forgot to add i was using a caliper release.

tough break . put a different loop on it and see if that helps

I shoot tight groups out to 35 yards withouth a loop.

If you were just standing there holding your bow, why didn't you already have it on the loop?

fetzeriiif....youre out of the loop.....ha ha ha....at five yards..I wouldve tried to stab him with the arrow..ha ha aha

It was just before dark on an overcast day, so I needed to turn on my sight light in order to see my pins better. I also didn't have a lot of time to do this in advance, because the deer kind of appeared out of nowhere. I hunted there the next night and had my release clipped on for the last hour, but I didn't see anything.

Thanks for the tips guys.

Only thing I can add to the suggestion of using good quality loop material is to change it out before hunting season every year, so you've got a fresh one to work with, and keep it heavily waxed. The wax will keep it open and stiff for quick and easy hookups. It will also lubricate the loop and keep it from fraying so it will stay in good condition a lot longer.

Some releases are made for loops and some caliper/jaw styles have jaws that are to wide to easily hook to a release. I wouldn't shoot without a loop any longer, I use a scott rhino release, its designed for a loop and shoots with the index finger, no jaws to close, just a post to hook inside the loop and ready to shoot.

Whoever said not to use a thumb release with a loop is dead wrong, thumb releases, such as the Carter release line, are EXCELLENT for loops. However BT releases with no trigger need adjusting to be set right for a loop, has to do with the angle of the sear before firing.

Most thumb releases can be shot with/without a loop, when shooting with a loop, they normally have a piece of loop material on the release which you wrap around the string, back to the release gate. This in effect is a loop, its just on the release, not the string.

My wife hunts with a Carter Insatiable release (thumb style) and a loop, once in the tree she hooks the release onto the loop and there it hangs til shooting time.

As much as I love the splitfire releases, they have the same problems from time to time. Two weeks ago I was trying to get my release on my loop to arrow a hog, and couldnt get it to go. If it had been a nice deer, i would have been P.O.ed. Keep your release lubed with graphite and it helps a lot.

An open design release like Short and Sweet made by Tru Ball Will greatly help with this problem.I have never had a problem with calipers but when I shot them,I shot thousands of arrows a week and it was second nature to me.

It just slides in from the side and doesn't need to be opened to get it on.


I have hooked mine up while looking behind me at turkeys.


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