Hunting & Fishing To all of you stickand string killers

[XLR308]

Searched through the forums a bit and this seemed to be the best place for this so here it goes hopefully it's the right place.
I am not so much of a newbie to archery hunting since I've been shooting a bow for about 40 years now and have tried to keep up with the for ever rapidly changing gear and technological advances in the sport that seem to evolve as rapidly as rifles if not faster.
So my epiphany I had today even with my I thought was an extensive background in hunting archery was I finally decided to try a back tension release with my hunting bow and found what I have been missing all these years.
It just seemed to automatically register with the same disciplines as precision rifle marksmanship and breaking the shot with the same level of surprise with a rifle but with the a bow.
How many of you guys are also running a back tension release for bow hunting that have found this same coorolating factor to a quality rifle trigger that never felt the same level of consistency with archery ?

 

[shields shtr]

I dabbled with the back tension for hunting, but I didn't feel it was a very good application for me. If the animal moved during the shot process it messed me up, and it wasn't very good in situations where you have to take a quick shot. I mostly bowhunt elk and I have gotten a few where I had to wait for a cow to get out of the way of the bull before I shot and it seemed like things could go wrong in a hurry if I did that with a back tension. I do like them for target practice, but I try to practice like I hunt so I reverted back to the ol trigger release.

 

[XLR308]

The scenario you've just explained is the reason I feel the back tension is a better option for me.
It not only forces you to concentrate more on the shot and maintain control through the shot process but eliminates the horrible habit of punching a trigger when the shot presents it's self.
By simply keeping the thumb safety engaged on the back tension release you can hold at full draw as long as is needed or to the point of fatigue and letting down is needed.
Maybe it's the fact that I shot a three finger tab for so long that the three finger back tension just feels more controllable and a better interface for me.

 

[Mr. Z]

Link to the release you chose please. I’m curious.

 

[XLR308]

Link to the release you chose please. I’m curious.

I think I may have added some confusion in my description of the release aid.
Technically it is a resistance based release this is fired with back tension or pulling through the shot.
The sear safety is held through the draw cycle with the required restistence set slightly higher than the holding weight, once at full draw the safety is released and the release will not fire until the set pressure is attained though pulling through the shot or required back tension is achieved.
To let down you just reapply pressure to the thumb safety.
Here is the link to the release.

https://www.ishootastan.com/stan-release-aids/element/