Back in 1970 a friend and I were hunting late season, January, in NW N.J. Miserable day, freezing rain, ice etc. As we were leaving , we met another bowman leaving and we killed some time talking about our days experiences. We departed. The next year we met him again at the same place. He was wearing a patch over his right eye. After we left, he went to unstring his recurve with the push pull method. His hands were numb from the all day cold, etc. and the bow slipped and the tip put his eye out. That is about as good a reason for using a stringer one could experience.