In 20+ years of bow hunting whitetail deer, Ive only experienced a handful of shots where a stabilizer would or could have had any impact on the outcome. All were follow up shots at distances I wouldn’t normally shoot at deer. For all I had a 6” rubber vibration reduction component(stabilizer). I connected on most of these shots, and the ones I didn’t, it wasn’t because my pin was moving around too much due to an unbalanced bow. You guys must hunt some calm, slow moving deer.
That said, when practicing beyond 50 yards, and on hunts in the mountains, I rock the crossover stabilizer. It makes a significant impact on being able to have an acceptable float for those distances.
I can’t see a stabilizer making a measurable impact on group size inside 30 yards. Beyond that, it of course can help. If your goal is tightening groups in practice, it will help. But then you’ll have to account for it in the woods. And you don’t shoot groups at critters.
stabilizers get way less annoying now that you have the quick disconnect. I milled top of the quick connect flat. Now I can unscrew stabilizer, turn it 90* parallel to riser, and tighten again. For transport, walking, etc, it’s much more streamlined, and offers another way to hold your bow walking as well.
