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What rest do have on your hunting bow? I went from a tm prong rest to a trophy taker shakey hunter.

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TT original on my Mighty Mite, putting a Shakey on my new bow.

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The TT is a very good decision. Rock solid, and very accurate. I just put one on my bow and couldn't be happier.

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MY Fav. hunting rests are the Dropzone & the Shakey Hunter - bith are great rests in my opinion.

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Trophy Taker Shakey Hunter!

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GKF Royal Hunter with horse shoe launcher.

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At the moment I have a GKF Golden Premier on the hunting bow and a GKF Infiniti on the 3D bow.

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I've preferrred the bodoodle rests for hunting for some time now. I keep the launchers coated with my wifes' clearcoat fingernail polish, and it is whisper quiet. Rugged, moving parts are kept to a minimum. It has never let me down.

I am however considering using a Whisker Biskit QS this year. The accuracy is fine at normal hunting distances, and seeing as I use carbons, there is no noise. (aluminums squeek unless you use fingernail polish on them--yikes!) I like the fact that is is totally contained, no chance of "tinging" on the side of the riser or anything else. One less thing to worry about. Very simple, very rugged. My customers love them. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12

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Pinwheel 12 wrote:

Surely the end is near... :)

I'm also giving the WB QS a very hard look for this fall...

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WB Quick Shot Deluxe !! Love it !! :D

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I currently have the APA ultimate rest on my bow you guys looking at the whisker bisquit should check it out for an alternative containment rest. I also recieved a trophy taker as a gift and am going to run a comparison test between the two I will post the results as soon as I have them.

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The whisker biscuit quik-shot deluxe works great on my bows. The biscuit does what a rest is supposed to do and more, it keeps your arrow on the bow. Good luck hunting!

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I have the Nap Quicktune 3000 micro rest on at this moment but I am giving serious thought to the Whisker biscuit this fall for hunting.

nubo

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First time fall away user with a Drop Zone and I love it. Lemme tell about helical!

Fritz

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Just put the Drop Zone on my new Outback. Love It!!! Alittle spendy, but love it.

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If anyone has any any questions about the accuracy of the Whisker Biskit QS Deluxe, go to this thread

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showth...threadid=58330

Jim Despart just shot an amazing Vegas round with one the other night. If anyone had any inklings or thoughts of inconsistency with this rest, forget about them-- this rest is as good as any other on the market when it comes to this. Jimmy is so confident with this rest he is now taking it to the Vegas shoot and putting his money where his mouth is. Just more proof that you do NOT "need" a fallaway rest to be accurate.

Case closed. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12

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HOW BOUT THE MUZZY ZE. HAD ONE ON MY Q2XL AND IT WORKED GREAT!
AND NOW I GOT ONE FOR MY OUTBACK.

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Pinwheel 12

I am considering switching to a Bodoodle rest, and am wondering why you are thinking of switching to a WB, since you have had such good success with Bodoodle? Oh, I shoot Aluminum.

Thanks

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GK Rover prong rest

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Oldguy-

Nothing wrong with a Bodoodle! The only thing that really intrigues me is when still hunting (creeping around at mid day) the WB will keep your arrow in the exact spot, without worry of banging anything or falling off. I crawl around alot during that time of day, and have actually shot alot of my bucks with this method. It always bugged me that I had to continually keep an eye on my arrow, which distracted me from what I should be concentrating on---keeping an eye on things ahead of me.

A close friend shot a dandy buck while still hunting this year with the WB, and said he couldn't believe how well it worked. Never had to think about it.

The Bodoodle has never let me down and is a superb rest--I've taken many game animals including turkey. (toughest animal to hit with a bow IMHO this side of grouse or pheasant) But I'm always looking for something better. I think the new 2004 WBQSD will be the ticket to try on my new Merlin Max-Xtreme this year. ;) Good shooting, Pinwheel 12

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Yeah, but Kevin, you know somebody is going to come on and comment....... "But was there a broadhead attached to those arrows?"

Actually, I have been kicking around the idea of giving one of the new biscuits a try myself. They sell a ton of them down at the local shop here as well.

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Albertakid has it right.

If your are thinking about a Wisker Biscut you should really check out the APA ultimate rest.

All the benefits of a Wisker Biscut without any fletch contact.

