Cooper John Eagle release question

[Justin]

My new release showed up the other night and I've now had the opportunity to shoot with it a few times. Once I can manage to get my bow drawn back I really like the feel of the release in my hand, and using back tension to fire it is easy and accurate. The only problem I'm having is actually being able to draw my bow back without accidentally hitting the trigger and sending an arrow flying off into oblivioin. I've begun drawing back with only my index and ring fingers on the release, but that seems to be a complete pain in the butt and costs me a lot of leverage and pulling power. Am I doing something wrong here, or is this just going to take me some time to get used to?

[Matt / PA]

Justin,
Did you get the 3 or 4 finger? By your description I guess a 3 finger?
I shoot 3D with a 3 finger thumb trigger style release but wanted my Eagle to be 4 fingers just so I was pulling with three. Index ring and pinky with the Eagle.
I just keep my middle finger off the trigger and slid up along the head of the release and loop.
I don't recommend using the strap to pull the bow back because it doesn't promote consistent or proper hand placement on the release itself. if I could trust myself not to punt the thing out of my treestand by accident I'd just take the strap off entirely.
Putting any weight on the strap at full draw while anchored also defeats the back tension principle almost entirely. There should be no tension on the strap at all when drawing, just use it to keep from having to climb down the tree and pick it up.

Just keep shooting it and drawing and finger placement will become second nature....as with anything new or different, it will feel foreign for a little while, and then one day you'll realize you are on auto pilot.

I love mine, it's turned my hunting rig into a real tack driver by taking away that urge to just mash an index trigger.
and the nice thing is that you can fire the Eagle quickly as well by simply leaning more weight on that one finger and pulling through.

Great release, don't give up on it.

[Mike from Texas]

Yep, what Matt said.

[Justin]

Matt you're correct, I'm shooting the 3 finger version. The first two things I tried tonight to help out a little bit was lower my poundage so I wasn't straining to pull back 70 lbs with only 2 fingers on the release. The helped a lot already. Then I basically experimented with placement of my middle finger and found that for me the best thing to do seems to be to curl my finger up on top of the release while drawing and then lower it onto the release when I'm at full draw. I haven't shot this way yet, but just drawing the bow back it feels a lot better already.

I'll give it a few more shooting sessions before I drop the thing in the mail to you and go back to my index-finger caliper release.

[KBacon]

HNIJustin.. I've been shooting a Double Eagle recently.. and it does take a bit of getting used to. I found it easiest to rest my middle finger on the head of the release... otherwise.. I'd inadvertantly hit the trigger causing it to go off prematurely.

Mine didn't come w/ the strap... so I first shot it w/o.. didn't like that at all. I called CJ and they sent me a strap for it.

I found that I could fire the release by not putting any tension on the strap... but also tried using the strap to relax my hand.. and just pull w/ the whole hand getting the release to fire.. Great release.