When I see some of the posts on this board and see their picture(s) and photos of their bows, I always wonder why some of their bows are set up with a stabilizer as long as their entire bow length. Don't these people who have a stabilizer that is over a foot long know that those stabilizers are usually set up on target shooting bows? I wonder how difficult it would be to maneuver such a bow in a treestandwith such a LONG stabilizer?

5-6 inch stabilizer is suffient enough for hunting.

Seems to me this stabilizer is TOO LONG and would hinder a hunters maneuverbility while in his or her treestand.

You're absolutely right but will get a lot of disagreement.

I'm sure about the disagreement but I just can't figure out why they would put such a long and obscured stabilizer on their bow(s) when they could put a much smaller stabilizer with the same weight on their bows.

There's a long stabilizer on that bow because it's not set up for hunting.........it's a 3D target shooting rig.

Here's a bigger picture of that same bow and set up. I seriously doubt if it's a target/competition bow when it is camoflauged and has silencers on the string.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1512806

I think you'll find that most go to shorter stabilizers for hunting and are in fact using the longer for targets and leagues. They continue to use their hunting gear in prep for hunting rather than buy a dedicated target bow. Me, I just have a shorty all the time.

Muzzy.......I'm friends with Rob. That particular bow is set up for target shooting.
Nothing in the rules that say you can't shoot fake animals with a camo bowand string silencers.
It will be a hunting bow this fall at which time the accessories will be altered but for right now that is a target shooting set-up.

My bad Matt. Good hunting.