The best analogy I've come up with is to compare a stabilizer on a bow to the stick the guy at the circus who walks the high wire carries with him. He doesn't carry a short little stick... he totes a 40 foot pole. The longer something is, the more stable it will be.

For hunting, however, there is a law of dimishing returns. A stabilizer much over 10 or 12" in length becomes rather cumbersome, especially if manuvering inside a ground blind.

Personally, I like Doinkers. I use a 6" 6.3oz model on my Drenalin.