RE: Looking for a quiet release for target and hunting use.
Carter, TRU Ball, and Stan all make excellent releases, the problem is that a release that has good characteristics for target use are rarely quiet. Doesn't seem to make a difference though. I killed 3x deer this last year shooting my TRU Ball ST3 and none of the deer seemed to hear it coming. I like the tru balls for hunting especially because you can use the modular wrist strap so you can't drop it. The ST3 and ST4 also use the open hook design which is really nice because you never have to cock/uncock it to get on the loop. You just cock it and leave it that way until you need to shoot.