Archery Hunting

In a previous blog we took a look at the Tru-Fire Patriot series of releases with good results. While the Patriot is a great release for the money if you're willing to step it up a bit Tru-Fire offers a variety of higher end bow releases. One of Tru-Fire's nicer releases is the Hurricane which is offered in a variety of configurations. For this review we'll take a look at the Hurricane Buckle Foldback release.

If you get tired of having your release head get in the way of using your hand when you're trying to do something other than draw back a bow, the foldback release style is worth trying. The foldback head allows for the trigger mechanism to rotate on a ring that locks it back against your forearm when not in use. Deploying the release is as simple as folding it back into position and you're ready to shoot. The foldback feature is handy and makes for wearing a release constantly while afield a more enjoyable experience.

For modern compound bows with a short axle-to-axle distance a bow release is critical for consistent accuracy. Fortunately there is a broad array of release choices from simple to complex and from purely target shooting to hunting only. For this review we'll be taking a look at the Patriot and Patriot JR, which are entry level bow releases manufactured by Tru-Fire of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

A few months ago we reviewed the new Prime Centroid bow that uses G5's new Parallel cam technology. Prime does not have a deep line-up of bows at this time, with only two bows in the entire line. Since we reviewed the Centroid we thought we would also take a closer look at the other Prime offering, the Shift.

The Prime Shift is shorter and lighter and arguably a more hunter focused bow than the Centroid. Coming in with a shorter 30" axle-to-axle versus the 34.25" of the Centroid the shift is more compact and is almost 10% lighter at a flat 4 pounds for the bare bow. The lighter weight and more compact size will make it easier carrying in the brush and packing into a hunt zone.

Trophy Ridge is perhaps best known for their line of archery sights which has grown considerably over the years. For this review we are going to take a look at Trophy Ridge's Fire Wire series of bow sights which offers a unique setup over most archery sights.

The Fire Wire series of sights is offered in both 3 pin and 5 pin variations and for this review we examined the "V5" five pin sight.