Whisker Biscuit Guys?

[BarnesX.308]

Who uses them? I got one a couple years ago and love it. I hear you can lose a little velocity but I'll gladly give up a few fps for the advantages I get with the WB. Especially when trying to draw with the buck fever shakes. :D I've had many an arrow shake off a rest. Especially a problem with the aluminum arrows hitting the metal bow riser. :eek:

[Reel Nice]

I use them on my bows..They are the best for hunting..IMHO

[Eastern Shore Slayer]

got one on my bow
nice and quiet, aint gotta worry bout the arrow falling off
only thing i lost one of the screws that holds the bisquit so i got a lil vibation now
like you said i'll lose the fps for the convience and stealth

[PhilCVG]

I went with a Mathews Dropaway on my Mathews Dren only to take it off after a month or so and put the Bisquit back on. I had a heck of a time tuning the Mathews Dropaway.

[Steve-O]

Thats all we use are whiskers, they are great, very quiet and don't seem to affect the speed.

[JC333]

I use the biscuit. Best rest on the market.

[The Wadd]

I was thinking of putting one of these on my Bow! But with just 2 weeks till the opener I Dont no!:cool:

[BarnesX.308]

I had no problem transitioning over to mine. Accuracy didn't suffer at all.

[The Ridge]

I purchased one about 10 years ago. I thought it was a great idea. Well if you shoot often the WB deforms and then rips and tears your fletching off.What a pain in the A...fixing flecthing on a regular bases.

I went back to my old rest and never looked back.

I havent had an arrow fall off the rest in a long long time.

[The Ridge]

I was thinking of putting one of these on my Bow! But with just 2 weeks till the opener I Dont no!:cool:

Of coarse you will want to pratice a bit with the switch.Prepare to tear up some fletching.

Certainly a half a dozen shots won't tear up your fletching but you will start to notice the fletching will get wavy then a small tear at the shaft then total ripping.

I would not change just pratice and the arrow will stay put.

[The Ridge]

Who uses them? I got one a couple years ago and love it. I hear you can lose a little velocity but I'll gladly give up a few fps for the advantages I get with the WB. Especially when trying to draw with the buck fever shakes. :D I've had many an arrow shake off a rest. Especially a problem with the aluminum arrows hitting the metal bow riser. :eek:


Hitting the metal riser? put some mole skin or felt there.

[The Wadd]

Of coarse you will want to pratice a bit with the switch.Prepare to tear up some fletching.

Certainly a half a dozen shots won't tear up your fletching but you will start to notice the fletching will get wavy then a small tear at the shaft then total ripping.

I would not change just pratice and the arrow will stay put.
Gona stay with what I have! :thup: Im shooting Great,I dont want to take
the chance! maybe in the off season next year i might try one!

[leprechaun]

buscuit is a good choice for those that average group is good enough

if you want to take the time to get perfect arrow flight

arrows should be shot though paper to see for sure they are flying perfect

to get the best from your shooting and the tightest groups and the best broadhead flight possible

arrow flight is the number one over looked problem of most bow hunters cause most shops will not take the time to get someone fixed up and the others just dont under stand how important it really is

you should look at some of the other rests on the market

yes some of the other rests are not as fool proof as a biscuit but to get the ideal perfect arrow you need to be a little more careful with your equipment mole skin and felt should be used on all hunting bows where arrows can touch at any time including the rest in some cases

if you need any help just ask :thup:

[Joe D.]

The WB is the way to go. I'm sure it's not the most accurate rest, but it gets the job done and is fool proof.

[Archer101]

I was thinking of putting one of these on my Bow! But with just 2 weeks till the opener I Dont no!:cool:

Go ahead & put it on! You won't have a problem zeroing it in at all! May take a hour but that's all!

[Archer101]

I switched over to a Biscuit over 5 years ago & will never use anything else!

[Bullseye]

The best rest you can use. I have one on my Mathew's LX, I put it on my daughters Diamond, & my friend has it on his Mathew's Drenaline. Never had a problem with arrow flight ect. Only had issues with fletching on some practice arrows after about 60 shots. That was cured with a drop of glue at the leading edge of the fletching.

[onthehunt]

I love my drop-away:luv:. Getting into a discussion about archery equipment is worse than a discussion about politics. Sooooo many options:huh:

[coqui]

:mad: All i can say is that if you dont want to spend the time in properly tuning your your equptment, then the biscut may be right for you (but not me). Each to thier own. Tuning is the key!

[nontyp-hunter]

Anyone left handed? and do they make a WB for left handed bows??

[jross]

220 fps without biscuit, 217 with it. One can use the best rest out there and get tight groups, but that means nothing when you have been sitting for 5 hours and finally get that shot. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong, but at least my arrow stays where it is supposed to be before the shot. Truth is, whatever works. But the older I get it seems the more I screw up.

[BuckHammer43]

I asked Chuck Adams about the WB at the sportsman's show in Harrisburg. He tried them and found that the resistance changed with the temp. He also had similar velocity loss with it. As things got colder, the bristles got stiffer - and if ice formed in the bristles, things got real interesting.

But I haven't tried for any Polar Bears recently, so that may not apply. My brother uses his in NY, and it does get cold there.

