Thumb Release or Trigger Release Poll

[IdahoSwede]

Just a poll. My buddy and i were having a conversation and debating how popular they are. Which style do you use while hunting?

 

[Dylan Sluis]

Have used trigger style releases in the past. But just switched to a handheld because I like the idea of clipping it on my d loop and letting it sit. Instead of having it on my wrist. I only hunt whitetails so that's why I can just clip it on and leave it. If I were to go elk hunting out west. I might go back to a wrist so I dont lose it.

 

[Billy Goat]

 

[RC_]

Guessing you’re looking for handheld vs wrist strap but with a few different variants of handheld release that might make for a more telling poll.

 

[dirtshooter]

Thumb release here, Nock2It

 

[Wilderlife]

I mainly use hinges. The last animal I killed was with a resistance release. Last time I killed an animal with a thumb button was back in March. Last time I killed an animal with a wrist strap index release was Feb 2019.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I have preferred my Carters for the past several years now over the trigger releases. Don’t see myself going back

 

[Zdub02]

I still use a wrist rocket for hunting. Practice with a handheld though.

 

[Wheels]

I use both, handheld for tree stand hunting and wrist strap for spot and stalk.

 

[sambo3006]

I have hunted with and killed deer with both styles. I like a thumb style release that can be kept clipped to the string while in a tree stand, but I lost two of them while hunting so I went back to a wrist strap trigger release. Haven't lost one of them yet...

 

[Ho5tile1]

Thumb button or hinge and when I start punching I use the resistance handheld to get back in the groove..


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[archp625]

Started shooting a thumb release last December. Hated it at first. Now I’m proficient. We shall see how I like it in the whitetail woods in a couple months.

 

[wyosam]

I haven’t tried handhelds other than a thumb release, but for me wrist straps were pretty much a no go. Hated them, and I tried several because people kept telling me they were the way to go. Haven’t bow hunted yet, but I suppose keeping a backup in my pack would make sense.


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[SloppyJ]

I have both but find myself wearing the wrist strap trigger release in the woods for how much easier it makes it.

 

[airnjones]

Thumb release is the way to go.

 

[BCD]

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