RE: Drop away rest vs. Wisker bisket???
I would like to add no matter how fast your bow shoots it will never be faster then the speed of sound. Your bow could shoot 400 fps and a deer will still jump the string. I laugh at it to often guys wanting to make their bows faster to give them a better chance against a deer jumping the string. I used to be like that too untill logic hit me like a ton of bricks I said to myself what the heck am I thinkin this makes no sense unless by some stroke of luck they would ever make a bow that shoots a arrow faster than 700 fps, Fast bows string slap is louder for obvious reasons.
So I decided to look at from a different perspective in which I have become a more successful bowhunter because of it. I decided Ok a bow that shoots atleast 240 fps is plenty velocity to send a arrow clean through a deer even with lighter arrows say 350 grain shaft and broadhead togther. I forgot about speed and started focusing on how to make a bow quieter when shot. Heres what I shoot A browning Eclipse SL single cam with a 31 inch draw and 2315 xx78 super slam shaft cut at 31 inches with a 100 grain hammerhead mechanical broadhead, spike 3 pin fiber optic sight, nap quick tune 800 rest, 8 inch X-ring Hydraulic, stableizer, SVL limb savers, asfar as string accessories I use Whisker style string silencers a kisser button and a rope style D-Loop. My release aid is a cobra caliper style release I know most of you laugh at cobra products but I got it on clearence at wal mart for 3 dollars and it works just as good as my free fletch which i payed 70 bucks for. My setup projects a almost 500 grain arrow at 237 fps and it shoots as quiet as my My grand daddies 40 lbs Bear recurve which I have had in posession for 10 years since his death. I can't complain I've killed more deer with this setup in two years then I did in the 6 years before, I believe I cured the problem to deer jumping the string.