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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: buglebuster on January 09, 2012, 05:13:38 PM

Title: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: buglebuster on January 09, 2012, 05:13:38 PM: Have had both before, new bow has a whisker biscuit. Leaning towards buying a drop away just want everyone's opinion.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: quadrafire on January 09, 2012, 05:17:55 PM: This debate will go on and on, depends on how busy everyone is.
My vote is WB, it is simple and it works (for hunting). If I was target/3D I might go drop away. :twocents:
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: huntergreg on January 09, 2012, 05:22:01 PM: I have used w/b for many years and it works great. I am switching to a rip cord this season. They look like they work awesome. Some of my buddy's have them and love them.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: buglebuster on January 09, 2012, 05:23:56 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on January 09, 2012, 05:17:55 PM
This debate will go on and on, depends on how busy everyone is.
My vote is WB, it is simple and it works (for hunting). If I was target/3D I might go drop away. :twocents:
You're right, for hunting you cant ask for much better, you can shoot at all angles and your arrow will never fall off.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: JohnVH on January 09, 2012, 05:37:47 PM: I dont want anything touching my arrow on the way out!
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Post by: bow-n-head on January 09, 2012, 05:38:21 PM: Drop away for me. I like the looks of the new Trophy Ridge. You get both worlds, capture and drop.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: MIKEXRAY on January 09, 2012, 05:43:34 PM: I had a WB for 2 years and never achieved the accuracy & consistency I was looking for. I put the Trophy Taker drop away on and was way out shooting even my best day with the Whisker my first shooting session after paper tuning. With the Trophy Taker full containment your arrow is always on the rest & the whale tail always picks it up & is ready to go at full draw. Drop away for sure, I have not tried a bunch but am very happy with this one. Mike
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: kglacken on January 09, 2012, 06:01:54 PM: I like the idea of a drop away rest and I was thinking about changing from a WB to a drop away, but then I thought to myself, I dont have problems with it, the arrow never falls out during a stalk or drawing the bow, My accuracy is not effected by it so why switch?
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: 724wd on January 09, 2012, 06:35:27 PM: I've got a QAD hunter and never had a lick of problems! :tup:
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Post by: sled on January 09, 2012, 06:40:15 PM: I think its all been said already. I have the biscuit. I am thinking about the change though.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: jrebel on January 09, 2012, 08:31:59 PM: Have shot with both and this is what I found out....

1. People talk about the whisker biscuit slowing down your arrow. I chrono'd both and the wisker biscuit slowed my arrow down 3-4 fps....negligable at best.
2. I shot a whisker buscuit for 2 years and I shoot year around, it takes a ton (300+ estimate) shots per arrow before I saw any fletching wear. I shoot blazer veins. I never replaced my whisker buscuit and had literally thousands of shots through it. They last forever.
3. The wisker buscuit does hold your arrow, but I found whilel stalking in dense cover my arrow would get mashed in the whiskers, so I sitll had to check and adjust prior to the shot.
4. I found the whisker buscuit to be a little loud when drawing.
5. I switched back to a Rip Cord drop away rest this last year and Love it. It is quite and seems to work really well.

My synopsis is both worked really well, but for some reason I found myself with a drop away. I would have no problem shooting either. The nice thing is whisker buscuits are really cheep so you should try both and see what works best for you.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: buglebuster on January 09, 2012, 08:38:10 PM: Thanks for the input guys, I think ill go down to the bow shop and check out some drop away.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: JJB11B on January 09, 2012, 08:52:54 PM: Quote from: huntergreg on January 09, 2012, 05:22:01 PM
I have used w/b for many years and it works great. I am switching to a rip cord this season. They look like they work awesome. Some of my buddy's have them and love them.
I have had a Ripcord on all my bows...I like them. I did have a whisker biscuit and hated it
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: JLS on January 09, 2012, 09:06:06 PM: I've used both and prefer my Ripcord over the WB.
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Post by: buck man on January 10, 2012, 12:21:12 AM: Drop away trophy taker :tup:
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Post by: PolarBear on January 10, 2012, 12:21:59 AM: :yeah:
It's got to be a Trophy Taker or it won't be on my bow.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 10, 2012, 12:26:27 AM: Trophy taker for me :tup: Have hunted with a biscuit before and it worked well. Still run them on a few bows and my wifes bow as well.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: jechicdr on January 10, 2012, 07:23:05 PM: Had whisker biscuit, Trophy Taker Dropaway and NAP Quiktune Sizzor. Whisker biscuit was great, but destroyed a lot of fletchings if I shot a lot. Trophy taker, I think was set wrong and would drop away too quickly, so was impossible to tune. Could have tried to fix it, but bought the Sizzor which makes adjustment of the timing easy. I get the benefit of full containment, holding the arrow as long as I want it to, and yet have it release before the fletchings reach the rest, which makes it easy to tune. My field tips are on the plate out to 80 yards and my broadheads out to 70 yards are on the plate 3/4 of the time. I think the other 1/4 is poorer form rather than the bow tuning.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: hughjorgan on January 10, 2012, 07:50:55 PM: Started out with a whisker biscuit but ended up wanting to try a drop away and have had one since. I shoot a limb driver Pro v provides full containment and no worries about timing. Great rest.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: Special T on January 12, 2012, 04:52:34 PM: I use a dropp away fater having a WB... Better acuracy. The other option is the OCTAINE rest or the NAP ??quick tune?? They hold the arrow with 3 brushes so ther is no fletching contact. My wifes bow has an Octaine...

Got to agree on the hunting vs 3d/target shooting tho.
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: jmx369 on January 12, 2012, 08:49:53 PM: Drop away!
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: doyourtime89 on January 13, 2012, 10:08:15 AM: drop away is my vote...but to be fair I have never shot with a whisker biscuit...just have always have great success with a drop away...no reason to try a WB
Title: Re: drop away or whisker biscuit?
Post by: Camp David on January 13, 2012, 10:34:46 AM: I tried a WB for a while...could never achieve perfect (or close to) bare shaft flight. Drop away for me. Take a look at this picture. I took an aluminum arrow shaft split it length wise and glued it to the shelf of the riser. I covered it with tanned deer skin. The arrow sits in the "cradle" and you can turn the bow almost upside down without it falling out. The drop away lifts the arrow out of the cradle for the shot. Works great. I found this in an archery book......I take no credit for it.