You say shoot thru. Are you talking about a 2 prong type rest with the cock feather down? You dont really want to ahoot fingers with one of those. Fingers you need a rest that allows side to side flexing of the arrow. I shoot both ways with different bows. My finger bow I can tune to shoot with a release but not the other way round. Just dont work right.

As far as which is better I dont rightly know. I know it was easier to get the hang of a release than fingers but theres more to it than that as mentioned above. I like to shoot my bows so a longer learning curve isn't an issue. If your a guy who just wants to get his bow on the money as fast as possible I think a release is easier but you have till next year so there really isn't any rush. Spend the year shooting it & youll find what works for you.