I am curious to know what you guys think is the best elevated rest for hunting?
I have recently purchased a morrison metal ILF and wanted to try out an elevated rest on it. The primary use will be for hunting on those rainy days. I am also considering shooting vanes(let the judgements rain, haha).
I shoot a Morrison Phoenix off the shelf with a plunger. If I went to an elevated rest it would be the NAP Centerest or a Hoyt Superest with plunger. As I'm sure you know, those risers are cut well past center, so you'll need something with lateral adjustability or used in conjunction with a plunger. Neither of my options requires additional silencing, but others may.
Bear Weather Rest.
X2 on the NAP Centerest, it is very durable, quiet (I did add a little Velcro on), and has the lateral adjustment you need. Good piece of gear.
I liked the Bear weather rest. But I needed weaker-spined arrows. My stick-on Hoyt rest was great -- very forgiving of arrow spine & shot well. But it wore out pretty fast & I replaced it 3 times a year. I scrapped them both & loaded up the front of my arrows so I could shoot off the shelf & just be done with it.
I have a plunger already, and didn't even think to check and see if my riser had 2 berger holes, and it doesn't so i'll have to get a stick on rest that allows a plunger.
Any recommendations?
The Hoyt Superrest I mention has a hole for the plunger and extra layer of double-sided tape if you need to build it out. Some others may have holes as well, but several have plastic "ears" that you may wnat to trim off if you're going to use a plunger to set center shot.
T-300, Remove the metal plate and use your plunger. Shot this rest for years, only changed to a springy as I am trying out fixed crawl.
http://www.3riversarchery.com/super-t-300-hunter-elevated-arrow-rest.html
AAE Cavalier Freeflyte. Actually go to AAEs website they have a nice selection. I miss shooting vanes. Never have to worry about weather they are quiet in flight and in the quiver. And a lot cheaper than feathers.
I have experimented over the years with all the above mentioned rests. If there was nolunger hole in the rest I made one. Did that on Brush rests as well as Bear rest. I have on my Hoyt ILF the above mentioned AAE rest. On my other ILF I have an old "springy rest". I removed the plastic sleeve that comes with it and replaced it with the red tube thingy off a WD-40 can. I use aluminum arrows with that bow. Metal arrows made noise but the mod I did reduces that noise to nothing.
It helps when you know an old wheel bow guy from way back. Like me probably has a whole drawer full of goodies.
Shot a Bear Weatherest for a few years, worked well. Use the 2 sided tape it comes with and put a bead of Goop glue around the edges, really bombproof rest. Replace it when it starts to wear.
I've been having fits the past 2 weeks trying to find an elevated rest that works for me. I got a Black Bear WARF and wanted to give an elevated rest an honest try. Tried Bear weather rest first...tuned bare shafts for it and they flew great. Exact same fletched shafts flew like crap.
Next, tried a compound style, overdraw type rest that bolts to the other side of the riser and the arrow sits on two little prongs...hated that. Made 2 shots and pulled it back off.
Next, tried a cheap plastic threaded rest. Arrows flew great but they were way too far above my hand. Couldn't get my brain to readjust.
Finally scrapped all of that and put a small metal rod under Velcro for the shelf, a thin leather strike plate on the side with a furniture pad to build it out. Same arrows that I cut for the weather rest are flying great now. And the arrow is where it's supposed to be in my sight picture.
I like the NAP Centerest (not the flipper model). Cheap, reliable and really durable. Easy left/right center shot adjustments.
NAP Center rest for me. Have them on both my ILF rigs and could not be happier.
Bear weather rest, but haven't tried the others mentioned. I just tried the Bear and like it so stuck with it. Shooting elevated has advantages while hunting IMHO. For me the biggest one is I can shoot wearing a mitten on my bow hand in the winter with no fear of the big warm mitten interfering with the arrow
Bear weather rest for all my bows, no failures and good for all weather
Strickland Archery Springy, if you can find one. Super durable and highly tunable. Have to have a metal riser bow though with plunger hole.
Springy here too. Pretty much all I used in my compound days.
Never had any problems with them.
Although I'm shooting off the shelf again now, I shot a Bear Weather Rest for a couple years. Zero complaints.
I love the feather rest. So forgiving of my inconsistencies.
Bear weather rest for all my bows, no failures and good for all weather
Is anyone shooting off the shelf but using a plunger to manipulate center shot for tuning purposes? Does this work?
QuoteOriginally posted by buckeyebowhunter:
Is anyone shooting off the shelf but using a plunger to manipulate center shot for tuning purposes? Does this work?
I was doing that all last week. It was very nice. I could pretty much pick whatever arrow I wanted to shoot and then just adjust the strike plate accordingly.
I will try to show you someone a guy shows me on a *********** tomorrow evening. he has to screws that you screw into the holes, the first one adjusts the center shot, once you get that dialed in, the second one secures the first one preventing it from moving, no matter what. It's all covered up by a piece of velcro that slides in and out as you adjust the center shot.
I've been shooting a fuzzy velcro rest on the shelf with a plunger button for years. Best of both worlds as far as I'm concerned. I loosely cover the button with a thin piece of leather which doesn't interfer with the function of the plunger. (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/PigGig09checkering.jpg)
I prefer the T-300 hunter.
I doubt that they are made any longer, but when I shot with an elevated rest, I used a Jennings. It was similar to a weather rest in material, but had a longer finger with an upturned tip and a plunger hole. I'm sure there are a few sitting around somewhere....
Found it here:
https://www.abbeyarchery.com.au/p/BAJ2/Bear+Shoot+Around+Arrow+Rest.html
and here:
https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Adhesive-Jennings-Youth-Archery/dp/B01EX8H48U
Springy rest is a good option. It's you plunger and elevated rest in one! ;)
Buckeye, an accutune is a good option for adjusting center shot while shooting off the shelf.
Loosen the set screw, and turn the knob to move center shot. No spring in there, just a bomb-proof adjustable side plate.
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BuckeyeBH,
Yes, it works very well on risers cut well past center such as metal ILF's and takes some of the trial and error out of having to use extra thick sideplate materials such as furniture pads. My hunting rig is a Morrison Phoenix XD shot off the shelf with sealskin and a shorty plunger.
Thanks for answering my question boys. Olddog I too am currently shooting a morrisson Phoenix riser. I think I'll give this a shot since I've got all summer to play with it.
Homemade toothbrush elevated rest -it's indestructible. I made them on Samick Sage and Pearson Hunter
Trap's feather rests are my favorites anymore, and I've shot a bunch of the finger types.