I use a fall away rest for hunting and 3-d shooting. There are alot of them on the market right now and most seem to work very well. There is a newscissor rest that I saw at the bow shop the other day. It encapsulates your arrow even if you are letting down, it only releases if the bow is shot. Thefact that the fall away rest eliminates contact with your fletching allow you to get real aggresive with the helical turn on the fletching. I noticed it was muck easier to paper tune my bow with a fall away rather than a whisker biscuit. I believe mine is a rest made spcifically for a mathews riser.
I use a Cavaler Dropaway, And after using many dropaways I found cavaler the best bang for the buck! They are quiet, easy to tune and dependable. I must admit I am looking to try the Spot Hogg Wammy rest. They look cool, but they have the “TM” style launchers. This is a drawback to me because I find that fine tunning those kind of launchers is a pain in the butt! And about the Whisker Biscuit…... Don’t get me wrong the Whisker Biscuit has its place, they are GREAT for people who only shoot during hunting season, and even better for kids just starting out. The WB contains the arrow and wont let it hop off the rest. I hope this helps.
If you find something that works for you -why fix it. Last fall I finally changed to carbon arrows. Swore I’d never shoot them, but I went to the alunimum on the outside and carbon on the inside. Real straight and real expensive. They quit making xx75’s like I used to shoot.
I do like the drop away rest. I’ve got one that contains the arrow no matter how much you tip the bow or shake, it won’t fall off. You’d think after killing afew deer and elk aguy would quit shaking. I guess that’s what keeps me going back for more.
Hey, I myself use a whisker biscuit. I just personally think that the less moving parts the better for hunting… If I was shooting a league, I would probably use a drop away, where a quater inch makes a difference. However… I know a group of guys that shoot for a pro shop and they brought there hunting bows (which have whisker biscuits on them) to a league invitational and won with their biscuits on.
Trophy Ridge on my Browning. Only had this setup a year & love it but would like to try some of the others that do a little more in the containment dept.
I’m a biscuit man myself. The less moving parts on my bow the better, the less that can go wrong. I’ve had sights, rests, & strings all get caught in the brush while trying to get to & from my stands. I hunt in thick bottom, swamp land in south jersey where there is no dry land or hard wood forests available where you can take a nice easy walk to & from your hunting site. The wisker biscuit offers arrow protection while stalking with a knocked arrow & allows you to reset it before taking a shot , should something go wrong. It has also grabbed my falling arrow & kept it from crashing to the ground from my tree stand on more than one occasion.
I personally like the Whisker biscuit. I have tried both and just have found the whisker biscuit more reliable in the woods. I do however use 2 in blazer vanes with my biscuit because it tends to wrinkle longer 4 in. vanes after a few shots. If you decide to shoot longer vanes you can always take a hair dryer to your vanes to get the wrinkles out.
Whisker biscuit everytime especially out here in the west going after Mulies and Javelina on the move and no dropsies off the resties at crunch time to ruin a good stalk.
I use a drop away rest here in WI. One thing I’ve heard about the whisker bisquit that if its extremely cold and wet, the whisker bisquit can harden or freeze and affect the fletchings on pass through. This is what the dealer in my area told me when I was setting up my Elite Archery bow this past fall.
Personally I prefer the biscuit for hunting been using one for years and it has done well for me in 3-D and indoor tournament in the bowhunter pin catagory
