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Old 03-05-2016, 11:16 AM   #19
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Default Re: Walking around with drawn bow

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Originally Posted by evileeyore View Post
As someone who spent years firing bows... I'm not sure this whole 'walking around at half draw" is necessary.

Once the arrow is nocked, drawing doesn't take much time, neither does loosing, one second. It's the sighting and aiming that takes time, and 'half-drawing' isn't going to speed that up.

The only reason to move about with a full draw is you're trying to keep prey in sight while lining up a shot.
Emphasis this.
A lot of people have chimed in on why its a bad idea but there really is no upside to doing this.
Keeping an arrow knocked I can buy, though its still a little awkward but you draw in one smooth motion.
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