shadow ace,

first of all, thx for the welcome. secondly, its not a matter of my release actually failing. i've actually (imagine this) FORGOTTEN my release before. or better yet, i hunt predominately swamp and once i dropped my release standing in mud and water that was only a couple of inches below my hip boots on a late december day hunt. i can tell you that fishing that thing out of the murkey muddy water was NOT a pleasant experience! so, switching is more a matter of having to not carry a release basically. it simplifies things, doesn't it? (well, that and there seems to be too much human error on my part! ) but also let me say, that was a good post and your point is well taken.

wwag, great post! i hadn't thought of letting the bow force a surprise release. very interesting. any other finger shooters out there do this? i know a few guys who shoot fingers and haven't heard of any of them doing this...