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Looking for some comments on a Whisker Biscuit. I have a 80 pound Bowtech Gaurdian and use Gold Tip Big Game 100' with broadheads. Do allot of hunting in South Africa and would say that 50% is walk and stalk and the rest is sitting in pitblinds. Any advise on a better arrow rest for this type of hunting?

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Sounds like you already have it figured out.
Doubt you could find a better arrow rest than the Biscuitfor the type hunting you described.


Sag.

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WB can't even compare with it... It's made by bowtech. You won't have any vane contact. You will be able to shoot different arrow dia. Does not make noise like the WB. For a containment arrow rest, this is what you want.. I have owned a WB, hands down go with the hostage, you won't be sorry.

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I never was really too impressed with the WB. A lot of people here like it and swear by them, but I had way to many problems with fletchings. I was having to refletch too much, and fletchings were deforming way too quickly, so I decided to go with a drop away. However, based on the type of hunting you are doint, I would say you would need some sort of full containment arrow rest. The one that Rev recommended seems like it would do a good job and there wouldn't be near as much fletching contact with that on when compared to the WB.

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There is no fletching contact on the hostage.. That's the thing I didn't like about the WB. When I went to blazers, it made a loud noise. I guess the stiffness of the blazers were too hard on the whiskers.
Quick tune make a good one too, it's the 360 same thing, no contact with your fletching. This is great for hunters that spot and stalk or hunt in lots of wind.

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The Hostage does look likethe better rest, Rev.
Have to agree with you on that one.


Sag.

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I will agree 100%. I set my Guardian up with one and LOVE it! It says on the website not to use it with Axis arrows, but the shop owner and I paper tuned it with FMJ's and had zero problems. I went home, walk back tuned, and now I am shooting out to 80 yds. with it just fine. For what you are looking for I can't think of a better rest.

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j,

You have the best hunting arrowrest made on your bow.

The whisker biscuit is the most reliable rest in the field.

Properly set up its quiet to draw and silent at the shot.

And if the arrow gets bumped while on the stalk it recenters it for you.

Sitting in the blind or in a tree with the bow on your lap the arrow stays on the rest and same as in a stalk, if it gets bumped it recenters itself.

And its deadly accurate too.

The whisker biscuit is the most imitated rest in the world, and its still the best hunting rest.

Good luck hunting! >>>------------>

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Although I use the WB and have had good luck with it, I would like to try one of the new Hostage rests. My only real issue with WB is that I need to change biscuits to shoot various diameter arrows. I have a small biscuit for the Axis and A/C Super Slims, a medium for the Excel and Maximas, and a large for the CE Terminators. Each of the biscuits mounts just a little different in the housing - close, but requires a small amount of tweaking to get things dailed in. I have never had any issues with noise or fletching damage, however, using the 2" Blazers.

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If you are an accuracy freak like me and you want it pinpoint not just hunting accurate then go with a full containment dropaway. As far as I know there are only two produced. The QAD and the Ripcord. I use the QAD and it shoots amazing but do to adjustability problems of it hitting the TEC riser on my hoyt I am forced to look at other options. I may try on a Ripcord and see how much I can adjust it. With either of these drop aways you can cock it up so that your arrow is always contained no matter what. Ifthe arrowgets bumped it will settle back into the center of the rest. Plus you have the accuracy of a drop away. Im not saying the others are not accurate but from what I have found they are most accurate for me.

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I have personally tested the B-2 Whisker Biscuit on a Hoyt bow, using a Hooter-Shooter to hold the bow. And at 35yards the bow shot the arrow through the biscuit into the exact same hole twelve times in a row.

Any bow and arrowrest will need to be tuned in order to give the results we want.

The Whisker Biscuit is more than capable of producing accurate shots, if the bow is in tune. And it does it without any of the mechanical contrivances of the dropaway rests, which can fail.

And failure is not an option.

Good luck hunting! >>>------------>

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I actually bought one of these rests to compare with my Whisker Biscuit. At first glance it looks cheaper being made of polymerand all but it seemed to be sturdy.

It's smaller than the Whisker Biscuit which I thought might give those who shoot larger vanes/feathers clearance problems but I had none with my standard height 4in vanes.

It does not hold the arrow in place like the W/B does, if bumped it will fall through the bristles and clank against the frame. Mole skin (provided) is a must if you use this rest. The W/B is a mole skin free rest and the arrow even if bumped will (as mentioned) reset itself back into position.

Shooting anything with more than a slight offset will cause the vanes to run into the bristles. You can rotate the arrow so that the leading edge of the vanes don't hit but then the trailing edge will. I shot both my standard 4deg offset with no problems but when I shot helical vanes they hit the bristles.

All and all depending on what arrows you use it seemed to be a decent rest but I will not be using it. It's no way near the rest a Whisker Biscuit is and I will probably end up giving it away on one of "BigJ's Late Night Giveaways" soon.

Stick with the Whisker Biscuit IMHO it's a better rest for what you will be doing.

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If you have gotten that kind of accuracy great, but me and my buddies did not. The WB is a great hunting rest with hunting type accuracy. That is just my opinion. I need to have perfect accuracy or my confidence falls into the basement, if ya know what I mean. I simply said that the drop aways are my kind of rest and the QAD serves it's purpose as a great hunting rest with awesome accuracy.

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look forward to staying up burning holes in my computer screen...LMAO:D

seriously though, i would love to try this rest in comparison to my whisker biscuit.

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I put a WB on my Hoyt Magnatech this year and I really like it. Now I will say I have been fletching more than usual. Maybe I should try those blazers.


Spudrow from Mo

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You just missed it TEmbry15.....I just gave it away tonight.:D

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I love my WB. It's great for stalking and hunting from the ground which I do a fair amount.

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Well guys, believe it or not... I still use this:


Yeah, I know... The NAP Quiktune 1000 is so outdated and "old school", but hey, it works...
Mine is still setup perfectly and hasn't moved a millimeter or gone south on me at all. It's simple and easy, and like I said,it just works... [8D]

Butch A.

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This rest would be my reccommendation if it can be shot on the guardian.

http://www.vitalgear.net/fallaway-arrow-rests.php


check out the video

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Had someone tell me to take astraight razor and thin the bristles on the wb some on both the front and back side and it would reduce the fricion and drag and noise,anybody ever try this? They said to leave just enough bristles that it would still hold the arrow without falling through.

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I would def. go with the QAD Ultra-Rest. Total arrow capture, plus the benefits of a drop-away. Also you can draw back, and let down without the rest falling, it only falls when you shoot your arrow,another great feature the Ultra-Rest offers.
Check out the website video, and I'm sure you'll go with this product.
http://www.qadinc.com/c-5-.aspx