Draw length and anchor - comments please

Comments, however damning, welcome.

I think/know there are some issues here, but I don't want to influence your opinions.

Cheers.

[T101]

hmm it looks as if u r a little hunched up so maybe draw length is a little short, but as with most things if u r comfortable and shooting well then don't mess with it. if not then its trial and error.

[Watch_Man]

IMHO Draw too long and you seem to have no fixed anchor which is too low down. The release in image 2 is rotated too much and your peep is too high, bringing it down would lift your anchor. This together with a shortened draw should bring your D-loop/string more towards an invisible line drawn down from the corner of your eye, and move the string in front of the corner of your mouth instead of behind it as it is now. Perhaps if the leading edge of your knuckles is where the front of your side burns is. You do not appear to have enough room for your back arm to expand as you pull through your release.

See the James Park book 'Mastering Bow Tuning' if you can.

Just putting my flame proof suit on

[Kae]

My computer crashed as I was writing and when I came back Watchman had already said everything....

Kae.

[ArcheryRoxStar]

tbh, id say you are an inch - an inch 1/2 overdrawn.

front shoulder is coming up (never a good thing) which can be due to too long drawlength.

on the back half, id say you are drawing too far back. the problem when you draw so far back onto your back, is that you have nowhere else to move your arm, so its harder to pull through for a surprise release, especially with a trigger.

is my opinion anyway.

[GeoffT]

Everything Watchman and ArcheryRoxStar have said is hard to disagree with.

1 inch further forward and you can "anchor/reference" the knuckles of your first two fingers either side of your jawbone and and your drawing elbow will move up so that up can then use the correct muscles to expand the shot. IMHO

[Marcus26]

Way overdrawn. 1.5" at least.

[Nightimer]

You look about 1.5 inches too long.
Your bow shoulder appears to be too high.
And it would appear that you are leaning back although without a full length shot its hard to confirm this.
The 2nd shot shows that due to the draw length issue you appear to have no positive anchor whatsoever and the release is "floating".
My first move would be to shorten the draw length then go from there with the other issues.

Nightimer

[geoffretired]

It all looks a bit overdrawn to me too.
I rebuilt my bow arm and draw arm alignment recently.I was advised to do the work in two main stages. Below is not a word for word copy of that, but the method amounts to the same thing.
I would get your front arm sorted so the alignment is good and the shoulder is down. When that is sound, adjust the bow to give you front of face contact with the string, probably only on the chin as the nose will not touch when draw length is shortened.(ignore the peep for now)If you adjust your bow draw length before sorting the bow arm alignment, it could all need to be redone when the bow arm is sorted.
Next adjust the d-loop length(if necessary) to get your draw elbow in line, it may stick out of line when you shorten the bow, and you will feel cramped up.
When the bow arm and draw arm are both sorted, sort the peep so it is in line with your eye at full draw, and facing straight ahead. (It will probably face the wrong way after all the other changes.)

Thanks for all the comments, they pretty much confirm what I had thought.

The draw length is the biggest problem, which is causing me to raise my front shoulder due to stretching to get the shot off, which is especially bad when I get a bit tired.