RE: Arrow Rest Nostalgia
Yep! Been there done that. Once past the state of confusion, I have never had the tuning problems that so many seem to have these days. Maybe I have just been lucky. I know it is probably not the case....I think, but it seems that many of today's bowhunters spend more time tuning, fixing, and replacing their gear, than bowhunting.
Once I began to comprehend that the most critical aspect of bowhunting was to get the arrow away from me and my bow as quick as possible and as hindrance-free as possible; simplicity, reliability, and the capability to fix a breakdown in the field, or miles from my tackle box, and put the rest back together and reinstall the rest so that the "tune" was the same or near the same, became the order of the day.
These days, once I have installed (anchored) and tuned my rest on my bows, compounds and recurves, my arrow rest is not something I think about unless something in my arrow flight changes or a rest breaks down…..which (breakdown) has never happen to me. Thank you, GKF!