New Bow Hunter needs equipment advise
 

I have just started aquiring equipment for bow hunting and am looking for advise. I have ordered a Mathews Switchback LD after testing a few bows but now I need to decide on what type of rest, sight and release. I have no idea on what to look for with these items. Any bits of advise would be greatly appreciated. The bow shop will put these on for me and the rig will be used primarly for backpack type hunting.

Thanks,

Haakon

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almost any sight is good anymore (mine was a tru glo from wal-mart) wisker biscut rest, caliper release

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Well as far as sights go, get something that is well made and has good pin protection(especially if you are back pack hunting). There are alot of great products out there. I hunt with a Trophy Taker drop away rest on all my bows and love it. Alot of guys love the Trphy Ridge Dropzone, and the QAD gets alot of good reviews. Point being set it up once with quality products and you should be fine.;)

Shane

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For backpack hunting I would recommend the Copper John Dead Nuts sight. I would buy the CUP guard in order to protect the pins.

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Holy moly man.......the choices are unlimited. Do you want a drop away rest, full capture rest, prong rest, flipper rest?Sights? Do you want multiple pin, single pin, pendulum?
If you're backpacking a lot, your going to need something tuff. If you force me to pin something down......

Since you'll be doing a lot of still hunting, go with the whisker biscuit. The arrow won't fall off of the rest. Sights, get something sturdy. Copper John, Montana Black Gold, Trophy Ridge, just to name a few. Release? Well, are you shooting a string loop, or off the string. With a loop I would say a TruBall Short N Sweet, off the string, TruBall Tornado.
Don't forget a good stabilizer and quiver as well.

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i would go woth cobra or trophy ridge sights for the bow any kind they make is good. Go with the whisker biscuit cause its like what mobow said. THe relase cant go wrong with a truball

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Does a release make difference on acuracy?? Becouse I have a truefire and I am looking to get a New one..

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i thasnt with me but it could just be uncomfortable to you and you might neeed to get a release that fits you a lil bit better

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I agree with Bradkoz. My sight is a Cobra but almost any quality sight will be fine. I love the whisker bisquit. For bowhunting, it is absolutely silent and it holds the arrow in place without worries as you sit on stand for hours. I use a truefire rrest that I got from Walmart on a red tag special.

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If i was setting up a bow to backpack with i would get things with the least moving parts . A whisker bisquit and a spot hog sight is what i would use.

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i cant believe what people pay for sights, my 15$ wal mart tru glo is really bight and tough(6 years, 3 bows) ive drop it out of the tree at least 5 times and sat on it bumped it,etc. as long as it strong and bright its good. i use pins that are wrapped on the pin tight or incased inside the pin for extra protection.

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Most sights out there are pretty good, but for durability, I would go with something all metal. Maybe something with a little pin light would be nice too, when you are right at the end of shooting time, you appreciate the little extra "glow".
For the rest I can't beleive no ones mentioned the ripcord. Really a great rest and will definitely be my next. Whisker bisquit's not a bad choice, as that seems to be the favorite. The main reason I'm not a big fan is the fact that the arrow is in full contact at all times. I prefer drop-aways because you worry less about fletching damage and noise, not to mention a possibility for erratic flight if you torque the bow before the arrows gone.
With a release, theres a lot of preference with comforability, but my only recomendation is don't try to set a light trigger like with a rifle. That can lead to some bad habits. Trust me on this, I know from experience.[:-]

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I use the viper sights and rip cord fallaway

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from what i've used here's my advice:

Vital bow gear sight, scott wildcat release, trophy ridge dropzone rest, any sort of stabilizer: keep it short though since you're going to use it for backpack hunting, def. get a wrist sling, and you'll probably want a peep sight: tru-peep being my fav.

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I've got a nap quicktune drop away and a copper john three pin. first time I didn't go with a cobra sight. scott little goose release.

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I have a trophy taker drop away rest, But I recomend a whisker biscuit due to the ease of tune and its forgiving nature in hunting.

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i just bought the switchback xt and i using the whisker biscuit rest.I used it on my last bow and wouldn't have it any other way. People say that it slows the arrow down butnot enough to make that much of a difference. Good luck!!!

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Most of todays sights are pretty decent. The cheap ones will do just fine. Some of them have metal housing but generally the more expensive ones are built a little better, have easier and more adjustment along with etched calibration marks, and longer extensions. Some people find these upgrades worth the money. Some don't.

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I shoot a 2003 BowTech Extreme VFT and swear by my accessories. I have the Trophy Ridge Matrix Drop Zone rest and the Trophy Ridge Matrix 5-pin sight with .019 steel pins and the night light.

Never had any problems. The rest is super easy to tune with windage on the sides for adjustmentonce it is mounted. Same with the sight. Once mounted, you have finger twist windage to move up/down/left/right. Super Easy.

Trophy Ridge products are pricey, but worth it. Reliability!

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youngbuck, I had the Nitro Extreme and loved it. The Spot-Hoggs, HHA's, Copper Johns, Impacts, Vital Bow all look like very good sights and I'm sure anyone wouldn't go wrong with them. The Viper looks pretty good, too. I'd like to own all of them. But I was quite happy with the Nitro and went with the Rhino on my new bow. It has just about everything I'm looking for in a quality sight. The only thing I can see with the Rhino that I would change is the fiber optics loop over the top of the housing and seem like they are exposed to possible bumping against something and damaging them. I can't remember if it was a TR sight or another, but I saw one that had metal mesh that attached around the fibers. Looked like a pretty good idea.

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I would go with the Cobra sights. I think they are well made and not so hard on the pocket book, depending on what model you go with.
Your choice in rests is a little more difficult. I personally didn't like the whisker Biscuit because it damages the fletchings on my arrows. I had a prong rest and it seemed to work fine for the money. I use a TKO drop away rest now an love it. Again for the cost, you can't beat it.
Releases are all the same to me except the way you hold or attach them. I like the velcro wrist straps because I can make it as tight as I like with out over or under tightening.
Quivers are all the same. Just pick one you like. Hope this helps.


Just another mans opinion.
Good luck,
Matt