Now, let me start this off by saying that I have never been a huge fan of the WB, however, I feel it is an effective rest. I've been shooting the NAP SmartRest since last March. I've been a big fan of dropaways and haven't seen any reason to switch, but it has been stated that the WB is not accurate past 20 yards and I decided to test that theory. I had one of the basic model WBs in a box here at the house, so I threw one on my Allegiance last night.





After taking my SmartRest off I leveled the bow (got it close, anyway.)



I installed the WB and made sure everything was leveled and lined up.





Now, I don't have access to a paper tuning rack here at the house, so I skipped that step. I took it for granted that the majority of the WBs I've set up have torn darn near close to perfect by just eyeballing them when setting them up, which seemed to be the case here.

In my backyard, if I open my gate and step back all the way to the street and I get exactly 40 yards to my target. I was hoping to get out to where I normally shoot which allows for 90+ yard shots, but I figured 40 would suffice for this experiment. I didn't bother to resight the bow in, so it was shooting a little low, but again I assumed that consistancy would suffice.

I stepped back to my 20 yard mark and shot three arrows;



I stepped back to 30 yards and shot three arrows;



I did the same for 40 yards;



I don't know, but I didn't notice a whole lot of difference between the groups, myself. They all shot a bit low for how I had the sights set with my SmartRest, which is what I expected. I am by no means a target shooter and honestly haven't had the time to really shoot my bow in the last few weeks. I wouldn't be extremely happy with the way I'm shooting if this were the week before season, but for having just put the rest on, not resighted the bow, and the fact that it was cold enough that by the time I was done shooting I couldn't feel my fingers, I'm happy.

I'll be reinstalling the SmartRest before deer season, but I may hunt turkeys with the WB this spring. We'll see.

My findings; the WB is just as accurate as a drop away. Go figure.