I tried uncocking the Horton last night. I got it after a couple tries. You have to barely pull back then pull the trigger to release the string. If you pull back too far on the Hortons it automatically engages the safety. It is in the triigger assembly itself. But with a little practice most people should be able to do it. It was a little hard to do for me because of 2 reasons.
1. I have a modified cocking strap with the added j hooks.
2. The strap tended to want to slip somewhat and the hooks where catching on the scope base assembly.

It can be done on the HD175, but I personally believe it is much easier just shooting an old bolt and field point into the ground. That is mostly because of the way I have my Horton cocking strap set up. I even had to put some cloth medical tape on the modified hooks to keep them from gouging into the sides of the scope mount assembly. Theyalso tended to want tograb worse when decocking. I guess it does depend on what type / design of cocking rope / strap you have. When it says in the manual not to try to decock the bow with a strap, it says that for a reason. (I'm talking about theHortons). I guess some CB's you are able to do this quite easily and they even tell you how.....

chris