I have made a release aid because of my arthritis I was no longer able to pull my bow. I can still shoot with fingers on the string which is important because I can use my anchor point. This thing is so effective I can shoot with two fingers. The rolled ball at the end of the strap works as a lever and it takes very little pressure to hold it on the string. The release is the same as with fingers and there is no jar like with a mechanical release. It only takes a few minutes to get used to placing the strap under your finger. You guys with the aching fingers need to take a look at this it works.

Hey Wingshooter, that looks damn interesting. Can you post detailed pics, materials and instructions on how you made it? I can't tell from this pic how it works.

Thanks

I sewed my shooting glove to a wrist strap. On the front side of the strap is a 1/2 nylon strap. I rolled the end of the strap until I had a ball with nine layers for me this was the right length to go around my string. I sewed the ball together with 80 pound Dacron line using one of those hand stitcher's. I will post some more pictures and if the weather clears up I will put together a short video of it.

Good thinking Wingshooter.

So when you release your fingers, the ball pops off of the string also? I wonder if a bead threaded onto a cord would work, then you just adjust the knot to get the proper length to fit the individual? This sure seems that you are on to something good here.

Great idea Wingshooter. Sure will help a lot of archers Deno

Slick

Like that

If there is a will there is a way,kinda attitude

I just don 't follow?

actually kind of like a Mongolian Release which was used a thousand years ago but updated ,good job.

Sounds good. Approximately how much of the draw weight does it transfer to the wrist strap - 50%, more, less or can this be adjusted by fiddling with the length slightly?

Curious... How do you (it) release the string?

I like that. great job.

It just "helps" hold the string. He simply releases like he normally would, and the helper simply flips away from the string. Very smart. I love this stuff. ))

Good idea wingshooter. I am going to need this kind of thing someday. The right hand, esp. the pointer and middle fingers are becoming arthritic. Too many past injuries are now showing their effects in 'old age'. Getting worse too. Thanks for sharing.

Great idea, thanks for sharing. Added to my 'favorites' because I know I will need it in the future.

Not quite sure how to do it but if u could put some sort of cam lock on the strap then the nylon strap could be adjusted if it stretch or just to get it to correct length

George Stout posted this old release some years ago

(thumb holds the string behind the button and letting pressure off the thumb allows the release to flick outward and string go free

I saw a fella with a crippled hand using one he made similar, carved out of a fancy piece of wood , and he always got a great release

likely right there Runner

the one I saw the guy using had the tail longer with a few slight finger groves running down the tail

and not out to the side like the one in the picture in the add

he held the tail more out to side and the tear drop was more towards the rounded front

I remembered it and held it because it was so fast and deadly for him to use He also had a wrist strap (thong) so he could let it dangle when not using from a hole in the tail end

That's a really clever solution, Wingshooter. Does the glove have to be attached to the wrist strap?

No you don't even need a glove. I have been shooting bare fingers. I place my fingers on the string but pull the weight of the bow with the strap. I hope to get a video of it showing how I load it.

I used a little wider strap to see if it was a little more secure feeling. I works better with a little more material under the finger. It still release's very smooth. I also discovered that you can adjust the length of the strap by adjusting the wrist strap tension. I have shot more arrows in the last two days than I have in the last 3 years.

would love to see A video on this as i'm having arthritus trouble in my shooting hand also. a great idea!

Wing', you are a thinker, my man. Awesome. :)

Very nice. You may help many I wonder if the average guy might gain a couple of pounds. I have bows I do not shoot much as I aged they actually gained poundage! Really, they gained poundage as they sat on the rack- could not have been me

You deserve applause for thus

Very informative. I have a bad bird finger on my right hand due to arthritis. I recently made the switch to left handed and bought a bow from the classified here. I'm loving the change

Wingshooter,great idea,were do you get the wrist bands?

Excellent idea Wingshooter, with all the years of sports and dirt bike riding I have more arthritis in my hands then a 61 year old should have. I can still shoot my lighter weight Bows OK but my hunting bows are a struggle.

Looking forward to seeing your video as I am a visual learner??

Glad you posted this, my wife had to go to a mechanical release last year and went from never having had target panic to punching the release almost every shot, even put her through a Joel Turner clinic. Her problem isn't her fingers but rather the tendons in her wrist from the strain put there by her fingers. I converted her back up release today and tried it myself and attempted to use a tab and it was very difficult to get hooked up, pulled this post up again and noticed from the one picture that you were able to manipulate the strap with your middle finger, so I dug up a glove and it was much easier to get ahold of the string. So if anybody else tries this and you can't get a tab to work, try a glove like the OP! Can't wait to get to the range and try it out with her!

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