My draw length is 28”. My go-to longbow is a 7 Lakes string follow at 48#. I shoot 45-50# Surewood shafts that are 29 1/2” with three 5” banana feathers and a 160 gr tip. When I shot carbons, they were Gold Tip Traditional 500s at 30 3/4”, three 5” banana feathers and 200 gr tips They all shoot right where I put ‘em! Unfortunately, that’s not always where they were supposed to go!!

Tuning wood arrows after shooting carbons for decades and ALWAYS needing to be mindful of my release

“The American Longbow” and “The Long Fix”. Both by Stephen Graf.

Others are “Son of the Longbow” by Marv Clyncke and “…And the horse you rode in on!!” by Gene and Barry Wensel. Good reading!

If looking for suggestions, Chapter 17, “Strong like a Bull” of G. Fred Asbell’s book “Advanced Instinctive Shooting for Bowhunters” has six exercises listed using rubber exercise bands. They work…if you do them! I had rotator cuff surgery on both shoulder ten and eleven years ago. I still do some of the therapy exercises and have been doing these six recommended by Mr. Asbell. I have no trouble pulling my 48# ASL.

I shot a fiberglass recurve as an early teen until my fingers bled! I shot again after college with an early compound. It had round wheels, brass sight pins and a wood riser, a Browning Super Brown Bear, I think. Hunted with it a few years. Passed up too many shots because I could not see my sight pins through the peep. Seems like something always needed adjusting. Very frustrating!! Then in ‘89, I saw the premier issue of Traditional Bowhunter Magazine. Bought it, read it and said to self, “This is the way to go!” I shot recurves for years and been shooting ASL/longbows for twenty plus years. No desire to shoot anything else.