Do you use a string loop for hunting?

[Woody Williams]

Do you use a string loop for hunting?

YES - I use a string loop for hunting

NO - I do not use a string loop for hunting

NO - I shoot with my fingers

[camoham]

use a string loop for all types of archery shooting.......................

hunting and 3D................

good 'ole lark's head knot !

camoham

[squirrelhunter]

No I use a clamp on metal loop .

[DEERTRACKS]

No. Finger shooter for 20+ years.

[trapperdave]

Nope, release attached directly to string. Dont quite get whats the need for a loop? Just something else to fail at the wrong time.

[hoyt1166]

trapperdave said:

Nope, release attached directly to string. Dont quite get whats the need for a loop? Just something else to fail at the wrong time.

The loop keeps the nock from getting piched by the angle of the release and the bowstring. Makes the release from the string a clean one every time.

[trapperdave]

I might play with one this summer for kicks and giggles, I just dont see it making that much difference. I shoot a 290 average with my hunting bow, 32" ata,prong rest with an average spot count of just under 30. Now if it bumped me to295 or better and 40 or more spots, I'd be convinced. I'm just set in my ways I guess. I am gonna go to a drop rest this year.

[hoyt1166]

If you're shooting that well, you're right, why fix what ain't broken. However, I'm for anything that takes the pressure off of the nock when it leaves the string. I'd recommend the string loop as it weighs less than the metal loops and sometimes the metal loops can cause burrs or grooves on the release over the course of time. Just my two cents here.

[camoham]

yepper hoyt...........

previous years i had used an ultra nock metal loop.

i had no problems with it...................other than it was rough on the center serving. i learned how to do my own center servings from a diagram floating around in forums.................

this last year ive found the loops to be pretty much worry free.

one thing to consider with loops is that you can use them to some extent to help align your peep. a good aftermarket string makes this task a much easier.

i am by no means a top-of-the-line shooter........................but it has indeed helped me.

camoham

[solohunter]

Yes.
Solohunter

[RiverJim]

Sure do! It's one of the easiest things that go on too. I always thought it was strange that folks got amazed at tying on a simple string and having faith in the knots when I worked at the pro shops.

[Yogi]

Yes I do. I get a better tune with one.

[RiverJim]

yogi said:

Yes I do. I get a better tune with one.

unless it hits the humbuckers, then it makes a funny hum. ;D

[Yogi]

That depends on the coard that you tune to Jim.

[hunter7x]

I used an ultra nok for years and finally I under stand why the string loop is better. Mine while shooting a Winn free flight finally became grooved and very very inaccurate. I put on a string loop and have been shooting better than I have for a long time. I highly reccommend you at least try one.

[tony]

I went to a string loop because my release kept crimping my serving and breaking it at the most inopportune times. No problems now.

[semisneak]

I shoot a 30 inch bow so a string loop keeps me from pinching the knock.

[tilesetter]

I use the string loop to gain the extra draw length.Being 6 feet 6inches its hard to get a bow for my draw!

[rmc]

I have a 32 1/2 inch draw and shoot a bow that is 33" axle to axle when drawn, so I have no choice but to shoot a loop. I was also having serving problems, after around 30 shots it would break. I use a white loop string so it's easy to see under low light conditions.

[mbogo]

tilesetter said:

I use the string loop to gain the extra draw length.Being 6 feet 6inches its hard to get a bow for my draw!

I have a 32 1/2 inch draw and shoot a bow that is 33" axle to axle when drawn, so I have no choice but to shoot a loop.

Tilesetter and rmc,

How does that work out for you guys? Have you noticed any accuracy differences between using the string loop to get the required length and using a bow that is long enough to accomodate your draw length?