I've used a release and string loop with a recurve and it works quite well. Now that I've reached 60, and a bit beyond, my body is really starting to experience arthritis in nearly all of my joints.

If you are going to shoot a release, I would recommend a string loop. A release will eat up the serving on a string in no time. That is why compound shooters went to the string loop. I also use a kisser button, peep and a DAS SRF sight.

Now let's talk heresy. Or we can talk being as accurate as we can possibly be in the field. I don't get to practice as much as I once did, 30-45 minutes a day, so I need the peep and sight to provide the accuracy required for hunting to make effective and efficient kill shots. I owe it to the animals I'm hunting, I believe.

I also use the release, peep and sight at shoots. I just don't shoot for competition, except against myself. If a particular shoot tells me I'm not welcome, that's fine I'll just go home. But, I should hope some common sense would prevail and a simple "NOT FOR COMPETITION!" written across the top of my scorecard would deal with it the way it needs to be.

Bill