[ihunt49]

I've been using the WB since it came out. As far as the fletching getting ripped loose, I put a drop of fletching glue or super glue gel on the shaft where it meets the fletching. It keeps the WB from ripping it off. :)

[bcritch]

This will be my 3rd year using one and I love it!

[BarnesX.308]

I have found it tears up fletchings. But the benefit of arrow security is a big plus for me. I've shot about 10-12 deer with the bow. None from a stand. All were on the ground and many were stalked. The WB was custom made for me.

If I was doing competitive target shooting. I'd use something else. I'm looking to put venison in the freezer.;)

[black talon]

ihunt49 and i started to use the wb when they first came out. no problems here and i cant see myself hunting with any other type of rest.

[Liv2hunt]

I switched 3 years ago and really like it. The main reason is mobility. wether stalking, spinning around in the stand or just at rest with the bow upright on my foot...vertical, horizontal, any angle, the arrow stays put. One less thing to think about while transitioning to a shot position when keeping an eye on the approaching deer.

The only drawback I've had is the difficulty instict or gap shooting, because I can't see the broadhead behind the WB at full draw. Something I need to work on.

[bluecollar$]

If you shot alot it's worthless...Feathers last about 15 shots:thdown:

[BarnesX.308]

Group shot with a Whisker Biscuit. My first practice session of the year. ;)


http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/Arrow_Group.JPG

[Archer101]

Group shot with a Whisker Biscuit. My first practice session of the year. ;)


http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/Arrow_Group.JPG

Nice grouping Scott! That's why I switched to the Biscuit! I'll take the loss of fps for grouping like I get! Even at 35 yds I get groups like that!

[yobuck09]

Put one on the new bow 3 yrs ago and love how it holds the arrow.

[molson]

been hunting with it for 5 years love it

[bobmetzg]

got rid of mine in a about a week it was ruining my fletching, went back to the ole reliable tm style rest. they seem to be for guys that are trying to pull more weight then they can handle.

[BarnesX.308]

they seem to be for guys that are trying to pull more weight then they can handle.

It's for the guys that stalk an occasional deer. It's easy to slip around, over and under brush with your bow without the arrow falling off.

[Bigoneslurk]

i have a wb and a qad drop away and i dont notice any real difference between the 2 other than the price. For those with the fletching problems try shooting blazers of duravanes instead the thinner vanes tend to wrinkle after a few shots threw the wb

[Reel Quick]

Best cabbage i ever spent!A++:thup:

[JC333]

Shot a biscuit ever since they came on the market. Best rest i ever used. If your having arrows fall on the rest during the draw, it sounds like the string is getting torqued. Are you shooting fingers or a release ? If fingers try a release, you'll never go back. If shooting a release , try one with a rotating head. Truball or Scott.

[bill thron]

i agree i have one on my bow. it is awesome

[MEAT-WAGON]

started with a biscut wont try ainthing else get em tuned right and youll never look back. buy some qualitly arrows and your fletching problem will dissapear :thup:

[BarnesX.308]

Need good glue on the fletchings. Either you do it yourself or have a good pro-shop do it. Have the fletchings put on at Dick's, the WB might peel them off :D.

[BUCKSHOT]

Very accurate with it just keep ripping my vanes off my bemans swith over to drop away

[PhilCVG]

The Bisquit is def. rough on the standard vanes, but I'd bet most of you would fix that problem if you switched to Blazers ...

Since I started doing my own fletching/wraps and using Blazers I haven't had any trouble.

[MattG]

Killed my biggest bow buck in 2000 with the whisker biscuit as my rest, but just couldn't live with the fletching damage and subpar groups anymore so when the dropaways became popular, i switched and never looked back. Dropaways can be a PITA to tune, but once tuned right, your groups will shrink, no doubt. The full containment of the whisker biscuit is nice, but the Rip-cord & QAD dropaways are full containment also, so there's really no comparison. For a little more dough, get one of those 2 and you'll forget all about fletching damage and substandard arrow flight, yet still have full containment.

[Camo-C-Ark]

I have been shooting a WB since they came out. As far as the flechings being torn off, but a small "dot" of glue on the front tip of the vane. The little bit of glue will not hurt arrow flight. My bow is paper tuned each year and I have found no ill effects.

[Parkerboys]

I too have been shooting a Wb for last 2 years and love it. Question:

How long should a WB last?

Do they wear out after a lot of shots? Meaning do the fibers ever get weak after constanly shooting it? This could be become a problem i guess?

[BarnesX.308]

Do they wear out after a lot of shots? Meaning do the fibers ever get weak after constanly shooting it? This could be become a problem i guess?

3rd season with mine and no problem. I don't know how they hold up past that time-frame because I'm not there yet. :D

[Nanuk]

I've used one in the pasted about 4 years ago and didn't really like it with all that material surounding the arrow you really better have great form and count to 3 before you think about dropping your shooting arm .Any movement in your bow arm while the arrow is being launched is transmitted to the arrow , there fore your groups are not going to be tight at all unless you have great form and practice a lot . I went back to a Golden Key 2 prong rest old fashion but it works . Thats to whole purpose of the new drop away rest is to get away from anything touching the arrow while its being launched from the string so nothing can have a negitive effect on flight . Hope this helps. :wave: