RE: WB; not accurate?
 

Why??........this is a bowhunting forum. We are talking about bowhunting right?



But you won't..........unless you want to be the only guy in the woods with a back tension release and a spring steel rest and a 2 foot stabilizer hanging off your rig.


I don't shoot targets...........I hunt so I look to hunters. More use a WB then any other rest. You like to follow the crowd Jeff......which is why you had one in the first place ;)


Agreed.

RE: WB; not accurate?
 

I can understand what you mean, Jeff.

My reason for posting this thread was this;

A lot of people use HNI to do their product research before they buy. If someone (who works for a pro shop) says that this rest won't be accurate past 20 yards, the inexperienced hunter may take it for gospel and never try it for themselves. I [generally] buy two or three rests and try them out before I decide which one I really like, a lot of people won't spend the money or take the time to do that.

In a hunting situation, which is what I had in mind fot this thread because we're in a hunting forum, this rest will be just as accurate at 40 yards as it is at 20, even in the hands of a not world class shooter.

RE: WB; not accurate?
 

Yeah....(And I REALLY don't wanna argue with you Atlas)....but we're also talking about dispelling accuracy myths. Who's more accurate than the guys shooting paper? .....and why WOULDN'T we cite what they're using?

We're actually discussing an arrow rests accuracy. If you wanna pick nits, I guess this could go in the product review forum.

(Have no idea why you wanna go the places you do:eek:)

The real reason I had one is because my shop suggested it for me.....when I was a beginner. I didn't know there was anything different until I had a reason to change.

Again....I don't want to argue with you about this. I'm just answering your questions, honestly.

Done.

RE: WB; not accurate?
 

Nice shoot'in brother! Yep! Took a doe at 53 yards with my WB this year. Love it.

RE: WB; not accurate?
 

Because it doesn't apply to bowhunting.......2 different worlds. You would get the same response if you said your hunting gear was best for target shooters because it works flawlessly in the woods. I don't think many target shooters will be using a SIMS S-Coil any sooner then they would a WB.


See above..........wash presented a hunting scenerio and it was clear he meant it in that scope. The Vegas targets prove it's scope is greater but that's not what he wanted to show.


Just obvious observation.......you start off with a Mathews when they were supposedlya "cool" bow to have........then jumped on the Bowtech bandwagon..........WB to drop away............how long until you are on the 3D course with all the gear andobsessive attitude??.........took you about 3 seconds to want to be included into the "mature" big buck hunting club..........you're already onto trad gear........LOL

It's just who you are............how others perceive you is just as or more important then anything else to you. If you were a northern guy in the late 80'sI have little doubt you would have had about 10 ski tags hanging off your jacket.

I don't mean the above as an insult..........justan abservation. To each his own.

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This thread was not started as a means to debate which is better, why it's better, or any of that. There was a statement made in a thread last night about the whisker buscuit NOT being an accurate rest beyond 20 yards. And while several people stated it in fact is, the point was ....well, not argued really, but questioned. This thread was done to prove the point that the WB IS in fact an accurate rest, or at least as accurate as the guy shooting it.

Thanks Dan, that's pretty cool.

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Nice, little "review" Dan, that's impressive shooting as well. Especially on 9 consecutive shots [8D]:D.


At the shop, I probably sell WB's 4 to 1 over any other rest. I'll recommend both, just by judging the customer. I see more customers this past year wanting to go to drop aways.

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How many of those customers do you tell that the WB isn't as accurate though, Matt?

Not trying to be a pain or anything, I'm just curious. You seemed pretty adament about it last night here, are you the same way at the shop?

RE: WB; not accurate?
 

When a customer asks my opinion. I tell them I prefer a drop away, and thats what I shoot. Most of the time they'll ask about a WB, and I'll say it's a great hunting rest. That way, I don't talk them down. If its the type of person who drags their bow out 1 week before season, and then puts it back after season, I'll tell them a WB would be better suited. I HONESTLY have never told anyone that has come into the shop that WB's aren't accurate. I've never been asked that question. I will say that they CAN damage vanes.

That's a fact though, I know I'll have people say that this isn't true if it's set up properly. Some will damage vanes and some won't. I don't know why it does it to only a certain few. When I was shooting a WB, I never had vane trouble, but I've had it happen to people who's bows I've set up. Even ones that tear perfect bullet holes.

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I think the WB's track record speaks for itself. I'll never shoot one, but I don't think it's a bad rest. Those Vegas targets show it's very consistent as well.

BTW, that's some nice shootin' Dan.