Hey everyone! I am woundering if i should stick with a wrist release or go with a thumb release. I have now just bought a mathews Z7 extreme and am getting a whole new set up. Is there a difference between the two? Which one is better in a treestand? I figure if im getting a whole new set up i might just try it. Just want to know what everyone thinks.:D
I love my TruBall thumb release. I shoot better groups with it and it doesn't bang and clang on everything when I'm in my stand.
I switched to a thumb release and love it. TRU Ball ST360 4 finger release is my choice. Personally my accuracy improved when I made the switch.
I have a typical trigger release and a pure back tension release. I use both commonly. Some days I will go outside and practice, other days I will stay in the garage and work solely on form with my back tension release. I found myself getting into some bad habits and wanted to fix it before it got worse.
I prefer a thumb release but I have a short neck and my winter clothes get in the way of my anchor (valley between the first and second knuckle touching my jawbone) so this year I'm going back to a wrist strap release.
"As has probably been mentioned... the key is to get a sear that breaks like glass, and this will often take moving up to a more expensive release. You also want to ensure that the release aid itself doesn't have too long a barrel and force you to extend your trigger finger and rely on it, for obvious reasons mentioned in the preceding paragraph." I was using a True Fire release and I noticed the barrel was too long. No matter how tight I had the wrist strap, I couldn't get the trigger between my second and first nuckle. I don't have the money to go out and buy a new $100+ release. I had a brand new youth release I bought last year and I tried it. It was perfect at draw. I adjusted the trigger to trip easy and it works great.
