ORIGINAL: DropTine249
16" for a hunting bow is too long. It should be as compact as possible while still being functional.
A stab should tip your bow foward ever so slightly when holding in out, not drawn.
When drawn, it should aid in stabalizing, obviously. I haveHi-Tek 9''
General rule of thumb is 10" and less for a hunting bow.
I have a Fuse tip that I might actually attatch to teh tip of my Hi-Tek, as the threads are already there from the factory.
I have yet to find a situation where my long bow/ long stabilizer got in the way. I think the whole, "that would be hard to manuver in a treestand" is severely overrated. I shot a 36" ata bow this past year and about a 11" stab too, as you can see in the picture. I hunted out of a stand, and stilll hunted alot. It never became an issue.
And I think the long stabilizer that everyone has seen Rob use, isn't his hunting stabilizer. He hunts with one like Jeffs, and like the one I'm going with for next year.