release location on string

hunterjoe0000 · 10-08-2006, 04:44 AM

i have noticed some shooters put the release above the arrow on the string while others place it below the arrow nock. any certain reason why?

Rob/PA Bowyer · 10-08-2006, 07:45 AM

I personally have never seen anyone put it above the nock. That seems very odd?

hunterjoe0000 · 10-08-2006, 08:20 AM

hi thats what i thought till i was looking through sci hunt forever magazine and on the back cover a bowhunter coming to draw and clearly has the release above the nock ill see if i can scan it and post it

hunterjoe0000 · 10-08-2006, 08:26 AM

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/tacticalguy/releasedraw.jpg here ya go. i quess just goes to show just because pros do it. does not mean its etched in stone lol

Arthur P · 10-08-2006, 08:38 AM

I once saw a picture of a 'bowhunter' about to draw a bow in a magazine and he was holding the bow upside down!Might as well have been wearing a sign: "I'm a professional model being paid to get my picture taken with a bow in my hand. Don't know what the heck this bow thingie does and I don't care, as long as Iget a paycheck today."

hunterjoe0000 · 10-08-2006, 05:08 PM

now thats a good one lol i bet he got a heathly paycheck for that ignorant move... lol

longcut36 · 10-11-2006, 09:24 AM

by nocking above the arrow you can get more distance. your sight pin dont have to be as low. this works well if your sight is down close to the arrow for the longer shots

gzg38b · 10-11-2006, 06:16 PM

I've never seen anyone put their release above the arrow. Seems odd to me.