Liv4Rut
Active Member
Anyone ever have any problems with these releases catching onto their string loop and then "hang firing". What I mean is when you hit the trigger the release opens, yet the string loop catches on the hook with a delayed shot. This has happened 5 or 6 times on me now and tonight it finally cost me big. I should of thrown it away the first time it ever did it last turkey season. It is officially about 50feet away from where I sat tonight in about 10 inches of snow and I don't think I will ever look for it again.
Anyways, tonight I thought I would give it one last hurrah before late muzzloader season. I know its already muzzleloader season but I had a piece of public that has a small corn plot on it that you can't shoot more than 25 yards so I thought I would bring my bow.
I was set up and right away saw a button buck, a 6 pt, and a doe file by at 15 yards. Then a little later I had two black labs cut my track about 300 yards away and come right to the base of my tree. After the second tree step I threw at them they finally left.
About 20 minutes later 4 does filed by at 15 yards and were feeding below me. Then about 10 minutes later I see another deer coming. I pull up the binos and to my suprise a 150s deer is coming right down the trail. A good 10 with some junk on his brows. At 15 yards broadside as he munched on some corn I settled the pin right behind the shoulder touched off the release and nothing for about a second. Confused when I hit the release and it didn't go, I quickly moved the bow and then it fired. The arrow sailed halfway across the county and the buck bolted. I couldn't believe it, that just did not happen on a 150s, during late season on public ground. Anyways after he left, I hooked the bow back up and pulled it back about 3 inches and touched off the release. The same thing happened again!!
Needless to say I will never find the release again and was wondering what everyone recommends as a good release?
Anyways, tonight I thought I would give it one last hurrah before late muzzloader season. I know its already muzzleloader season but I had a piece of public that has a small corn plot on it that you can't shoot more than 25 yards so I thought I would bring my bow.
I was set up and right away saw a button buck, a 6 pt, and a doe file by at 15 yards. Then a little later I had two black labs cut my track about 300 yards away and come right to the base of my tree. After the second tree step I threw at them they finally left.
About 20 minutes later 4 does filed by at 15 yards and were feeding below me. Then about 10 minutes later I see another deer coming. I pull up the binos and to my suprise a 150s deer is coming right down the trail. A good 10 with some junk on his brows. At 15 yards broadside as he munched on some corn I settled the pin right behind the shoulder touched off the release and nothing for about a second. Confused when I hit the release and it didn't go, I quickly moved the bow and then it fired. The arrow sailed halfway across the county and the buck bolted. I couldn't believe it, that just did not happen on a 150s, during late season on public ground. Anyways after he left, I hooked the bow back up and pulled it back about 3 inches and touched off the release. The same thing happened again!!
Needless to say I will never find the release again and was wondering what everyone recommends as a good release?
. I will be getting a new release as well. I have had this happen before in the summer, but thought nothing of it. Now that it has happened in the tree I will be trying something new. I like replacing my release every couple years anyway. Its seems they loose there "tightness" over time. 
