I was shooting my bow a few nights ago. when after 2 rounds my release went off while i was drawing. i thought at first i accidentally squeezed the trigger. so i didn’t think much of it. so on the next shot the same thing happened. so i put my bow away and threw away the release. a few nights later I found one of my arrows lodged in my garage. so have any of you had your release fail?
Yeah, I have had that happen before. It was an act of sabotage by a mentally unstable, very jealous acquaintance of a friend in deer camp for the second season in a row, years ago now. He was one of those guys that had to be the only hunter that is successful while at deer camp. On the first year with him, after 3 out of 5 of us archery hunters in camp shot great bucks, he started walking through other hunters climbing stand locations and spreading human scent to keep deer out of those areas to possibly increase his odds, I guess. He did a bunch of other horrible things behind the guys backs, but I think you get the idea. He was not liked very much by thousands of other hunters after that last trip, as a few of us at camp were pretty well connected in the hunting community. As some of the attacks were severe safety issues, when this guy had a invitation to go on a hunt with a different group, we had to explain what happened and what he had done. As for my release malfunction, which is what I thought it was at first, happened on the third day of camp while taking some test shots to check accuracy and such. The first arrow hit dirt in mid draw. The second sailed high over the target. Thankfully we had a big dirt back stop or something bad could have happened. When I draw my bow, my fingers are behind the trigger until I am ready to release down range. So I knew it was not my mistake when the arrows were off target. Upon inspection of the release, which I had used for 4+ years and used very well, I find that the trigger tension allen set screw had been turned all the way out. So with about 50 lbs of string weight it would open itself. That set screw had lock tight on the threads that I put there when I purchased it. When I turned the screw back in, it was squeeking as I turned it. So it didn’t wiggle loose. I knew something was up. I knew it had been tampered with. And I fixed it right infront of him. Not to say someone has sabotaged your equipment, but maybe the release is not broken. Check the trigger tension screw. If that’s not the issue, then buy a brandy new one to set your mind at ease. Good luck this season!
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