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Old 04-13-2006 | 08:16 AM
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Mykey
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Default RE: Biscuit vs open rests

My thoughts on the WB is this.I installed one on my bow a while back and shot it for about 2 months of hard shooting so i feel like i gave it a fair try but it just wasn't for me. I found the WB to be extremely quite on the draw and on the shot with my Goldtips. A couple feathers on my arrows got ripped off to begin with but then i started putting a little dab of goatuff glue on the leading edge of the fletching and it didn't happenanymore. The very edge of the feathers showed some wear but it didn't seem to affect the flight of the arrow in anyway.
Now for the accuracy. I found the WB to be just as accurate as any of the other rest i've used out to about 40yds and i say this because thats about my limit when i shoot. Let me add that i'ma deer hunter and hunt strickly from treestands. I shot the WB with very good accuracy on the ground with both field points and broadheads. My problemstarted once i gotelevated in a treestand. I would have several arrows to hit the bulleye but just could not get away from an occasional flyer. I know i don't have perfect form and i have no doubt that the flyers were coming from my form/grip not being consistent. IMO the WB with it's total capture isn't as forgiving as some of the other rest out there and if there are any flaws in your form/grip it will bring them out or at least i feel that was the case with me.I loved the WB and it's design with it's arrow capture and simplicity and i tried to talk myself into keeping it and hunting with it but accuracy means everything to me and i just wasn't 100% confident with the occasional flyer i kept getting while using it. I've went back to aGKF premier that i converted to a fallaway andi don't get those flyers and thats the main reason i say it was me and not the WB. I think the WB is an excellent hunting rest no doubt about that but i personallyalso think it's not for everyone. Confidence is everything when shooting a bow, gun or even a slingshot as far as that goes and i just didn't have it 100% with the WB. Don't take this post the wrong way because i am in no way bashing the WB. Heck,i may even buy another one some day and give it another try. Again this is just my opinion based on my experience with the WB, and we know what they say about opinions.
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