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The APA is a solid rest as well. One thing I mentioned to Nibal (CEO of APA) at the show was the fact that IMHO they need to have the tubing completely covering the metal "containment border"---otherwise you can get the same "tinging" as any other rest with them should the arrow flop around inside the border at any time. Nibal said they have fleece material that can wrap around the border and help to eliminate that. Good solid functional rest. I especially liked the sideloader which IMO was much more rugged than the other standard one I also tried. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12

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Nah. That can't be right. He had to be cheating somehow.[8D]

That definitely IS suprizing, to tell the truth.

Really, the only thing I truly disliked about the WB was loading an arrow into them was a pain. The new style with the cutout, now I could go for that. If I ever go back to shooting sights and release, that is. I shot a recurve with a bristle rest in the 70's. Only difference with the WB is the direction the bristles are pointing. ;)

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Art-

Not surprising really---all three fletches go through the biskit at exactly the same time, and this helps to stabilize the arrow. I couldn't believe it when I tried them myself either, but they are the real deal---the new ones have much softer and quieter bristles and are colored brown.

Frank-

They do quite well with broadheads too! Honestly! The big myth that they're 'no good' has been effectively "squashed"----sort of like the huge myth that you need the fastest bow built to effectively take game or win at 3D-- or the even bigger myth that solocams never need tuning or all have level nock travel!;) Sooner or later everyone will come around on all of these and other issues once better educated--- it's alot like dogs getting into porcupines---some learn after one bite, some it takes a few, and some just never learn.... LOL.[8D]:D:D Good shooting, Pinwheel 12

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The Bodoodle Pro-500 has been my favorite hunting rest the past few years but I can see why everyone likes the new Biscuit with the cut-out.
The Biscuit is one ugly son of a gun though. [:'(]
It does not enhance the look of your equipment at all.
It looks terrible on Jimmy D's target bow.
But, for hunting, who cares ?


Sag.

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Pro500's are a great rest- I've used them for a couple of years on my hunting rig. I put a Trophy Taker Shakey on my Merlin hunting bow and have started to use for target shooting as well. I've now shot my best scores ever with the TT- you'll be hard-pressed to get me to take that rest off now!

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No matter what comes out on the market, people will buy it;) Call it advertising, design, construction or what ever you want people will always want something different, color, size etc. Most every product on the archery market will do what it's intended to do and there is allways someone that is there to "push" it. Sort out the good with the bad for yourself and make your purchase, then you will know for yourself if the product lives up to other's claims;)

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Kevin,

Oh, I know they are a great hunting rest. I have set up quite a few of them and never had any real complaints (other than the typical fletching damage issues initially). My comment earlier was in reference to what someone might say in regard to Jim's accomplishment. There will always be naysayers on just about every subject...:)

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No there won't...

:)

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Dang you, Rangeball! I hate it when Dr. Pepper comes squirting out my nose and soaks my keyboard![:'(]

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very witty rangeball, congrats on a bbs score[8D]

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Glad to be of service... :)

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Maybe if Jimmy cleans Vegas again this year I might be vindicated for my years worth of leading the Whisker Bisquit Cult...Nahhh....I'll still be beat up like the Mathews guys...LOL...

Mayber if Jimmy wins the shoot off this year I'll be vindicated...Nope...Somebody's going to have to win an IBO or ASA major event with one....LOL

Frankly, I'm not sure there is anyone on these boards as consistently accurate as Jimmy Despart. If the rest works for him and Pinwheel it's going to work for the rest of us.

I set this rest up on my own without a pro-shop. The naysayers want you to think it's difficult. It was a Hell of a lot easier to set up than any two prong I have tried.

Accuracy is great too.. I've robinhooded arrows at 40 yds, shot 6" groups at 60, and killed a caribou at 50, all with fixed blade broadheads at 280 fps and "crappy" GoldTip XT arrows. How more accurate does it need to be?

I had to switch to a Copper John drop away to stay legal in the NFAA Bowhunter Freestyle Division (any rest that is 1/4" above the arrow is illegal) and my scores have not gone up a single point. If drop aways were supposed to be so darned good why haven't they gone up?

The Whisker Bisquit....it's not just for hunting anymore [8D]

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WHISKER BISCUIT proud and storng