So I mentioned my miss....

[growalot]

last night...and it has me thinking...I haven't had that happen since I was first learning to use my trueball trigger...and never by just brushing my knuckle against the side of trigger....To wet out to check now...but...the tension on the trigger is adjustable right? I admit.... bow shop set it up and I'm clueless on that stuff....if it is can time and use cause it to change? When it happened it certainly startled me almost as much as the doe..lol for I didn't even get a chance to bring my finger around to the front of the trigger. I had held the draw for a bit  because she stopped to pull apples off the tree  after I drew. So I was holding behind the trigger until she stepped clear of the tree.

Edited October 9, 2015 by growalot

[grampy]

Were you wearing gloves? Sometimes the extra bulk of wearing even thin gloves will make a difference if you have not practiced with them. Also I point my index finger down the shaft of the release, during drawing and keep it there, until I just move it to the right to trip the trigger. I'm sure you will be fine, sometimes stuff just happens! Good luck!

[growalot]

Yes... but I practice in full gear the last week before season. The gloves are a tight spandex type I use early season....Perhaps my knuckle hit it harder than I thought? My hands were a bit numb from hunting all day....I have arthritis and "trigger" in my middle and ring finger on that hand... but my actual trigger finger is fine so far...Just was wondering if it could be a machanical adjustment

[gfdeputy2]

What model Tru Ball & yes they can loose tension over time most are spring loaded

http://www.truball.com/media/Downloads/Old%20Instructions/RackMaster.pdf

[phade]

I missed on really nice buck at 7 yds last year due to similar issue.

 

You'd be surprised at how easy an inadvertent contact can release an arrow and you don't even know it.

[growalot]

Not sure 4-5 yrs ago it cost me 89.00.... solid shaft buckled wrist strap,folds back to go in my sleeve...I'll have the tension checked...noticed a little wear on my string loop too.

 

Thanks Phade...that makes me feel better,,,man she was so close..I normally would have let her walk farther out but wasn't expecting her to stop....I knew there were no apples on the ground and the loaded tree was the next one over for a slight quartering shot...but she just had to stop and pick apples!...lol Had that happened on the quartering shot I would have had her at 12-15 yrds...but shooting no sights I know the tip of my arrow actually has to be below her belly for a behind the shoulder hit at 5 yrds...I was just at her elbow when the arrow let loose.

[gfdeputy2]

it most likely is adjustable

Just be careful adjusting it go small increments

I wanted mine very touchy well when it released at 1/2 draw & gave me a bloodly lip I thought that was just a bit to touchy

[Buckmaster7600]

If you are tucking your finger behind the trigger then brining it around or over the trigger your flirting with disaster as you well know! What I have learned with a wrist strap release is to make a fist excluding trigger finger and draw with

Trigger finger touching the string or draw loop. If that makes any sense?

[shawnhu]

If you are tucking your finger behind the trigger then brining it around or over the trigger your flirting with disaster as you well know! What I have learned with a wrist strap release is to make a fist excluding trigger finger and draw with

Trigger finger touching the string or draw loop. If that makes any sense?

Explanation? I can't see how placing your trigger finger literally next to the trigger on your release could be any safer than behind the trigger.

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[Marion]

I like to push against the trigger with my middle finger until I'm ready to actually fire. Just keeps me honest and doesn't let me accidentally fire off my arrow before I'm all set and ready. Needless to say I learned the hard way when the first sit I ever made I hit my release on my draw on a monster 8 and the arrow didn't even make it past my whisker biscuit ahah. I still don't think that deer has stopped laughing at me, and that was 10+ years ago

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[fasteddie]

Yes... but I practice in full gear the last week before season. The gloves are a tight spandex type I use early season....Perhaps my knuckle hit it harder than I thought? My hands were a bit numb from hunting all day....I have arthritis and "trigger" in my middle and ring finger on that hand... but my actual trigger finger is fine so far...Just was wondering if it could be a machanical adjustment

 

Growie , that's what you get for wearing Spandex hunting ! 

[Buckmaster7600]

Explanation? I can't see how placing your trigger finger literally next to the trigger on your release could be any safer than behind the trigger.

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Not having to guess or feel where the trigger is as to knowing where it is. If your finger is on top of the shaft touching the string as you are aiming you start sliding you finger off the shaft on the trigger side. I continue through until the shot is fired. I was taught this a long time ago when I was shooting a lot of 3d and developed a bit of a flinch and have been doing it for the last 20 years or so. I hope this makes sense?