hey Bruce, I was thinking of the same thing and did some research on the internet. Cant believe how hard it is to find good info unless your shooting in the olympics and have fifty stabilzers on your bow. They dont really talk too much about what is a good setup for hunting bows. From what i gather on the topic they talk about the bow being on the same plane as the stabilizers and using stabilizers to offset torque in all direction of bow movement. On competition bows they talk about hanging your bow from the nock point and draw a vertical line to the grip point but after that it got pretty confusing but in a nut shell (ifI understood it right)if the bow tips forward (top limb lower than bottom limb) you need to add more weight to the bottom side of the bow and vice versa. This also has some affect on tiller adjustments some how I guess more weight on top or bottom puts more strain on opposite side. They also go into rotational forces but i quit reading after that because it didn't pertain to me. So what did I learn on how to pick the right stabilizer. Go find the one that looks cool and matches your bow. (just kidding) They say for hunting purposes that shorter and lighter are usually better suited than longer heavier ones. Manuverabilty is probably the most logical reason. Now for competition the longer heavier ones are better but what length and weight I have no Idea. Hope this helps a little.