I shot the Carter 2 Shot release a couple weeks ago and loved the way it shot and how the shot really surprised me when it went off. Does anyone else shoot this release or have any experience with it? What are your thoughts on it, and is it worth spending $100 on it? I'm torn between the old faithfull or getting the Carter. Thanks!

I have it's predecessor, the One Shot, and have messed around w/ the two-shot up at the shop.

Great trigger mechanism. Very crisp. Can set it real heavy, and still have no creep. The Two-Shot is even better. Best on the market IMO.

Only thing I don't like is (and Matt/PA feels the same way) is that during a hunting situation sometimes you really need to be able to have a command style release and punch it when neccessary. With the One-Shot, you can get some really goofy arrows doing that..you have to be smooth and calm every shot. Not sure if the Two-Shot has corrected that or is less "wonky" in that respect.

Matt switched back to his Rhino, and I followed suit soon after.

Jeff pretty much hit on my view of the Carter wrist/index releases........if I were to use that style for 3D/target? I'd use one of the Carters since I would have the discipline and time to use it properly. Hunting situations don't always afford you that luxury and at least for me, I would get some wicked flyers that I never got with my Scott Rhino. I attribute that to the heavy no travel trigger. In the heat of the moment, if you punch it, or have to make it go off say if an animal stops for an instant in an opening.........in my case I didn't know what I was going to get.
I don't have the discipline to hunt with one, so I went back to my old friend the Rhino and that's where I am going to stay.

The Carters are a very nice piece of equipment.......I use the Thumb trigger styles for 3D, I just couldn't get used to the One-Shot in all hunting situations.

Matt, I don't think the trigger is heavy. I have a two shot and love it. I set it at eleven ounces pull. I shorten it up as much as possible so I can get my finger to the second joint. I start with a little pressure and fire it with back tension. Works great for me.

Matt & Jeff,
What do you think causes the flyers with oneshot and twoshot?

Dean,
I think the flyers (At least in my case) come from just the instances where you CAN'T shoot the release properly with back tension......I practice triggering the release with controlled back tension as well as just "Hammering" it so to speak even though that might be a bit of an exaggeration.
When I would shoot it, the stiffness of that trigger combined with the jaw style would cause more movement within the shot. Hand motion was more pronounced, and because there is no travel to the trigger when you want to just "Fire" it, I found myself hitting it much to hard. The surprise and no travel doesn't help me at all when I just want it to go off.

The smooth soft trigger of the Rhino with a little travel, combined with the straight away jaw style allows even severely punched shots to many times stay straight and true even when they have no right to. It's the most forgiving release I have ever shot under the widest range of shooting situations.

Don't get me wrong.....I would shoot one of the Carters in a heartbeat for 3D, however in hunting, many times controlled proper back tension is just not possible. Things happen fast, and my back tension shot progression is sometimes just too slow.

I KNOW that I can just softly "Pull" that Rhino trigger in many situations and be confident that the arrow is going to go where I expect it to.

Thanks for the explaination Matt.

Matt summed up my feelings exactly as well.

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