Who hunts with no stabilizer

[Kas]

Fiddling in my garage and checking tune…. Lead me to try shooting no front stabilizer and see if it changed anything on paper for me….
Question is who hunts with no stabilizer what so ever to lighten weight? Pros? Cons? I’ll be going to the range later this week and see what my groups look like


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[easeup]

none on my Halon

[Kas]

Originally Posted by easeup

none on my Halon

Thinking there might be none on the rx4 soon


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[txbowkill]

I do not have one on my bow. Nothing against them just don’t see the need for one.

[Hoytbowhunter]

I use short 5”, on all my bow’s just to dampen any vibration.
Otherwise they really useless.



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[Hix]

Originally Posted by Hoytbowhunter

I use short 5”, on all my bow’s just to dampen any vibration.
Otherwise they really useless.



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Same


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[AntlerCollector]

Crossbow hunters

[Jon Stewart]

none on my selfbow, longbow or recurve.

[BarW]

Haven't used one since I bought my Z7 12 or 14 years ago.

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[Gerald G]

I’ve never used one, I tried a few and never saw any difference.

[Fishndude]

Does a Sniper Hog Light count?

[Pushbutton2]

Originally Posted by Fishndude

Does a Sniper Hog Light count?

Only if it's the Coyote Cannon

[Strummer]

Originally Posted by Fishndude

Does a Sniper Hog Light count?

That’s what I use .

[Muskles]

Originally Posted by Fishndude

Does a Sniper Hog Light count?

You stole my reply. Been using it for several years, but not sure it counts as a stabilizer. I can't tell a difference since changing.

[Smart]

Originally Posted by Fishndude

Does a Sniper Hog Light count?

yup....same!

[rolylane6]

Something has to hold my tactacam!

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[ByronB]

I did not use one for 34 years. When I bought my Vertix I purchased one for it.

[ElfEyes]

Ive hunted years without one.

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[rtp]

Over the years I can’t tell any difference in shooting with a stabilizer on the bow or off. This is across three bows. I continually ask myself why I bother with one.


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[bloodstick]

Originally Posted by rtp

Over the years I can’t tell any difference in shooting with a stabilizer on the bow or off. This is across three bows. I continually ask myself why I bother with one.


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X2
I have always been of the thought that they are alot like fishing lures meant to catch fisherman and not fish.

Just something that doesn’t do much except get gear heads excited.


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[Abcdj]

I have never had one.

[1sickLT1]

I have a 12" front bar and 9" back bar. They don't make much difference in my overall shot when considerating on using perfect form. But they really help in hunting situations.

[Kas]

Originally Posted by 1sickLT1

I have a 12" front bar and 9" back bar. They don't make much difference in my overall shot when considerating on using perfect form. But they really help in hunting situations.

How so I’m curious? Just wondering I’ve already gotten rid of my back bar and thinking bout losing the front … just one less thing that gets in the way


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[1sickLT1]

Originally Posted by Kas

How so I’m curious? Just wondering I’ve already gotten rid of my back bar and thinking bout losing the front … just one less thing that gets in the way


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My stabilizer setup on my bow is purely for having a well balanced bow. If I have a bruiser in front If me I may not think about ensuring my bow is level at full draw.
I like being able to know I can just settle my pin where I need it and let the arrow fly without having to think about anything else.

[AntlerCollector]

I knew lots of y’all were unstable

[bugleboy]

Originally Posted by AntlerCollector

I knew lots of y’all were unstable

Hahaha, good one!

[HeyMikey]

In my personal experience, I don't notice any difference in my groups with, or without one, on my bow. I think they help mitigate some vibration, but don't see a need for one, myself.

[meangreen]

None on my elite

[softpoint]

I was in a bow shop several years ago, and one of the sales people was telling me about how light the then-new carbon fiber bows were. So I asked him to see one. They had one all rigged out with about a three pound stabilizer on it....I am no expert on bows, but I don't see the point... That is a good place to mount a light or camera, and that's about it, as far as I am concerned...Maybe for target shooting only...

[Miller]

Originally Posted by softpoint

I was in a bow shop several years ago, and one of the sales people was telling me about how light the then-new carbon fiber bows were. So I asked him to see one. They had one all rigged out with about a three pound stabilizer on it....I am no expert on bows, but I don't see the point... That is a good place to mount a light or camera, and that's about it, as far as I am concerned...Maybe for target shooting only...

Just a guess, but one of the reasons people go to carbon is so they can put the weight where it helps more... like the end of a stabilizer.

For shooting stuff at 20 yards in Texas it honestly probably doesn't make much since to get too crazy with stabilizers. You see it more out West for longer shots.

They help with stability, less movement, inertia, etc. I mean you don't see any pro's not using a front and back bar so you can't really argue it doesn't help. It's just a matter of what you are going to do.

When I'm ground blind hunting in Texas a lot of times, I'll just run a back bar down the front stabilizer hole towards the bottom cam to balance the bow out... I've just never understood why you wanted just a front bar. That just gives me more a tendency to dip or shoot low.

[KingsX]

Originally Posted by Kas

Fiddling in my garage and checking tune…. Lead me to try shooting no front stabilizer and see if it changed anything on paper for me….
Question is who hunts with no stabilizer what so ever to lighten weight? Pros? Cons? I’ll be going to the range later this week and see what my groups look like


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Didn’t know a stabilizer could change paper tune!

[Kas]

Originally Posted by KingsX

Didn’t know a stabilizer could change paper tune!

If a little hand torque can change your bullet hole why can’t a bow that is balanced differently do the same?


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[bossbowman]

Never have probably never will, paperweight for me.

[KingsX]

Originally Posted by Kas

If a little hand torque can change your bullet hole why can’t a bow that is balanced differently do the same?


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Sounds like you got it figured out for the way you shoot and that’s all that really matters.
If you have hand torque issues I would work on a better grip/form solution first. Still really has nothing to do with a stabilizer helping a bow with jacked up balance as you put it. Not sure what you’re referring to there but possibly if you shoot with a full quiver I could see that being a possible problem for balance and creating grip torque issues because of it.
At least you care about it,a lot of folks don’t and not being tuned will show up with broadheads and longer distance shots enough to matter.

Did it change your paper tune without the stabilizer?

[Kas]

Originally Posted by KingsX

Sounds like you got it figured out for the way you shoot and that’s all that really matters.
If you have hand torque issues I would work on a better grip/form solution first. Still really has nothing to do with a stabilizer helping a bow with jacked up balance as you put it. Not sure what you’re referring to there but possibly if you shoot with a full quiver I could see that being a possible problem for balance and creating grip torque issues because of it.
At least you care about it,a lot of folks don’t and not being tuned will show up with broadheads and longer distance shots enough to matter.

Did it change your paper tune without the stabilizer?

It didn’t actually so why use it? Just lightens the bow more… I’ll spend some time at the range this week


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[TA_Fab]

Tested without stabilizer in the yard and couldn’t tell a difference, so took it off and no issues.


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[HighwayHunter]

Stabilizers don’t make much of a difference unless you add a bunch of weight to them or get past 12”. I hunt with a 15” front bar with 4oz and an 8” back bar with 6oz on my Mathews. Haul it through the NF every year and I wouldn’t hunt without it.


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