I just ordered the new release from Dudley. I've been wanting to try a tension release for a while and was thinking about the nock2it/Silverback combo for target shooting and hunting but it's a big investment. This new release seems to check all the boxes for me so I'm excited to check it out. You can make it a trigger activated release just by turning the adjustment screw.
The only thing I'm nervous about is that BOA contraption for tightening it down. How do you ensure you tighten it exactly the same every single time? I guess I'll find out!
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you will not mind the boa system, i had the same concerns with the boa wise guy, but it's fine.... you'll get the tightness dialed in. don't be scared by the boa
as for the release, i think i'll end up with one too.... looks like a great release. last summer i bought a trufire panic x and a thrufire... both felt foreign early on, and i preferred the panic x. the problem with that release was the inability to get it short enough to fire it with back tension... it had to be pulled like a trigger, but that wasn't a big deal and kept me honest regardless. second problem was a problem... once in awhile it would freeze open, and one of those times was with a bull i bugled in... i'm trying to clip on my release with a bull 14yds and closing... WOULD NOT CLOSE! i was able to hide my hand behind a tree and wiggle it around, and finally get it to close, and i look up and the bull's gone... SHIT! luckily i leaned back and he was still there, he had just walked past me and i ended up shooting him at 7 or 8yds, but in all reality, that release should have cost me that bull, i just got lucky.... that rules out that release for hunting.
now i'm shooting the thrufire, and i like it, but i could see it getting fouled up pretty easy with moisture, dirt, mud, and fern pollen that is all a reality here on the coast. i like the release, but don't really trust it. the back strap seems like all of the good without the bad of the trufire versions. the backstrap seems like the release i have been waiting for, and being a carter, should be solid.
if anyone buys one, keep us posted, i'm very curious! i tried hand held releases a good amount, but they aren't for me, i like wrist strap releases. i also like tension releases, it forces you to stay present in the shot, and i have proved to myself i can't be trusted doing it on my own, haha.
i can shoot a regular wrist rocket fine these days, but after going through a little bout of target panic manifested by shooting my trad bows a bunch self taught stacking up the bad habits as i went, i prefer to be proactive now. TP got me after over 20yrs of shooting and i'm not cocky enough to think i'm now immune, and i appreciate confidence.... so the new backstrap is a very attractive release.
i shoot my recurves more than my compound, but target panic is target panic. when i start getting it with one weapon, it carries over to all of my bows, and even firearms.... i want to keep everything straight, so i don't mind doing things to keep me present in all of my shooting with every weapon i shoot..... the more control i have, the more confidence i have with every weapon, and that alone keeps target panic at bay.
