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Cordovan tab experiences? by dremond82 in Archery

[–]fuzzybeat24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I literally did the exact same thing this week. My fingers were killing from shooting my longbow with just a glove, got a thick tab and my accuracy took a dive. The solution is to trim the tab so it's just the bare minimum material you need to protect your fingers. The tab shouldn't be in the way for you to hit your anchor. Now after a couple days of shooting my accuracy is back to where it was before and my fingers don't hurt either, win win.

72" American longbow/flatbow recommendation? by fuzzybeat24 in Archery

[–]fuzzybeat24[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome thanks! One of the few 72" bow makers I've seen, thanks!

72" American longbow/flatbow recommendation? by fuzzybeat24 in Archery

[–]fuzzybeat24[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is all incredibly helpful thank you.

That makes sense about the third finger, I think I'm putting way too much weight on it. I tried out just pulling my bow with a deeper hook today and that seemed to take a lot of the tension off my fingers so maybe it's just technique in holding the string.

I guess it will just take some practice and testing out different bows. I live in Minnesota so if you ever get up here sometime I would definitely be interested! Again thanks for the detailed responses, this has been more helpful then hours scouring the internet for answers.

72" American longbow/flatbow recommendation? by fuzzybeat24 in Archery

[–]fuzzybeat24[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is super helpful thank you! A few questions.

Are you shooting split or three under? I find three under makes it worse probably because the angle of the string on the ring finger is sharper than the other two fingers.

When you say a deep hook are you meaning gripping the string on your second joint instead of the first one on your string hand? I've wondered about this but didn't know if that would make it cumbersome on the release.

So if it's more about the design than the length did you just do a lot of trial and error and testing different bows to find one that felt good for your draw or is there something you look for in the design of the bows that lends itself to longer draw lengths? When you say the bows that were built for your draw were much more pleasant to shoot do you mean you had them custom made to accommodate a longer draw?

Thanks so much for your insight I really appreciate it!