Whisker Biscuit or Drop away?

[Hock3y24]

Wb is fine and dandy if you shoot straight fletched vanes, I shoot helical blazers and love my nap Apache drop away.

[Buckmaster7600]

I shoot a biscuit now. I learned the hard way how important it is to keep things simple! I had a qad drop away fail to drop away on a nice buck it wasn't actually the rests fault my serving had loosened on the release string. I now have use my drop away all year until the month or so before season then put the biscuit on for season.

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[dbHunterNY]

Be careful with a whisker biscuit...one cold morning my dad was drawing on a buck and his arrow made this gkd awful nosie as it pulled through the biscuit....deer spooked and the biscuit was removed from the bow that afternoon.....though not a common problem the combo of the crabon arrow and the brissles made for a loud squeek on a dead silent morning.

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not sure what arrows he was using but I noticed this too at times.  Not as loud as maybe you described but enough for a deer to look back and/or up looking for the sound if they were under 20 yards.  much more so with uncoated arrow shafts.  also they can ice up a bit if it's really wet, cold, and sticky.  there are sprays out their to treat the whiskers though that seemed to work.  it was an aerosol can but I don't remember what.  might have been No-Sno.

[Jm510]

Personally I feel for stand hunting u can't beat the biscuit for say shots 30 yds or less. Just my opinion

[Five Seasons]

I can say the only issue I had with my drop was that if loaded and walking the arrow can ping around. It came with some felt to line the rest with but it eventually fell off, I think I just need to buy some more.

 

Also initially when drawing with my switchback and practice heads there were no issues, but with a rage on an arrow, it would actually pop the blade open as the guy who set it up didn't position it. So check your broadheads as they "sit" further back then practice heads and you should make sure you have clearance. it was a quick fix but one I was glad not to have discovered drawing on a trophy buck.

[Five Seasons]

forgot I made this. and yes it's hot in august in Mississippi

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[Nomad]

For 18 years I hunted with a bow that had a simple flipper rest , basically a thin wire wrapped in a plastic tube , that worked fine. 8 or 9 years ago I got my new bow and that has a drop away , I don't know the brand but it raises up with the draw, that works well too .

I like it as its "U" shaped and holds the arrow in place once up ,and down there is another little "U" thing that keeps it in place .

I can't imagine WB or drop away making a big difference other than personal preference .

[GR HUNTER]

My only issue with my QAD has been if I haven't shoot it for a while, it has, on two or three occasions, gotten stuck on me with that first shot. I'm guessing from lack of use it got a little tight. Now I manually pull back the rest to lock position and let it quickly release manually before i put an arrow in it. Problem solved. This may just be on my rest as I haven't heard of it happening to anyone else.   

[Grizz1219]

I like drop away's.... less contact with the arrow.... less chance for you to mess the shot up... if your form is great, the biscuit works fine.. but I'll always shoot a drop away... 

[Larry]

I use a drop a way I shoot 4 fletch WB would damage my fletch

[dbHunterNY]

My only issue with my QAD has been if I haven't shoot it for a while, it has, on two or three occasions, gotten stuck on me with that first shot. I'm guessing from lack of use it got a little tight. Now I manually pull back the rest to lock position and let it quickly release manually before i put an arrow in it. Problem solved. This may just be on my rest as I haven't heard of it happening to anyone else.   

 

I've never heard of that before.  I've had one that got some grit in it some how.  had to take it apart and clean it.  wouldn't recommend it without good light, a mechanical knack, and lots of patience.  your case is definitely a weird one. haha

[Bowguy 1]

I've used QAD drop aways with multiple bows, zero issues. I will say on a bisquit the one thing I've noticed is the wear down n to the side. If you watch for that n replace when necessary I don't think its a prob but I'm keeping my drop aways

[LET EM GROW]

I shot a whisker biscuit on my Mathews Outback for many years. IT worked great. When i bought my Mathews Z7 5 years ago, i bought a fully contained drop away from QAD and i have never had a problem once with it, and its sent a thousand or more arrows.. I have no complaints.. i say go with a fully contained drop away, the whisker biscuit is nice but your fletchings make contact with the rest on every pass through which creates resistance... very minimal but its still resistance that i felt could be avoided by using a drop away.. 

 

Either way, both good hunting setups..

[Jeremy K]

Funny this came back up ,my dad and i were just looking through some old archery stuff in his garage and had a laugh. The rest was a piece of rubber with a tab sticking off of it with peel and stick tape. For the sight,it was a piece of sheet metal with 2 screw holes and a long slot for pin adjustment.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Personally I feel for stand hunting u can't beat the biscuit for say shots 30 yds or less. Just my opinion

 

I shoot mine out to 60 at the range (when I have time to go to the range) with no issues. Plenty accurate. I run straight Blazer vanes on my arrows. No damage at all.

[LET EM GROW]

When i had my whisker biscuit, id shoot 50yrds all day in the back yard with it.. never had an issue i would have tried further but needed more pins lol

[Fletch]

I have been a WB fan for years. At first I was concerned with the contact but after checking it loses 3-4 fps, not a concern to me. My bow is fast enough that the minimal loss is not an issue. I shoot Blazers and have never had any issues with wear. And I shoot out to 40 with no accuracy issues. For hunting it is perfect KISS (keep it simple stupid)! 

 

If I was a tourney shooter then I could see going all high tech on a rest.