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From: umbc3!umbc3.umbc.edu!mikew@uunet.UU.NET (Mr. Mike Weaver; ACS (OP))
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: Bow Stabilizers
Message-ID: <1991May16.074128.16802@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 16 May 91 12:41:27 GMT
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In article <1991May15.055819.10655@doug.cae.wisc.edu> marko@hutch (Mark O'Shea) writes:
>
>Hi,
>
..I notice I seem to let the bow
>rise after I release.  I have the bow sighted in at 20 yards and am
>practicing shooting at that range.  I have a tendency to shoot high
>and believe it is due to the way I let the bow come up after release.
>Will a stabilizer help.

Yes, and No. When I switched bows a few years back, I had the same problem
of raising the bow on the shot, but in my case, it was because I had too
tight a grip on the bow, and not enough patience to get the sight pin on
target before releasing. I went and got a bow-strap that screws into the
same hole as the stabilizer would, and with that, I could relax my hand.
Your problem might not be the sam as mine though...

As far as a stabilizer goes, I think they really help, and I have a short
Easton hunting stabilizer that I use. (8oz I think - my bow is home, and I'm
at school :-(
I like the way the stabilizer helps steady the bow upon release. If you
plan on hunting (and getting a stabilizer) don't forget that the longer
the stabilizer is, the more difficult the bow will be to maneuver in the
woods.

>
>Thanks,
>Mark O'Shea
>marko@ijf1.intel.com

Hope that helps,
Mike Weaver
mikew@umbc4.umbc.edu