Based on what you said, I decided to give this weekend's shoot a go without a stabilizer. You had said that a hunting stabilizer didn't stabilize anything and unless it was reducing noise/vibration it might just as well come off. I shot some trial shots with and without the stabilizer. There were three club members listening and they said that there was no increase in noise without it. I agreed, so I decided to do the entire shoot without it. I'm not sure why exactly, but I shot my best shoot ever. It might have something to do with not having the extra weight out at arms length. Whatever the reason, I'm convinced, and I'll be hunting without my non-stabilizing stabilizer this year. This was no short shoot either. Our club shoots occur just about every weekend. There are marked yardage shots at 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70 and 80 yards with two to four arrows shot at each. Throughout the course of shooting these "known yardage" targets, there are 15 3D targets that are "pick" shots. When it's your turn, you pick a shot from unknown yardage (any yardage ) and make it as difficult as you want. Through the brush, between tree limbs, kneeling, sitting,... whatever trips your trigger. Anyway, I'm pleased with the results and just wanted to say thanks.
Very interesting, I also had a gent at the local archery club tell me the same thing. I would probably need a 5 foot stabilizer to actually serve its purpose and even then he had his doubts. I just use a 7" stabilizer to minimize vibrations. Thanks for confirming Bruce, T
