Hi all. I'm hoping that some of you may be able to offer some advice or an opinion here.
I have been shooting compound now for about 4 years and during this time I have been using a thumb trigger release, more recent tool of choice being a Stan Perfex.
I know that sometimes when shooting thumb trigger that I can fall back in to bad habits and start to shoot lazily, i.e. not really pulling through the shot and just sitting on the back wall and then triggering the shot. I'm working on this and its much better now.
To try and help, I have now also got a Stan Perfex resistance release (as I like the fit/feel of the thumb version) and have been working with it for about 3 weeks (so still early days). I have passed my initiation with just the one episode of punching-yourself-in-the-face. Thou must keep thy thumb on the safety lock when drawing thy bow.
The problem I am having is consistency. I know that this is most likely me, but I find that despite multiple attempts to set the release, I just cannot get it to fire consistently. At the moment I can get 3 or 4 out of 6 shots to execute well, but the other 2-3 just won't go. It feels like I'm having to pull so hard that I'm about to pull the D-loop off. obviously when this happens form breaks down and when the shot does fire its just all over the place. Even if I do come down to reset myself and the release and go again, it still feels like I'm having to pull much much harder than the other shots to get the release to fire. Sometimes to the point that I'm cranking my wrist and snatching at the release to get it to go off.
Does anyone have much experience with these releases ? Do they need 'shooting in' ?
I plan on doing a more thorough measurement of this by drawing against a peak-hold bow scale with the release and measuring the consistency of the pull force needed to fire the release to try an confirm its not a mechanical issue, and the issue is me not the release, but I thought I'd reach out to the collective and see if anyone can proffer some advice.
I know my form isn't brilliant, but I don't think its bad enough to cause the issue I'm having.
Anyway, and advice/opinions welcomed.
Thanks in advance.
I have been shooting compound now for about 4 years and during this time I have been using a thumb trigger release, more recent tool of choice being a Stan Perfex.
I know that sometimes when shooting thumb trigger that I can fall back in to bad habits and start to shoot lazily, i.e. not really pulling through the shot and just sitting on the back wall and then triggering the shot. I'm working on this and its much better now.
To try and help, I have now also got a Stan Perfex resistance release (as I like the fit/feel of the thumb version) and have been working with it for about 3 weeks (so still early days). I have passed my initiation with just the one episode of punching-yourself-in-the-face. Thou must keep thy thumb on the safety lock when drawing thy bow.
The problem I am having is consistency. I know that this is most likely me, but I find that despite multiple attempts to set the release, I just cannot get it to fire consistently. At the moment I can get 3 or 4 out of 6 shots to execute well, but the other 2-3 just won't go. It feels like I'm having to pull so hard that I'm about to pull the D-loop off. obviously when this happens form breaks down and when the shot does fire its just all over the place. Even if I do come down to reset myself and the release and go again, it still feels like I'm having to pull much much harder than the other shots to get the release to fire. Sometimes to the point that I'm cranking my wrist and snatching at the release to get it to go off.
Does anyone have much experience with these releases ? Do they need 'shooting in' ?
I plan on doing a more thorough measurement of this by drawing against a peak-hold bow scale with the release and measuring the consistency of the pull force needed to fire the release to try an confirm its not a mechanical issue, and the issue is me not the release, but I thought I'd reach out to the collective and see if anyone can proffer some advice.
I know my form isn't brilliant, but I don't think its bad enough to cause the issue I'm having.
Anyway, and advice/opinions welcomed.
Thanks in advance.