot.

So is forgiveness really a function of draw length?
Is a bow drawn to 30" more accurate than one drawn to 26"?  Does increased draw length hurt accuracy by keeping the arrow in an affectable position longer?

A number of years back I shot a 70" Big 5 that was marked 89@27".  It was 92@27", I had a slightly longer draw in those days, 26&3/4". with that bow I noticed that if I stretched to nearly 28" or shortened to 26", the bow speed test with a chronograph or distance shooting showed very little arrow speed change. The explanation I got makes some sense as far Hill style longbows are concerned. When a heavy limbed bow is drawn further it picks up more static hysteresis and when it is drawn slightly shorter it is more efficient because less limb has to move, thus giving a more predictable shot as far as arrow to arrow speed. the string angle and the snap of the string from the fingers because of the weight, I am sure, is what put a number of bunnies and pheasants to their end with that bow, no deer however. further testing with other bows that I have owned has shown that draw length variations makes a much greater difference with fast bows like a BW takedown. The other thing that I notice is that not all bows like shorter draws, something just falls away from the limb action when the draw gets short. I shoot 26.5" right handed and 26" left handed with long bows and I am more accurate now than ever. Oddly enough, I am just as accurate at deer with a 62" r/d Robertson as I am with my favorite Hill style bows, but my favorite bow is still my 68" fast tip from a Hill blank halfbreed. The difference is slight, but it is enough to make more hits on small moving targets and that could be a small release variance or the straight grip that makes it point faster. Some people, just like me at times, turn their release fingers a bit on the string, the longer bow will be more accurate then.

Does anybody else see the contradiction,in the Term "Short Longbow",or is it just me?

I shoot all my bows the same... like crap!