[:@]The caliper jaw of my Cobra mamba R-1 is somewhere on the forest floor of the north east Texas woods. It got there when the release blew apart while I was drawing on a doe. I had drawn the bow when I got into my stand in the dark without any problem. I don't know why it failed but it did. This release was less than a year old. I got it shortly after getting my Marquis. It has seen a LOT of shots but has never been neglected or abused. The only thing left is the fixed jaw and the trigger. The caliper and the guts are gone.
This happened Sunday morning. Sunday was the last day it was legal to kill a doe on my lease.[:@]I got out my back-up release, a Carter loop Master, and continued my all day sit. I saw more deer but never had another shot opportunity.
tx--my release of 3 years failed this past Saturday as well. I sat through 8 hours of rain off and on...I tested the release at 3pm and it would not open or close. I tried it over and over it would not work. I switched to a release I used years ago. 10 minutes after I put that release on, two does come wondering in and after a good battle with the lead doe I had an eight yard shot. When I drew and put my finger on that release I did not feel comfortable. I shot right over her back and blew it....lesson for me, buy two of the same releases so that everything is the same.
Release failure=lost opportunity
