Hook release
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 22
Hook release
I am thinking about getting a wrist strap release with a hook instead of two clamps. Carter makes some good ones apparently. I would think that this would make it quicker/easier to lock onto the draw loop, especially for hunting. Tell me what I am missing. Everybody seems to prefer the clamp style release like the Scott Sabertooth. Is there a reason for this?
#2
RE: Hook release
I went to a hook style (Short 'N Sweet) and like it for the reasons you mentioned. If I have a huge loop, the caliper style is quick enough to engage in a high andrenalin situation. But the hook, for me, is more fumble free and I can use a really small loop.
#3
RE: Hook release
I switched from a Scott sabertooth to a Scott silverhorn last year and will never use another caliper release again. AlthoughI do still keep the sabertooth as a back up. It is soooooo quick to hook up and smooth as silk and you can use a very short loop.
Personally I prefer the silverhorn over the short and sweet just for the simple reason that the extension for tying the rope extends out and gets in the way of hooking to a "D" loop. I haven't tried the Carters other than just at the shows.
Personally I prefer the silverhorn over the short and sweet just for the simple reason that the extension for tying the rope extends out and gets in the way of hooking to a "D" loop. I haven't tried the Carters other than just at the shows.
#6
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3
RE: Hook release
i have the fletchhook and like it alot, but not for hunting. i still use my fletch hunter because i can attach it while in my stand, it wont fall out of the loop and i have one less thing to worry about when bambi comes walking by.
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 868
RE: Hook release
While a non rotating head will cause some string torque and may not shoot to the same point of impact as one that has the head oriented differently, the arrow flight is still consistent......different but consistent.
Find a release you like, regardless of how it hooks up to the string, tune for it, then don't worry about it again.
Find a release you like, regardless of how it hooks up to the string, tune for it, then don't worry about it again.
#9
RE: Hook release
Since these releases with hooks do not have a rotating head aren't they going to cause some string torque at full draw?
Can you get it with a "trigger" that is almost even with the hook?
#10
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Kodiak, AK
Posts: 2,877
RE: Hook release
ORIGINAL: Geronimo
Since these releases with hooks do not have a rotating head aren't they going to cause some string torque at full draw?
Since these releases with hooks do not have a rotating head aren't they going to cause some string torque at full draw?