What is an Archery Release Aid

Medieval longbowmen would pull around 120 lb's on a traditional English warbow without ANY release aid; just with a pair of leather gloves. Anyone who has shot with fingers knows that it is incredibly easy to pull the shot upon release. Releases allow for a crisp and clean release of the tense bowstring, increasing consistency of the shot and keeping your fringers from bleeding!
Not long ago the bow was little more than a stick and string. Archers would pull the bowstring back using only
their fingers and promptly releasing the string once the target was acquired.
Today, however, with the modern invention and innovations of the compound bow, less and less archers and bowhunters are using their fingers to contact and pull the string. Today, archery release aids are the norm.
The average bowhunter doesn’t tune as many bows each year as a busy bow shop attendant, but those that have been around enough of them to know that getting started with the right initial settings makes the bow tuning process a whole lot easier.
Five Critical Bow Tuning Mistakes
Once you get past the basics of setting your arrow nock point and arrow rest positions, bow tuning comes down to troubleshooting.
You learn to respond to what the arrow is telling you. Within this process of elimination five situations frustrated one bowhunter badly during his early climb up the learning curve. By avoiding these five mistakes, you will tune your bow more quickly and with less mental anguish.