Scott Wildcat Release

[buckhunter10]

I have a few releases in my bag and I have been shooting the Scott Little Goose for a couple years. However sometimes I just feel like I really have to pull hard to get it to release.

The release is like a hair trigger, I barely touch it and it goes off! I like it but should I be concerned with it being so easy to release?

I am sure as I use it more, I will get more used to the "hair" type trigger.

 

[DocHolladay]

The last 2 releases I bought had "hair triggers" on them and I take my finger and push on the back of the trigger while drawing, up until I get ready to shoot. It keeps me from touching it accidentally and loosing an arrow before I plan on it. Once I started doing it this way, I quit worrying and started shooting.

Here are the two I have.
TruBall Fang 3(currently using)
Truball Short-N-Sweet(back-up)

 

[Turkey Creek]

Man I would be scared $#%less shooting a release that I felt I had to push on the back of the trigger to keep it from going off! There are a number of index finger releases on the market that have adjustable trigger tension. Carter and Scott make some of the best index finger releases. IMO there is no benefit of having a release with a hair trigger. Hair triggers actually can have a negative impact on your shooting accuracy as you can get in the nasty habit of slapping the trigger, because you are afraid that as soon as you touch it you are going to shoot that arrow.

 

[DocHolladay]

Man I would be scared $#%less shooting a release that I felt I had to push on the back of the trigger to keep it from going off!

I used to put my finger on top of the release like I was pointing at the jaws/hook when I drew. On a few occasions, I would get ready to shoot and apply some back tension and relax my shoulder, the string would try to snatch out of my hand(everyone knows what I am talking about) and my finger touch the trigger and release the arrow into my backstop instead of the target(which was WAY off). It's happened with all my releases, including my first release that had a "heavy" trigger. I started putting my finger behind the trigger to keep it from happening. I don't touch the trigger until I have my back tension, sight picture and am ready to shoot now. I hook my thumb under the "trigger" on my thumb release until I am ready to shoot. If I don't, my thumb hovers above it and can touch it if I get lazy and relax more than I should and the bow tries to let down. Its a safety thing, not a hair trigger thing. No punching the trigger, no slapping the trigger, no target panic, not afraid to release the arrow. Same concept for firearms, I keep the safety on and my finger out of the trigger guard until I am ready to shoot. Its just that an archery release doesn't have a trigger guard or safety and the safest place is behind the trigger not on top or in front of it.

I work on bows all year and its everyday this time of year because its bow season. I have a fake release because people have a tendency to ride their finger on top of the release by the trigger and they have to hold it back while I adjust their peep/kissers, sometimes for longer than they are used to. I used to let people use their release when I adjusted their bow and they would relax a little to much and the bow let down. If their finger is by the trigger, it can touch it. I have also had them put their finger on the trigger of their release while I am trying to adjust their bow. I have had to tell some people, multiple times, to take their finger off the trigger. My hands and face are right there and I value both. A fake release cures it. Now they want to hook their finger on the fake trigger and pull the bow back using it. I ask them if they put their finger on the trigger of their release while they draw, everyone says no. I ask them why they are touching/pulling that one and its always a deer in the headlights look. I never had to ask anyone to leave when using their own release, but if I had to say something a third time about the trigger and their finger, I would have.

 

[Ed K]

I have a Scott little goose, and it has an adjustment screw for the trigger tension.
No matter what release I use, I always keep my finger on the "back" of the trigger while drawing, and don't move it to the front until ready to shoot. Basically, my finger is behind the trigger, which would not allow it to release.
My Dad always told me, never point a weapon at anything you don't want to destroy, and don't put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to destroy it.

 

[Turkey Creek]

The last 2 releases I bought had "hair triggers" on them and I take my finger and push on the back of the trigger while drawing, up until I get ready to shoot.

Sorry I was just thrown by your above wording. Its one thing to keep your finger in a neutral position where it will not come into contact with the trigger. Another to do what you stated above ( you very well may have meant something different that what is stated.... Lord knows it happens to me on occasion!) I would never keep my finger on the trigger while drawing no matter the trigger tension.

 

[dogghr]

Just use a cowhide finger tab and no mechanical release and problem solved Seriously I can't imagine using release that sensitive. I've got several releases but still stick to my old Winn Freeflight. Enough to think about taking pressure shot without worrying of accidentally hitting release. And I don't worry if finger is on trigger. If I'm aiming at something I intend to kill it already. And if I'm using a finger tab then I'm loaded from the get go, right? So no worries.


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[DocHolladay]

Sorry I was just thrown by your above wording. Its one thing to keep your finger in a neutral position where it will not come into contact with the trigger. Another to do what you stated above ( you very well may have meant something different that what is stated.... Lord knows it happens to me on occasion!) I would never keep my finger on the trigger while drawing no matter the trigger tension.

Words on a computer and words in person are two different things, because you can't see the persons emotions and/or facial expressions and things get lost in translation. I figured you had taken the meaning wrong. No worries.