Need Help!!

Knockmdead · Dec 29, 2006

I am looking for a new rest and dont know which way to go.

I like the security of the Whisker Biscuit but have some concerns about it. I also like the fall aways.

Which is the best rest and why?

any info would be of great help making this decision.

Thanks,

Jeff

Broadside_Shot · Dec 29, 2006

I use the original Trophy Taker Drop Away on both my hunting bow and my tournament bow. There are many good rests out there but this is what I use. The drop aways take some getting use to. The reason I use a drop away is there is no fletching contact at all and I like to put a helical on my arrows.

fin little · Dec 29, 2006

I have a Trophy Ridge Dropzone on one bow and a Muzzy Zero Effect on the other. I've also used an original Trophy Taker on a bow I sold. There all good but I like the MZE best of the 3. Its simple , quiet and bullet proof. I also like the arm it has to keep broadheads off my hand. Cabelas sells an arrow holder that holds the arrow to the shelf until the drop away pulls it up. Should work well for hunting with any drop away.For what its worth.

shedfreak91 · Dec 30, 2006

THe Whisker bicuit is the only way to go!

coonhound40 · Dec 30, 2006

I'm sold on the Trophy Taker, I've been using it for 5 years and have had "0" problems.

I have on the other hand hunted with 2 different people that shoot the wisker and they love it for the security. However, my observations were during late November hunts with freezing temps and snow and both of my buddies had a ton of frozen snow in the wiskers. They didn't shoot at anything but I would assume that frozen snow would be a problem. I have seen a spray in some of the archery catalogs that is supposed to prevent freeze up. I would wonder about the smell?

couesmaster · Dec 30, 2006

i just had my new bow set up with the rip cord drop away rest. i am still getting used to it . my buddy shoots the muzzy zero effect drop away rest and their is no way for the arrow to fall off the rest i wish i would have gotten it . cabelas sells it if you go to archery talk .com they compare about 12 different rests.

canhunter · Dec 30, 2006

I shoot the Trophy Ridge DZ and love it and I have shot the Trophy Taker Shakey but it seems to make more noise on the fall. Will be trying the WB just to see if it really is what they say. First time ever my loop was to the side while waiting for buck to step out in cold snow storm. My nock was froken to the string, and when I drew back the arrow pulled off the rest before it picked it up. I have never had that happen before. I would bet the whisker biscuit would have been frozen into a solid wall. I don't know but have to find out because I would have killed that buck then instead of three days later and 30 degrees colder if using a rest that totally held the arrow. Luckily you can buy the WB cheap enough just to try it out.

Outdoordan · Dec 30, 2006

Whisker bisquit. For hunting the best. IMO. Fly's great and you can't bump the arrow off the rest. It also has no strings or mechanics, etc. Also, the price is right.

huntindudley · Dec 31, 2006

Another big vote for the whisker biscuit. If you are a tourniment shooter you might look at some of the fall aways, but if you are a hunter the biscuit is the only way to go. Some people will tell you how the biscuit will slow your arrow down and ruin your vains... They may slow it down by a few feet per second but that's not enough to notice. And as far as the vains go, they can be a little hard on the vains but there are easy ways around that too. If your vains get waves in them just dip them in boiling water and they'll streighten right out. Or you could just go with 2" blazer vains and no more vain problems plus you get those feet per second back.

fugitive · Jan 1, 2007

IMO i didnt really like the whisker biscuit. While i was using it i just couldn't figure out why my groups where so big. Even at 20 yards my groups were up to 5 inches. I switched over to an old 2 prong rest i found in my old hunting stuff and immediately my groups shrunk considerably

fugitive · Jan 1, 2007

P.S. I had problems with it pulling the tips of my vanes from the arrow so i was always refletching them.

Knockmdead · Jan 2, 2007

Thanks for the imput guys. I might be a little more confused now about what to do. I thought that maybe there would be a little more of a majority saying one type of rest but it looks like it is pretty split on oppions. I guess I will have to keep doing more reschearch on the subject.

Any additional info would be great.

Thanks,

Jeff

canhunter · Jan 2, 2007

Jeff, I don't know for sure, but I have not seen a target archer shooting a WB yet. That says something to me, and I don't believe in the saying "close enough for hunting". Hunting is not target shooting, but I tend to watch and observe what they do and see if it will apply to my hunting rig. Usually it is a modified version or set up based on something the target guys use. They are usually the trend setters of new technology or equipment. If my groups opened up even a fraction then no WB for me.