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                    <h3>Draw Length and Draw Weight are Important!</h3>


                    <p><b>The most important two considerations in selecting</b> a new bow are draw weight and draw length.
                    Draw weight is easy: just don't start with a bow you can't shoot 25 or 30 times without getting tired
                    (for target bows, that should be 100 shots minimum.)
                    Bare in mind that, unless you row a boat a lot, the upper back muscles used for drawing a bow aren't used
                    for much else and can be more or less dormant. Once you start shooting, these muscles will develop quickly
                    and strengthen so you can probably move to a higher poundage after a few months.</p>

                    <p> Draw length isn't a factor in traditional bows, which are drawn back as for as you like to the limit of the bow,
                    but it is a bit more complicated with compound bows with their set draw length.
                    The majority of the customers who visit the NZAP shop are trying to shoot their compounds with too long a draw.
                    This is partly due the macho blokes in the advertisements shown drawing compound bows and anchoring back around their ears.
                    Advertisers like this exaggerated draw because it is dynamic and looks cool.
                    However, if you watch a real pro at a tournament, he or she is usually totally relaxed (not at all dynamic)
                    and anchoring on their jaw, on the side of their face, or under their chin.</p>
                    
                    <p>When selecting your next bow, keep in mind that it is always better to start with a draw
                    length that is a bit short rather that too long. Most of us can shoot a bow with a short
                    draw just fine but getting accuracy from a bow an excessive draw length is difficult or even impossible.</p>

                    <p>When buying a new bow or retuning your compound, give draw weight and draw length a great deal of consideration.
                    If either the weight or the length are excessive, the bow won't be fun to shoot, and if it isn't fun you probably won't do it.
                    When in doubt, drop a few ponds off the draw weight and an inch off the draw length, and you will be fine.</p>

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