Switched to a Weather Rest from off the shelf- WOW!

[TRAP]

Weather rest, Hoyt pro rest, flipper rests, feather rest, raised bump under Velcro.

It's all personal preference and it's all about improved arrow/feather clearance whether you can see the arrow or not.

Sure doesn't cost much to try something different.

Maybe an elevated rest isn't "traditional" enough or even too "gadgety" for some, but hitting the spot you're shooting at (especially on a live animal) is what is important. We owe it to the animals we hunt to be as good as we can be. If an elevated rest helps, by all means shoot off of one.

I used Bear weather rests exclusively in my wheelie days and if I had stuck with what worked for me back in 1989 when I switched to recurves the transition would have been more pleasant.

Trap

[Steve O]

Sorry for getting the thread off track.  We will disagree on "instinctive" shooting.  I don't think you guys are giving your eyes or brain enough credit!

Anyway, I have found the Hoyt Super Rest to be more forgiving than the Weatherest and it has proven very dependable in the field.  I have tried a bunch of different stick ons and now have a dozen Hoyts tucked away just in case.

[SERGIO VENNERI]

What Steve says about the hoyt rest!  

[khardrunner]

Steve, sent you a pm with some thoughts

[Craig]

X2 what khardrunner said.  I can go out back in the dark and shoot flames out of birthday candles. I can not see anything but the flame. Guys that use the point of there arrow also can't shoot a small sight window when shooting 50 yards. I can, but this subject has been debated for a long time. It's a lossing battle.

I do love shooting off the rest. I can shoot 500 axis with a 150 gr point cut at 27" off my 47# recurve. With out the rest the arrows are not tuned to my bow.

[Hopewell Tom]

Gonna have to try this.
Too many guys I admire here advocating it. Just ordered my new 3R's catalog.

[xtrema312]

I have used the Bear off and on over the years and had one on a bow this fall.  I will have to check out the Hoit rests.  I like the looks of them.  I have not always been the happiest with the way my arrow sets on the Bear.

Regardless of what you can do in the dark or with hand eye coordination like throwing a ball, if your eyes can see it, your brain will use it on an unconscious level rather you like it or not.  Your brain uses the arrow and the bow in your line of site and other things yu see to judge things including distance.  Just ask someone with target panic how powerful the subconscious mind is in shooting. How often do you even think about the lines on the road and try to drive between them?

[rlc1959]

Who sells the Hoyt rest ? Braveheart has the Bear rest in stock.

Thanks, Randy

[khardrunner]

Lancaster Archery.... not a sponser but they have them

[khardrunner]

I agree xtrema... the point is, the subconsious mind is what controls instinct and therefore subconsious aiming is instinctively built into us.

[KYArcher]

IMO Trap hit the nail on the head! KYArcher

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

how do feather rests compare? I have never tried that and think I might

[Ibow]

Originally posted by Steve O:
Anyway, I have found the Hoyt Super Rest to be more forgiving than the Weatherest and it has proven very dependable in the field.  I have tried a bunch of different stick ons and now have a dozen Hoyts tucked away just in case.

Steve, if you can, post a pict of your rest on your bow... the same one you sent me a while back.

[Steve O]

Can't now but it is the white one on page 2

[Ibow]

Originally posted by Steve O:
Can't now but it is the white one on page 2

I couldn't remember if you had trimmed a little bit off the bottom in order to bring the actual rest part down a bit or if you stuck it on as is???

[Knapper]

If you are wanting to shoot and compete in many of the traditional classes at various shoots you will find that an elevated rest is not allowed in many of them.

Just a word of advice be sure to check the rules.

[TRAP]

Hoyt Super Rest


Modified Jennings flipper-type rest


Feather Rest

Trap

[Steve O]

Originally posted by Ibow:
 

Originally posted by Steve O:
Can't now but it is the white one on page 2

I couldn't remember if you had trimmed a little bit off the bottom in order to bring the actual rest part down a bit or if you stuck it on as is??? [/b]

No, I run them higher off the shelf than most to make sure any vane I use clears the shelf.

I trim the top half with the "bump" off to keep the center shot closer to center.

As far as competing, I never have and I never will. All I care about is bowhunting and making sure my hunting setup will work in any condition Alaska or other wilderness setting will throw at me.

[Ibow]

Thanks!

[PeteA]

Thanks for all the replies boys!