Wiskerbiskets any good.
 

I need a new rest and have been looking at wisker biskets. I have heard conflicting stories. Some say they are great. Others say they mess up the fletchings and enlarge the groups. What's your opinion?

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Try a search up top ! This comes up about once a week ! Good Luck !

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My opinion is: both stories are true. They're a good, simple hunting rest but would not be on my list of rests to use for competition. Even though, someone won a big tournament here while back with a WB on his bow. I forget the details, but I'm sure one of the WB fans knows all about it.

If you get one, go to the Carolina Archery website and get the instructions on how to modify it to keep from screwing your vanes up so bad.

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Depends on who you talk to. I personally don't like them.

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I wouldn't hunt with any other rest. The advantages far outweigh the dis advantages In a hunting situation (IMHO). The new brown biscuits seem to be a lot less damaging to fletchings and in my oppinion feathers work better than vains.

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I believe 5shot has an article on this.[8D]

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I don't think there is a problem with the whisker biscuit rest itself. There can be a problem if people won't set it up properly. The rest and the bow need to be tuned together with the correct spine arrow in order to have good results. The shooter also has to execute correct form because the arrow is on the bow untill its free of the rest. If a low brace height bow is critical of shooting form the whisker biscuit is even more critical. If you torque the bow the biscuit will throw the shot right where you pointed the bow last. The whisker biscuit can teach you alot about shooting your bow and you won't drop your arrow while learning. Good luck hunting!

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heck! I dont see any problems with shoots my arrows through a push broom.:D

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i myself have never used one and never will. i prefer a golden key 3d rover for hunting and competiton.




High Country all the way!!!!

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You can read this and make you own mind up. I like it a great deal but you have to understand the rest to get the most out of it.
http://www.broadheadtests.com/whiskerbisc..html

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Thanks guys I guess I have to do a little more research before my purchase.

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I absolutely love mine. I trimmed it a teeny tiney bit right where each vane goes through the whiskers and have had absolutely no problems with my vanes. It shoots great, groups very well, it is very quiet to draw with carbon arrows, and best of all... you will never never never worry about the arrow falling off the rest.
Very easy to set up, and rock solid once you get it there.
As for those who have never tried it and bash it...Don't listen to them, they don't know what they are missing. I've had two prong and plungerstyle rests. They don't even come close to being in the same league as this simple little rest.

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The WB is an excellent rest .

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the..... best

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What "Handles" failed to specify, is that the "WB" is in the little league in comparison :D:D

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can't beat it for hunting purposes

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Goes against the grain here. We've spent a whole life time trying to get rid of fletching contact for the most precise, clean, straight shooting arrow we can get. Then along comes a whisker bisquit and squeezes it through that push broom(which of course imparts drag, fletching contact etc) It rips off fletchings and must be totally redesigned by the shooter by trimming to get any where near a clean release(which it can never achieve). You won't see any on the shooting lines at the pro events. That should tell you something. If you're looking for a rest that holds the arrow in place... buy a Muzzy Zero Effect. It's the best of both worlds. Clean contact free release and you never have to worry about where the arrow is. SURE it cost a little more, but you're not refletching arrows once a week either.

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Wanna bet? There was just a thread here recently about a pro shooter who won with a WB.

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I'm guessing davidmil either has never owned a WB or does not do a very good job fletching his arrows. I"ve gone 4 years with no fletching problems, same two dozen arrows.
I might have missed it somewhere along the lines, but I have yet to see a WB owner come on and say that this is a bad rest. I've had other rests therefore I can speak first hand, especially for hunting, this one is far superior to anything else that I have tried.
Notice that I didn't put down a zero effect, or trap door? I haven't owned them. They might be great rests, but the WB is for sure.
Also just because something goes against everything you were taught doesn't mean that it is wrong.

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The wisker biscuits suck even if the inventor is from my home town. I never could get it to be dead balls on target. I now have the 3d rover on my bow it it is dead balls on target.

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Don't hold back Fieldmouse, cut right through the sugar coating and get to the puffed wheat of what you are trying to say...

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It'll put some wear on your feathers but it's worth it! Been shootin one for two years and just love it

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While some people spend their entire lifetime trying to eliminate fletching contact with the arrowrest other are happily collecting game with the whisker biscuit. Three out of the five hunters who have been successful in the Superslam of all 28 NorthAmerican big game animals used the whisker biscuit to score. Tom Hoffman, Dr. Jack Frost, and Jim Ryan are in a league of their own when it comes to hunting, they all use the biscuit and they didn't spend a lifetime eliminating fletching contact they spent it hunting. If you are going to hunt with your bow get a biscuit! Good luck hunting!

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one thing i got against them is you can't shoot feathers though em. and i hate vanes.

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You can shoot feathers through them. Feathers work pretty well in fact. The new models with the brown/black bristles are easier than ever on fletching and with some trimming they work quite well.

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I have set up dozens for customers and have to admit that once the proper precautions are taken the rests are pretty darn reliable...especially for hunting situations. I have yet to take the plunge myself with one of my own bows but I have one just sitting at home...waiting to be installed. ;)