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bobcattrapper
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by bobcattrapper » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:48 pm
Sorry for all the questions but its how we learn right
Ok so I watched the DVD several times how to use it.I watched it again later.This time I noticed he put the hooks on the string facing him and the bow.I hooked mine the opposite way.Does it matter??
flightattendant100
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by flightattendant100 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:52 pm
Not really. I noticed at Boofest a year ago that shooters were split on this with each having a good reason for doing it their way. Both seem to work.
vixenmaster
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by vixenmaster » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:53 pm
I put my hooks on wid the openin facin up, jus the way i have always done it
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by flightattendant100 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:10 pm
vixenmaster wrote: I put my hooks on wid the openin facin up, jus the way i have always done it
I do too ,Mike but lots of folks do it opening facing down, and all of them seem to have a reason. think its a to each his own deal.
vixenmaster
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by vixenmaster » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:49 pm
My reason is my hooks won't jump the rail as i cock it, i pull up & back
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by JPjunkie » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:56 pm
All this time I thought they went opening down Im gonna have to try it the other way
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by robertyb » Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:04 am
6 of one, half dozen of the other. Either way works.
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Galgo
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by Galgo » Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:43 am
I started with hooks facing down like in the video but changed to hooks facing up so I can get a good visual cue that the string is seated solidly in each hook.
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by massbow » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:05 am
Down for me, after cocking and putting on the safety I give the cocker a little shake and both hooks come right off.
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Hester0305
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by Hester0305 » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:46 pm
Started with mine down and changed last year to the hooks up because now I can see the hooks as I pull up the rope. Just a piece of mind I guess being able to see the hooks attached to the string.
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