| Snarkhunter,
There have been many threads on this one. In essence, a clicker is properly used to cause a 'surprise' release, thereby allowing the shot execution to be more at the subconscious level, reducing the risk of over aiming, gold shyness, conscious efforts to 'aim/execute' messing up the shot, etc. It clicks, you let go.
So, whilst it does, as a side-effect, produce a more consistent draw length, this isn't it's main purpose. With proper technique (beter than mine, regrettably) draw length should be consistent anyway.
Putting it another way, top archers do have very consistent draw lengths, so have no need for a draw length check. But they still all (well, the vast majority) use clickers because the subconscious 'surprise' release they produce is more effective than the alternative of 'deciding' when to let go.
ASW1973, Marcus26 and others have written reams on this in the past on this forum. Also lots in the archery literature.
It's not a draw length check.
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