I have to bite my lip on this one so as not to offend anyone!
First let me say that I was a DIEHARD finger shooter and swore that ANY bow over 50% letoff was "the work of the devil"!!! I shot a black widow finger tab for over a decade and was deaf too the uses and praises of anything else. I even tried to convince myself I could use it for shooting higher letoff bows when they first arrived on the scene in the late 80s. I remember shooting an old XI Legend (65%) when they came out in 1988 and did "ok" on the range and while non-hunting (now remember I worked at an archery range and shot ALOT!). But the first time hair was in front of me I pulled the shot high and a poor shot and and un-recovered animal is what I got for my troubles! [:@]

There are two BIG negatives and no-no's when shooting fingers. First, as was said, a short bow is really not conducive to fingers. Personally I think anything under 40" should be left to releases. Secondly, and for IMHO THE most important reason and one that I don't see mentioned most times, most of todays bows are of a MUCH higher let-off than bows even 10 years ago. A decade ago 65% was considered high letoff and anything above that was "exotic" and 50%ers were still largely in use. Today 65% has gotten to be on the lowside and if the bow is newer than 5-7 years old chances are it is 70% + which makes them EXTREMELY release critical.

I will go on record saying here that you simply WONT shoot a 70% bow with fingers and do so with ANY type of consistency, especially from a treestand, with alot of clothes on and God forbid while an animal is standing nearby. I further SERIOUSLY think that most people are handicapping themselves with todays, high letloff "speed bows" if they aren't likewise shooting a string loop. And I can give you a whole books reasons as too why they are needed as well.

Now I'll stand back and let the insults fly my way!
RA

ps
I REALLY like the tough lil Rocket 100s (bacon cutters) they fly like darts, are basically indestructible and zip through deer like a hot ice pick through butter!