Let me lay out a scenario; you've got a 3-D rabbit target on a revolving motor that crosses through a metal framed 3ft. x 5ft. opening in about 2 seconds. Are you going to be more accurate at hitting it with a trigger release or a back tension? (Back tension release shooters got smoked at this one, I was one of them the first year. The second year I showed up with a thumb trigger.) I'll be the first to admit that triggering the release is not proper form, but sometimes it is a necessary evil. The same goes for stalking animals in heavy cover. The situation dictates the shot. If I've got the time and space to execute a perfect back tension shot then by all means I do it but there are situations that I've added a little squeeze to the thumb trigger too.

If I felt that I was going to ever be in a situation where I had to "help" the shot happen then I'd have a trigger not a back tension. Back tension releases were too difficult to "help" along and still get a good shot. That's why I traded my Stan in on a Carter. Notice I didn't say "make" the shot happen, making it happen only leads to target panic, drive-by-shooting, and huge form nightmares. "Helping" the shot along is simply adding a little squeeze to the back tension to control when it goes off more predictably.