hunting with a release

brushcreek

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I am going on my first western archery hunt this year, will have mule deer and elk tags for New Mexico. I have never hunted with archery equipment out west and I'm curious about how you guys hunt with a release. I plan on using a strap style release, would you recommend strapping it on and leaving it on all day?
 
Well brushcreek you either have a lot of luck or a lot of money. We shoot the Scott little goose mechanical release. If your hunting archery out west and you don't have this stuff figured out by now you are behind the curve and have a bunch of catching up to do. You should be shooting a bunch of arrows everyday if possible. You need to be dialed in out to st least 60-70 yards.

First you must have the release on to shoot an arrow. If you are in the field...that means hunting area....if you see legal game you have a tag to harvest "shoot with an arrow" if you don't have the release on your wrist just wave "bye -bye" to the game with your bow draw arm.

Pace yourself...if you got those tags I know you can figure out the rest.

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LAST EDITED ON May-15-15 AT 02:00PM (MST)[p]not sure how to respond to that but I do shoot regularly and have been hunting whitetails for years.

do not have a lot of money or luck really, found a good deal on a tresspass type hunt with landowner tags

so I take it you leave your scott little gooose on all day while hunting?

really i am trying to decide between wrist release or just one you can carry in your pocket.
 
Use a wrist strap type release and wear it all day , that way it will be ready if needed and you wont lose it by accident .
 
Yep, I wear it all day and when it gets in the way I spin it around backwards on my wrist but I dont take it off until Im done.
 
Kinda a weird question. Along the same lines of "should I bring bullets along on my rifle hunt?" Most everyone, scratch that, everyone out west keeps their release around their wrist the entire time they are hunting. While in the field I NEVER take mine off.
 
All day! It goes on in the morning the same time my pants do and comes off the same way. And that's coming from experience. One morning I was speed hiking up a bare sage ridge to get to where I was going to start hunting. I had my release strapped to my bow and was going to put it on when I got there. Well, you can imagine the rest of the story...missed a perfect opportunity on a good buck that I wasn't expecting at all.

I won't make that mistake again. There is only two places a release should ever be strapped...to your wrist when hunting or to you bow when not.
 
I appreciate the non jack@#$ responses guys. Like I said this is my first archery hunt out west, really looking forward to it.
 
I shoot a thumb release and it rides in my right front pocket until needed. I've never had an issue with not enough time. Or, I have a leather tab on my fingers.
 
Not only do you want your release on your wrist, if you are hunting in the thick stuff you'll want an arrow nocked. First 15 minutes of my first archery hunt I came across a raghorn with a perfect setup (laying down looking the other direction 30-40 yards away) but I didn't have an arrow ready to fly. In the process of trying to nock an arrow the elk heard or smelled me and was off.
 
>Not only do you want your
>release on your wrist, if
>you are hunting in the
>thick stuff you'll want an
>arrow nocked. First 15 minutes
>of my first archery hunt
>I came across a raghorn
>with a perfect setup
>(laying down looking the other
>direction 30-40 yards away) but
>I didn't have an arrow
>ready to fly. In
>the process of trying to
>nock an arrow the elk
>heard or smelled me and
>was off.

that is great advice thank you
 
Yes, from the time you head out to the time you get back the release should be on your wrist.

Also every time you take your release off strap it to your bow handle. Don't stick it in a pack, jacket or truck or you may end up on the hill without it. My wrist or my bow is the only 2 places you will find my release.

alpinebowman of Dark Archer Customs, Maker of fine strings and bow tuner
>>>---shots that are true pass right through--->
 
Not sure I agree with kj about walking a round through the thick stuff with an arrow nocked. Too many bad things can happen when you have an exposed broad head. I have seen a bowstring cut and an Achilles tendon on my son cut when doing that.
 

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