DarrinG
Six Pointer
I readily admit, I'm still from the old school. I like my equipment simple and follow the KISS method most of the time. In bowhunting, I look at my equipment with the thought that if something can go wrong at the worst time, it probably will. That's why I shoot a traditional bow the majority of the time. However, I still enjoy shooting a compound also.
I'm at a dilemma with an arrow rest. I have been shooting a Whisker Biscuit Kill Shot. While some don't like them, I find they are a fantastic, simple yet effective hunting rest. My issue is I am tired of wrinkled, wavy, eat-up vanes. I tried a brush-style capture rest and was totally dissatisfied with it in no time (NAP 360). I don't even like the thoughts of a drop away rest. Too much moving parts to fail for my tastes. Yeah, I'm sure folks have shots gazillions of shots without issues, but Murphy's Law catches me too often, and I have no desire to shoot a fall away rest, right now anyhow. I dug around in my old tackle box and found an older NAP Quiktune 1000. Don't see many of those rests around anymore. Anyhow, mounted it on my bow, adjusted centershot and leveled it and adjusted the forks to my shaft and in no time was shooting very well with it. Its been used a lot and is probably about seen its better days, so I'll need to replace it soon enough. Its a pain replacing the heat shrink tubing on the forks continually but that old rest still works as well as it did when they were the new hot item.
What rests (besides fall away) do you prefer? I'm talking about on your hunting rig.
I'm at a dilemma with an arrow rest. I have been shooting a Whisker Biscuit Kill Shot. While some don't like them, I find they are a fantastic, simple yet effective hunting rest. My issue is I am tired of wrinkled, wavy, eat-up vanes. I tried a brush-style capture rest and was totally dissatisfied with it in no time (NAP 360). I don't even like the thoughts of a drop away rest. Too much moving parts to fail for my tastes. Yeah, I'm sure folks have shots gazillions of shots without issues, but Murphy's Law catches me too often, and I have no desire to shoot a fall away rest, right now anyhow. I dug around in my old tackle box and found an older NAP Quiktune 1000. Don't see many of those rests around anymore. Anyhow, mounted it on my bow, adjusted centershot and leveled it and adjusted the forks to my shaft and in no time was shooting very well with it. Its been used a lot and is probably about seen its better days, so I'll need to replace it soon enough. Its a pain replacing the heat shrink tubing on the forks continually but that old rest still works as well as it did when they were the new hot item.
What rests (besides fall away) do you prefer? I'm talking about on your hunting rig.