That's what will make your sight pin sit still. A simple test is to shoot with a 6-inch stabilizer and then shoot with a incher. The longer one is going to make your pin steadier. Several manufacturers offer discs of varying weights and diameters that are attached to the end of a stabilizer. All the weight is in one circular spot to keep the overall length down, as opposed to a series of small weights stacked in a linear fashion. So, should you go short and fat or long and heavy? That's something each hunter has to determine, Kaufhold said, based on what they want in the woods.
Sure, a inch stabilizer with a ounce weight at the end will make you rock steady at full draw, but you might regret carrying something that heavy all day. Or, if you hunt from a ground blind, a long stabilizer could make it difficult to draw without hitting a support pole. A stubby stabilizer is much more maneuverable and makes the bow easier to carry.
But if you're hunting antelope or elk, where you might have to take a yard shot, having a steady aim is critical. Those hunters will want a stabilizer just long enough and heavy enough that it helps with aiming without being burdensome. And they will want it to have enough dampening features to quiet the bow without totally sacrificing aiming stabilization.
Kaufhold recommends you first look at your bow to find out where to start. Many of today's high-tech bows, such as the Mathews Z7, have grips that are radically set back toward the shooter from the front ends of the limbs. You can put a 4-inch stabilizer on such a bow, but that stabilizer won't be long enough to protrude beyond the limbs. On such a bow, you might need a stabilizer no shorter than eight inches. The less radically the grip is recessed, however, the shorter a stabilizer you can use and still get sufficient dampening along with some aiming stabilization, Kaufhold said.
Also know that different bows vibrate at different frequencies. The same goes for accessories, such as sights and quivers. Various stabilizers are better at dampening some frequencies than others.
So, a particular stabilizer that quiets one bow might do very little for another. The only way to know which one works for your setup is to try a few. A hunter who shoots with a quiver attached to his or her bow might find that when an arrow is released, the top of the bow tilts in the direction of the quiver.
To straighten that out, Kaufhold recommends a stabilizer that, instead of sticking out directly under the grip, is offset from the riser to the side opposite the quiver. That should counter the weight of the quiver and balance the bow. Generally, Kaufhold tells bowhunters to use the longest stabilizer -- up to 12 inches -- they feel comfortable with. Whether it's solid rubber or a carbon rod, the stabilizer's body should be heaviest at the very end.
And he recommends as heavy a stabilizer you feel comfortable shooting and carrying around. Give a Gift Subscriber Services. See All Special Interest Magazines. All Petersen's Bowhunting subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets.
The following are some of the reasons why you should consider using a bow stabilizer. Bow stabilizers add forward weight to your bow. These will balance the bow in your hands and absorb any vibrations that will result as you shoot. For optimum stabilization, you may have to consider increasing the weight of the stabilizer as well as the length. The more substantial, the more the chances of remaining on the target.
When you make your shots, more stable increases your chances of having more accurate shots. This advantage is most obvious if you take your shots from a long distance.
When you are shooting at targets that are at a long distance 70 yards or so , even the smallest twitch can send your arrow way off target. Next time when you are taking a long shot consider using a stabilizer to increase your rate of accuracy and consistency. If you happen to remove the stabilizer from your bow, you will often find it hard to have an accurate shot since you will not be steady.
Besides your chance will be affected by vibration and hand shock that results as you take a shot. Vibrations often happen in your hands when you are releasing the arrow towards your target.
Tension will result when you launch your bow. Energy discharges from the arm guard area, this energy is the one that will cause vibrations. A bow stabilizer will absorb this energy that results when you draw a bow backward before taking a shot and when you release it. This reduction of vibrations will save your hands from having a sore. Most importantly the noise would be reduced as well which is such a priceless thing especially when you go hunting.
Deer especially have an extremely acute sense of hearing so you need to do your best to reduce noise. If the deer hears anything unusual, it will start moving lightning fast and they will have moved 2 -3 feet before your arrow even reaches them. As you may already know it always proves very hard to hit a moving target so a stabilizer is such a handy tool to reduce bow noise and increase your chances of making a clean shot.
Notably, long objects that are narrow and long objects like bow risers will have small moments of inertia in which small forces will result in rotations about the axis. Stabilizers counterbalance any small forces that might cause movement and this helps you to have an accurate shot. There are some minor drawbacks to using a bow stabilizer.
We have to come up with ways to deal with these challenges if we want to enjoy the full benefits of bow stabilizer. The drawbacks are as follows. The idea here is that the rods help by counteracting the weight of your sight. Others prefer to use one rod on both sides of their bow. There are special mounting devices, called V-bars, that allow you to easily mount two side rod stabilizers on your bow for added stability.
The setup you choose will depend on your shooting style, your other accessories, and where you plan to shoot. As you can see below, this guy has a V-bar on his bow, and stabilizers that extend back on both sides of his bow:. As we mentioned in the last section, when you pull the bowstring on your bow, it creates potential energy that spreads throughout the entire bow: the string, the riser, the limbs, the whole enchilada.
Different bows have different levels of resistance, and the higher the poundage on the bow, the more potential energy each pull-back generates. At full draw, the bow is taught and wants to return to release that energy and return to its natural shape and form, and when you let go of the bowstring, much of the energy goes into the arrow, but the rest of it moves through each part of the bow. The power of your shot jerks the bow around, creating vibrations that travel through the string, the bow, any accessories on your bow, and your hand.
There are three ways that stabilizers use physics, and a little bit of chemistry, to eat up that vibration and make the bow more stable:. Rigidity of the Stabilizer.
The same idea is true for stabilizers. You want the rod of your stabilizer to be as close to unbendable as possible. Equipment manufacturers use incredible strong materials to ensure that stabilizers are incredibly rigid. Keep in mind, we're talking about the actual pole in the stabilizer, and not the dampener—it's OK if that shakes, because that'll eat up some vibration from your shot. More on that in a moment. Weight of the Stabilizer. This is related to rigidity. A heaver stabilizer will more effectively eat up vibrations than a flimsy one.
A stabilizer needs to have some heft to absorb the movement from the shot. The challenge for equipment manufacturers is producing a stabilizer that weights enough, but not too much.
Stabilizer Material.
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