Does any one use a whisper biscuit instead of a normal drop away rest? Are there any benefits compared to using a normal drop away rest ? They look really cool and the theory behind it is good.

I would appreciate any 1's opinions.

i use the wb and have for several years. they do wear the vanes a little and i suppose they do drag the arrow a bit. i never had one freeze up and not work or drop an arrow no matter how i handled the bow.

FC,
I use a WB and love it. Nock the arrow and you can carry the bow anyway you want to. I haven't had mine fall of the string unless it catches on something. Like Max said the vanes do get some wear but I sure like mine.
Jon

I had my arrows refletched with blazers and have not had a problem. I really like the wisker bisquet.
JS

I have a bisciut and love it. It does hurt the fletches a little over time, so next year I"m going to put on a "hostage" which has 3 sets of brushes instead of all around, and the fletches never touch the brushes.
(do a search for the hostage rest and have a look)
good shooting

FC, I am not even close to being an expert. I have posted here about my drop away rest. I suspect that most folks use the biscuit or something other than the drop away. I use a drop away, mainly because it came on the used bow I bought. It is inertia driven, rather than some kind of band, and I did have to do some tuning on it. I believe that it is now functioning correctly (I had noticed marks on the fletching where it had touched the rest, and that led me to believe that it needed tuning). I am now experimenting with shooting at longer ranges and shooting at 3D targets and have temporarily stopped obsessing about bow tuning!
Peter.

I have been using the WB for many years and would not use anything else.

I just put one on my 2003 Darton Avalanche. I had always read that a WB will slow your arrows down. Well it did, a whole whopping 3 fps vs the Nap 2 prong rest that I had on my bow previously. I hunt primarily from the ground so that is the reason for my change. Paper tuning was a breeze. So far I am impressed. Mike

I have a Hostage Pro on my bow.

It is a containment rest like the Whisker Bisquit, except the brushes only contact the arrow shaft in 3 places. The fletching does not contact the rest when you shoot.

It holds the arrow very well, even if you walk with an arroe nocked with the bow upside down.

I too have switched to the hostage from the whisker bisket. It seems to do a very good job.

I like the concept if you are ground hunting and stalking. However, the bulk of my bowhunting is from treestands.

I use a dropaway rest and have no intentions of changing, currently.

I've used the Whisker Biscuits on 4 bows over several years and absolutely love them. They hold the arrow in any position. I used a DA for a while and came back to the WB. IMO it's the best hunting rest out there. I did have alittle trouble on one of my bows with the WB messing up the vanes after a while, but my last two Mathews bows have done really well and I see hardly any wear on 3-4" duravanes.

Good Luck

Reloader

I've used a whisker biscuit for years, both before and after the new open topped versions (I used to cut the old full enclosure ones with tin snips). Mostly, I like them, but I initially thought your inquiry as to the "whisper" biscuit was an attempt at humor. That is my only problem with the rest. Cost me a nice eland bull in '07. Dead broadside at a little over 20 yards, right at sunset, dead calm. You should have heard the arrow come back across those bristles -- the eland sure did. That's been my only bad experience however -- other than vane life -- but if you glue 'em good and don't use the soft one's you're ok.

Got back to hunting in the last 7 seasons when I was retired early as my employer was acquired by another company. Did not get a chance to hunt much before that. Am not an archery guy. Shoot just enough to be basically proficient. Have only bow hunted for six seasons. Of the 31 deer total, 10 were taken with a bow. Used a drop away rest the first year. Whisker Biscuits have accounted for 8 deer since.

Never had a problem with them. I really like the ability to hold an arrow in virtually any position.

edited on 10/18/08 ... first day of bow deer season in WV. Make that 11 total deer with the bow, and 9 with the whisker biscuit.

Shot was on an unsuspecting doe at 22 yards. A little too high and a little back of perfect. Was still a double lung shot. Arrow did not damage anything behind the diaphragm ... so it was "good enough!" She bolted about 50 yards and crashed which was about as far as I've had one go.

She's hanging in the barn without her coat. Need to go do the rest of the quartering and get her into the fridge for aging.

Given that we've had something of a drought condition lately, she was in wonderful condition with lots of fat stored for the winter. Gonna be great freezer fodder!