Smoother release with higher poundage ?

[Sam McMichael]

Yes, my release sucks - because I plucks! A heavy bow seems to reduce the effects of it, at least to a degree. Unfortunately, I can't pull particularly heavy bows any more. Therefore, Moebow, I read and practice a lot of the advice you give. Still have a long, long way to go.

[olddogrib]

Ah, the voice of reason chimes in....thank you Arne.  I'll have to agree, I have to trash low poundage as the inconvenient truth that with poor form one is entirely capable of shooting just as crappy with 30# as with 50#, lol!  Not that it doesn't have a place, so ya'll don't get all pissy.

[TradBrewSC]

Yeah... at higher weight, I agree that my follow through is much better! When I have been shooting my upper 50's bows and go to the the upper 40's bows I tend to pluck the string.. Basically for me the more tension I have on the string the better my back tension engages and therefore the better my release is (more tension = more of a surprise / further expansion). This may or may not be due to a form issue.?.?. In all, when it gets too easy on the draw I tend to release continuously vs subcounsiously and it throws my grouping off..

[Wilderlife]

I only started shooting traditional a few months ago.

Release on my 35# bow with my glove was absolutely terrible. I felt like the string grabbed the glove and it wasn't consistent. Release with my bare fingers felt much better, and with a tab, was similar.

Release on my 65# bow felt better with the tab as well but could get away with the glove. My technique with this bow is/was terrible and it was a gift. I quickly took the 65# limbs off and put some lighter limbs on that I bought off a bloke on here.

Shot the 54# limbs with a tab for a while and felt my release was OK...ish, but overall I'm very new and my technique sucked. Was trying to focus more on the string not hitting my face so my release wasn't being worked on. Have since gone back to my glove which I originally hated and now feel like I shoot my bow far better, my release is better, and my technique is coming along nicely.

So yeh, I feel like the higher poundage bows definitely masked my poor form in some ways, but they were also bad for my form compared to my lighter bow in other ways.

[pavan]

Back when a college kid shot some videos of me shooting, in slow motion, the deep grooves on my well worn Hill glove put a big wobble in the strings of my lighter target bows.  My Cantpinch tab did much better.  however, my over 70 pound bows showed a much straighter and less wobbling string with either.  That torquing string that goes wide first and then center does not happen much at all with heavy bows, the string just goes forward.  any bending into the bow that the arrow does is more of a product of a bow being outside of center, simple physics.  Barring shooting issues and injury, like my release finger ligaments wearing out from many years of shooting heavy bows, the heavy bow will allow a shooter more latitude.

[hawkeye n pa]

With out a doubt, when I was younger it wasn't much of a issue, using my hands to make a living has come at a cost.

[Terry Green]

Does your coach ever kill anything???   or does he just eat salad? 

[blacktailbob]

Hmmm..."Vegetarian". Old indian word for lousy hunter.

[shirikahn]

Yes... My release is "better" with a heavier...and shorter bow! I only draw a true 28" though. Maybe the so-called pinch aids or its placebo effect... I don't care. 45 lbs and up...recurves 56 inches or less. That's my experience. I have only been at it since 8 so maybe I could stand to learn something. 32 years being a novice here. I am no expert. I am a hunter. 😂

[g54]

I find a heavier bow engages me more in the process because you do have to be more cognisant of your alignment,and i couldnt
draw my heavy bow without :backtension:If i dont release the string square to the riser,whether its canted or not one can hear a slapping
sound that notifies you that you plucked  as the string slides into the string grooves.That sound is not present with a proper release.
What pavan said is true.