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For those that do a lot of shooting/hunting with bow, what is your preference for a type of arrow rest, drop away or containment like Whisper biscuit? Thinking of going to the Trophy Ridge Whisker Biscuit V Max. Currently shooting the Easton 5mm Axis Pro Shafts and feel they are a little sloppy on the current rest.
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QAD has never let me down
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When my whisker biscuit finally dies I'll probably go with a QAD, but I'm completely happy with it til then. Some people trash on them, but my bow shoots consistent and I've "Robin Hooded" 4 times with it now at 35yds, so accuracy hasn't been a problem with mine.
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June 26, 2021, 08:49:43 AM »
I ran the Whisker for years. My take on em are; perfect in the woods, crawling in the brush etc. Good shooting to 45y. Compensates flight when bow is off or out of tune. I switched to QAD drop and it is so much better shooting longer ranges but bow must be tuned good of course. Quiet. Tough. I love em. It is old now and can get a little sticky in action on occasion. Like the capture feature to keep arrow in place and the thumb actuator.
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June 26, 2021, 09:25:54 AM »
I shoot a rip cord fall away. I concur that my groups are smaller and range extended. I had a whisker as my first rest. It got wore out and i switched.
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i finally put a ripcord drop away this year after years of a trophy taker drop away. id def recommend ripcord. as far as whisker biscuit, nothing wrong with them, but i had it explained like this; you want nothing touching that arrow once you release it, too much potential for failure/arrow flight change. i had one on my very first bow 20 years ago and it worked fine, but im of the mindset to keep everything off the arrow once i release it to prevent any potential mishaps.
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Ripcord for me.
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June 26, 2021, 01:41:38 PM »
Ripcord for me too. Kids shoot a whisker biscuit and am plenty happy with them too. I think the whisker biscuit is plenty sufficient for new hunters at reasonable ranges. hunting partner uses the QAD and he like it too. Lots of good options out there.
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I'm running a hamskea from a whisker biscuit and it's night and day difference.
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June 26, 2021, 02:22:16 PM »
I agree drop away for me. I've been very happy with QAD and trophy ridge pro smackdown rest. I've got a couple bows set up that way. Got tierd of burning through whisker biscuits but I also do alot of shooting.
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Hamskea hybrid hunter. It’s a limb driven fall away rest which is awesome because it’s so easy to set up and much easier to fix in the field than a cable drive fall away rest.
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Shot QADs for the better part of a decade. Made the switch to a VaporTrail Gen 7x and I have no complaints.
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Quote from: Taco280AI on June 26, 2021, 06:09:26 AM
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Like the majority have said the fall away rest is the way to go. I’d go with a good limb driven fall away rest like a hamskea or vapor trail. Like burrows said the simplicity of the set up and easily fixable in the field.
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