Low vs high wrist

Steiger3208 · January 26, 2015, 10:09:00 PM

What are your opinions on low wrist vs high wrist recurve? I've been shooting longbow for 20 yrs. and have only shot a recurve bow about 5 shots total. I feel a need for a recurve in the near future. Thanks, Wes

legends1 · January 26, 2015, 10:17:00 PM

I like a medium palm and small to medium throat with a thumb rest in both my longbows and my recurves. For me I find it helps stabilize the shot. Also you can locate the same grip shot after shot.

Pine · January 26, 2015, 10:19:00 PM

Its personal preference , I used to like high wrist but the past few years I prefer low . Its only because with high , there is to much pressure on the web of my hand and it gets to aching me . I have lost an inch of my draw length that way but it is easier to find arrows now .

January 26, 2015, 11:43:00 PM

If the grips fits my hand, I could shoot tighter groups with my target bows with a high wrist. However, I found that high wrist bows felt very unnatural with my hunting bows. One of my metal Bear takedowns came with the high wrist, I found it clumsy when getting on target and distracting when just holding the bow when not shooting, which is quite often in a deer hunting situation. I changed it to the low wrist and liked it so much that I bought a second metal Bear takedown. One word of caution with this liking low wrist bows, you will be only hunting with straight gripped Hills in no time.

damascusdave · January 26, 2015, 11:45:00 PM

I have shot just about any way you can think of both right handed and left handed and the only thing I can say with certainty is I have no idea what I prefer...I just pick a few bows I am likely going to hunt with a couple of months before hunting season and then focus on figuring out how I am going to shoot them...by the time I figure out what I like I will probably be too old to draw a bow

DDave

damascusdave · January 26, 2015, 11:50:00 PM

Take a look at the bows that I currently own and if you can figure out a pattern please let me know...other than the Grayling Bears which is more of a collecting thing I have no idea why I own the bows that I do...and I have probably sold or trade away that many or more...I lost track long ago...even personal preference can be hard to explain and it changes over time for me

DDave

Piratkey · January 27, 2015, 04:32:00 AM

Forget personal preference and ask to you hand what she like......if you listen very well,you can ear ,medium, because it's the more natural position for the hand.

Cyclic-Rivers · January 27, 2015, 07:34:00 AM

With a medium to low wrist grip, I get better bone on bone contact and can shoot longer without fatiguing some muscles.

I can shoot both relatively well but feel like I shoot a mid to low wrist better.

Its a preference thing, hopefully you figure out what you like.

jt85 · January 27, 2015, 05:32:00 PM

Medium for me

Doeslayer_67 · January 27, 2015, 08:12:00 PM

I shoot a medium grip with a slight index where my life line of my palm is. it seems to put the pressure on the 2 small bones of your lower arm instead of your wrist. for me at least

ron w · January 27, 2015, 08:19:00 PM

I like mine low.......I can go from recurve to longbow without even thinking about it.

**DONOTDELETE** · January 27, 2015, 08:25:00 PM

The advantage of a medium wrist angle over a high wrist is that you can shoot heavier draw weights much longer without extending your wrist.

With a high wrist most of the pressure is applied to the web in your hand. This method can be very accurate with target weight bows, but your wrist gets tired with heavier weights and you begin to collapse your wrist as you get tired and your pressure point on the grip shifts lower....This will cause inconsistency.

I prefer a medium grip with a nice flat spot for my thumb pad to settle into the same every time.

Tedd · January 27, 2015, 08:26:00 PM

High. Asbell like. Low wrist feels so awkward to me. I try it sometimes. Like to reduce draw length when shooting a self bow.
Tedd

njloco · January 27, 2015, 08:53:00 PM

I can shoot any style but prefer low to medium.

Mr. fingers · January 27, 2015, 10:50:00 PM

Ok I'll be the oddball here I perfer a high wrist not so much in grip of the bow but for some reason no matter the shape of the bows grip when I shoot high wrist my groups,tighten up. I ve tried low,wrist,but I tend to use to much Palm which turns the bow to the left.
As far as feeling more natural. They say your bow hand should be relaxed to avoid torque. Well hold your bow arm out like you holding your bow and relax your hand I mean let it go limp I'll bet it drops into natural high wrist position.

**DONOTDELETE** · January 27, 2015, 11:13:00 PM

Here's one for you to try Mr. Fingers...........

Hold your bow arm out and relax your fingers, now reach out with your other hand and put 3 fingers on your thumb pad and apply pressure keeping your fingers and wrist relaxed.... your wrist will rotate back to the point where its solid.... You'll find you can hold much more draw weight comfortably with the wrist in that position and still have your fingers completely relaxed.

Mr. fingers · January 27, 2015, 11:35:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Kirkll:
Here's one for you to try Mr. Fingers...........

Hold your bow arm out and relax your fingers, now reach out with your other hand and put 3 fingers on your thumb pad and apply pressure keeping your fingers and wrist relaxed.... your wrist will rotate back to the point where its solid.... You'll find you can hold much more draw weight comfortably with the wrist in that position and still have your fingers completely relaxed.

That's cool Kirk I may putzs around with that. Problem I have either my bow grips are too fat or I tend to put too much heel into it and my bow handle naturally turns to the left. I could shoot my Hoyt Protec compound low wrist with the pressure point right where you suggest but that bow has a thin grip. I'll tinker with it.
Tim.

Jack Whitmire Jr · January 28, 2015, 05:48:00 AM

I want as high wrist grip as you can buy/make , my schafers are great but wish they were higher wrist than they are .NO bow I have ever shot is as high as I would like it to be .

njloco · January 28, 2015, 06:48:00 AM

If you have shoulder problems, I'd stay away from a high wrist !

dbd870 · January 28, 2015, 06:49:00 AM

Of what I have tried I seem to prefer higher.