Wiskers and feathers?
 

I shoot vanes with my wisker bisket. Does or has anyone tried feathers. I have a friend who switched to feathers and he likes it better.

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I think you will find that the Whisker Biscuit will eat up the feathers real quick.

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Do you think it will or have you tried it. Like I said I know of one guy who switched and his feathers are holding up fine. I'm looking for others who have tried it and what they thought.

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Have I tried it with one of the new Biscuit models? No. But I, and a couple fellow shooters down at the shop tried using feathers with the Biscuit when it was first introduced. It did damage them fairly quickly.

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When I first tried the Biscuit, I was shooting an untrimmed original Biscuit. It did wrinkle vanes and was tough on feathers too.[:@]

The second time I tried the rests, I did follow the trimming instructions on the CAP web site. The trimming made a significant difference, IMO. I was typically getting a little "fuzzing" of the outer edge of the feather, and that was about it. The feathers should last a long time, and present no serious problems with a trimmed Biscuit, or perhaps one of the new models, which I have not yet tried. Of course, we seem to get a lot of wet weather during hunting season, so waterproofing your feathers is important. I had been using feathers two seasons ago, and got a cloud of waterproofing powder in my face when I shot my doe. Not fun!

If you fletch your own arrows, then you may want to try either Bohning or AAE Speedflyte vanes. Both work well, are very damage/wrinkle resistant, even with the older Biscuits. I am currently shooting full right helical with those vanes and they are shooting and holding up very well. The Speed Flytes are pricey, and a little more difficult to fletch due to the "tiny" base on them, but they are much lighter than the Bohnings.

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I shot tru flight feathers through an untrimmed biscuit all last year and could hardly tell a difference between them and new ones !

BUT......I switched to an offset fletch and I fletched my own arrows and made sure they were glued good & added a dab of glue to the front and back of each fletch ! It worked extremely well !

Currently I'm shooting Bohnings with a very mild helical and a new '04 biscuit and they are holding up great !!

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i made a post in the bowhunting gear review forum. it is whisker biscuit ?'s. near the end 5 shot gave a link 2 the whole review of the wisker biscuit rests. at the end of his review there is an updated part about the new ones with softer bristles.

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I have heard both, just like this thread is showing I guess:)

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ive got feathers on mine and they need too be shorter like 4 inches mine were 5 and the tips of the fletching got eatin but yes i like em

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I use feathers with mine and I have been shooting them for about a year now and have only had to refletch because of damage done by other arrows. I shoot alot and when I was using vains I had to refletch often.

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My experiance has been the same as CBM , and ncbowhunters , after thousands of shots very slight fuzzing on the edges , not even an issue , The wisker bisqet and feathers go together well .

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I've been shooting that same setup (I fletch my own) thru the WB for three years on the same batch of arrows. IMO feathers work better than vanes and produce less of a speed loss.

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i can live with changing a few fletching once and awhile, i just wish i would have switched to the WB when it first came out....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!