you should not try and cock you bow in a saddle, in a tree. Do it on the ground where you can focus on doing just that, and doing it right.

 

Cock while on the ground and tie a pull up rope to the bow and after you are settled in and ready to hunt pull the bow up. Then load an arrow and you are ready to shoot.

 

On our MD hunt I made the mistake the first morning of climbing up the ladder stand before cocking my Turbo S1. The first and only time I’ve ever cocked one in the stand. I didn’t enjoy it in the least! Was like the old saying about standing up in a hammock……. Cock the bow on the ground.

 

I forgot to cock my Excalibur Vortex with the 36" limbs twice and it is very hard to do in a Summit Viper stand. I actually had to pass the bow over the top of the shooting rail and then back under it to cock the bow and then reverse that to get it back over the shooting rail while cocked. Scary to say the least but it worked.

 

There has been many times I shoot a deer, recocked my old Barnett in the the stand & keep on hunting till I’m ready to track. So am I assuming correctly that when most of you all shoot, then climb down (climber such as summit viper) recock bow then climb back up tree? Sounds like recocking in the stand is a lot more difficult with newer compact bows? I’m looking to upgrade is why I’m curious.

 

I always cock the bow before climbing up, but will not hesitate to recock while up there. Did it win my Nitro X when I had it, and several times this year with my Vapor.

 

I cocked my Vortex in the stand twice. Didnt like it the first time nor the second time. Felt like I was gonna drop it both times when all my hands were holding was the cocking rope handles with one foot in the stirrup.

Cock the bow on the ground...pull it up with a rope....load your arrow.

 

I don’t load/cock my 505 till I’m in my ladder stand, comfortably seated and securely connected to my safety rope. It’s silent and I find it vary easy. I could easily re-cock but have never done so and find it more interesting to watch another deers reaction if one’s close by. I unload, uncock and lower it down. I make sure my rope will barely let the 505 reach the ground while secured to my stirrup so it doesn’t spin. Same process if using the RDX 400.

 

Lol. Everybody is just droning on about how they do or do not cock or decock a bow in a tree, and nobody is answering the OPs question.

Acuslide is the latest and greatest for cocking and decocking. Get an acuslide bow if you can afford it. As far as decocking with acudraw, I honestly can’t remember if that was even an option. Been awhile since I’ve had a bow with acudraw. There’s also acudraw Pro, and I don’t know if even that one had decock as an option. Maybe. As far as Acudraw 50 decocking, my shadow ultra light came with that and I had it in for a few months before removing it. I’m 99% sure that you could not safely decock with the acudraw 50. It was only for cocking. At least that was the case with mine….perhaps newer models of acudraw 50 offered decocking, but I doubt it.

Get acuslide if you can.

 

I have a 4 year old RDX 400 with the ACUdraw and a Nitro 505 with the ACUSlide.
I have never used the ACUdraw to DeCock. I did re-cock the 400 after an arrow slid forward causing a dryfire event that was caught by the anti-dryfire mechanism. I used the ACUdraw to recock and successfully shot an arrow. That was some time ago and there's never been an issue and the bow has been restrung/inspected by a TP rep.
The ACUSlide on the 505 has a decock that I regularly use. I walk to my treestand/blind unloaded as I don't trust walking in wet dark times thru grape vines, etc. I cock and load once I'm settled in the treestand or blind. It's VERY easy to control the silent cocking process and I use 2-man ladder stands. I decock before lowering the 505 from the treestand or leaving the blind and feel very safe. I'm willing to give up a shot walking in/out for the safety of not carrying loaded.
I have no experience with other systems.

 

I was hoping to see more on the acudraw decock or the acudraw 50 decock. I am more interested in if either can be retrofitted to an acudraw or acudraw Pro equipped bow. Not buying a new bow.

 

No, you can't convert an Acudraw or Pro to an Acudraw Decock. The units are very different. You can't just drop in a decock unit on an old bow because the trigger box is completely different as well.