RCA Dog
Lil-Rokslider
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2015
- Location
- Campbell River, B.C.
So a couple of weeks ago I jumped down the archery rabbit hole. Went to a super good shop, that is unfortunately a 20 hr drive\ferry ride away from me, and got all set up. (compound bow if it matters) I'm loving it so far, shooting at least a dozen arrows every day after work, and more on weekends. Going to be joining the local archery club soon, and have been reading tons of info about bow tuning, arrow making, proper form, and so on and so forth. Basically absorbing everything I can.
My question is about releases, obviously. I have both a wrist strap and a thumb style, the wrist is a Scott Freedom XT, with a squeaky aluminum pivot thing where it attaches to the actual strap. The thumb is a Tru-Ball Max Pro 4. I have adjusted the Tru-Ball to a pretty light weight, and the Scott is non adjustable, unless I take it apart.
It seems like lots and lots of the pros are using a thumb release, or even a tension release, and not very many are using a wrist strap. What is the reason for this ? Is a wrist strap\trigger less accurate ? Is a thumb style more convenient ?
The reason I am asking is that because I am new at this, I feel like I don't have anything to 'unlearn'. I have also seen numerous articles and internet posts where folks are saying to commit 100 % to the release you are using until you are totally comfortable with how you are shooting with it. So I feel like I need to pick one, and use it exclusively until I master it, but which one should I pick, keeping in mind that the end goal is hunting, and not from a stand ?
My question is about releases, obviously. I have both a wrist strap and a thumb style, the wrist is a Scott Freedom XT, with a squeaky aluminum pivot thing where it attaches to the actual strap. The thumb is a Tru-Ball Max Pro 4. I have adjusted the Tru-Ball to a pretty light weight, and the Scott is non adjustable, unless I take it apart.
It seems like lots and lots of the pros are using a thumb release, or even a tension release, and not very many are using a wrist strap. What is the reason for this ? Is a wrist strap\trigger less accurate ? Is a thumb style more convenient ?
The reason I am asking is that because I am new at this, I feel like I don't have anything to 'unlearn'. I have also seen numerous articles and internet posts where folks are saying to commit 100 % to the release you are using until you are totally comfortable with how you are shooting with it. So I feel like I need to pick one, and use it exclusively until I master it, but which one should I pick, keeping in mind that the end goal is hunting, and not from a stand ?