Unfortunately my shop I had been going to since I started archery closed about a month or two ago. They had great techs, great customer service & always did a bang up job. I’ve since had to go to another shop, which doesn’t have the best reputation. Needed a new center serving. I bet I haven’t put 100 arrows through my bow since I got it & look at this! Already unraveled. I have a shoot Saturday & Sunday, that I’ll probably miss. So if you have a good shop. Support them & buy everything you can from them.

If you have the opportunity to change your bow, which name brand will you select to upgrade? If you have a different brand, add it on the comment and will be counted, sorry if I don’t include other brands, don’t know many premium brands yet.

Improving little by little 🤗

I like to train in the gym with the goal in mind to be able to go farther, stay longer, and have the strength and endurance to hold my bow at full draw with prefect form for an extended period of time. I don’t want my body to be one of the reasons I miss a shot on an animal. Does anyone else train with this mindset in the off season and what kind of programs are you running to reach your goals.

It’s the classic archery debate! Both the **Whisker Biscuit** (full-containment brush rest) and a **Drop-Away arrow rest** are incredibly popular, but they prioritize completely different things. If you are looking for absolute **convenience**, the Whisker Biscuit wins hands down. If you want maximum **accuracy** and downrange performance, a drop-away rest is the clear victor. Here is how they stack up against each other across the two categories you mentioned. ### 1. Convenience & Reliability The Whisker Biscuit is the king of simplicity and peace of mind, especially in the field. * **Full Containment:** Once you nock your arrow and slip it into the biscuit, it cannot fall out. You can hold your bow upside down, walk through thick brush, or spot-and-stalk without ever worrying about your arrow slipping off the rest. * **Zero Moving Parts:** There are no cords to time, no mechanical launchers to fail, and nothing to break. It is completely bulletproof. * **Set It and Forget It:** Tuning a Whisker Biscuit is incredibly simple. Once it's set center-shot, it rarely ever moves out of alignment. ### 2. Accuracy & Performance Drop-away rests take the crown for pure precision and arrow speed because they eliminate a major variable: **fletching contact**. * **Zero Fletching Contact:** A drop-away rest stays up to support the arrow during the initial release, then drops completely out of the way before your vanes pass by. Because your fletchings touch absolutely nothing, your arrow flight is incredibly clean and forgiving of minor form flaws. * **Perfect Fletching Clearance:** With a Whisker Biscuit, your vanes must force their way through the bristles on every single shot. This constant friction can cause slight vane wrinkling over time and can magnify any subtle hand torque or form imperfections at release. * **Slight Speed Advantage:** Because a drop-away has zero friction, you will typically gain about **2 to 5 feet per second (fps)** in arrow speed compared to shooting through a biscuit.