Stabilizers on trad bows?

[Mint]

To me they look very ugly but I do like the look of a bow quiver with some nice arrows.

[Red Beastmaster]

Pack the bushing hole with peanut butter for survival situations.

[TonyW]

Short Bear stabilizers for the bow.

[Lee Robinson .]

Not for me.

[Stumpkiller]

If you figure the stabilizers add mass forward - some bows had it as part of the design and didn't need the insert bushing.

My cherished 1966 52#@28" Browning Explorer (62" AMO).

   

[Fischman]

Not here use it for bowfishing reel though. Never could see how anyone could put up with one hunting & stalking the darned things catch on everything !   :banghead

[PhilNY]

I clearly remember shooting at the public range near my house in 1974. I was shooting a 66 inch 35 pound Wing corsair with a 22 inch stabizer and it really helped me stay in the upper 260's out of 300. Coumpounds were coming in but many hunters and target guys were using recurves with elevated rests and sights, plus there were always guys that played with homade releases made from teaspoons all the way up to production models. A handfull of old timers still shot barebow off the shelf while most of the indoor target barebow guys shot point of aim or gap with a rest and a long target bow.
Most everyone had a stabilizer of some sort and many used wrist slings and arrow holders for hunting rigs. We never frowned when somebody wanted to play with a release or new springy rest. I guess we just didn't pay much attention to anything other than where the arrows landed.
I mean no disrespect with this post.
Some bows really responded to a stab while on others it made little difference, depended on the shooters style and the bow.
Phil
PS one of my favorite memories is shooting next to a guy named John Rudy and he shot a bear Mag A with a single sight and 55# limbs. We scored each other and John shot a 292 out of 300, sights or not it was some of the finest shooting I ever wittnessed and with 55 pound limbs to boot. I don't remember if he had a stab or not, we just didn't care back then.

[ron w]

If you have the bushing you should try a stabilizer just for the heck of it....you may like it. It's not like you'll go to jail for giving it a shot.

[owlbait]

That is only for bowfishing or the RAMBO flashlights! I have a buddy with a Gamemaster who has a stabilizer and so many limsavers on that it looks like it should be a weather station or an electrician's tool!

[Shawn Leonard]

I am using one on my Belcher ILF riser, just a shorty by doinker. Shawn