Raised rest

[LeverActionman]

Does anyone use one and advantages or disadvantages. Looking to maybe try one on my recurve. Have been shooting off the shelf and sometimes get fliers. Wondering if this will help?

[Old Sarge]

Have used elevated rests on my recurves for many years. Back when I started they were very popular. The biggest advantage to me is easier tuning, along with the ability to shoot vanes if the weather is bad.
It's possible to achieve good flight off the shelf but for me doing it with a rest is a little easier. They will sometimes be more tolerant of arrow spine allowing you to shoot a bigger variety of shafts.
Depending on the bow a Bear Weatherest, Hoyt Super rest, Hoyt Hunter rest, or any of the others will work fine. The one critical thing you have to be careful with is the Centershot on the bow. Sometimes a rest will be to thick and move the arrow out to far from center. As for durability I've never had one fall off in 53 years of hunting.

[Rick Richard]

I tried it recently and I did not see any difference, however I was using feathers.  I would think there would be advantages if you wanted to use vanes.

Also, if you do a search, there is a bunch of information on this subject

[Bowwild]

I use rests (3 types) on some of my bows and shoot from the shelf on others.  My best shooting rig has on it my most technical rest -- springy with adjustable cushion button.

[reddogge]

In a hunting bow I won't use one. I don't want something to fall off or break in the middle of a hunt.

[ripforce56]

I have put elevated rests on several of my bows, I found a tutorial on building them from toothbrushes! I tried one on my selfbow and then on my R/D longbows also put on my wife's Tigercat recurve, I seem to shoot better with them! Very easy to make and durable! this is a pic of one of them on my Bushbow!

 

[Archie]

I don't shoot shoot off the shelf anymore.  The possibility of a bad release in a hunting situation, and the subsequent smacking of my arrow off the shelf, mean that there is a better chance of poor accuracy when it counts.  Since I went to a rest on my longbow, my arrow flight has greatly improved and become very consistent.

I've never had a rest fall off when hunting.  I've never had one fall off, period.

[reddogge]

Originally posted by Archie:
I don't shoot shoot off the shelf anymore.  The possibility of a bad release in a hunting situation, and the subsequent smacking of my arrow off the shelf, mean that there is a better chance of poor accuracy when it counts.  Since I went to a rest on my longbow, my arrow flight has greatly improved and become very consistent.

I've never had a rest fall off when hunting.  I've never had one fall off, period.

I'm just old school and admit I've never had one fall off but have broken a couple, a Hoyt Pro Rest and a Flipper in my time. I leave nothing to chance and I can tune an arrow with feathers to fly perfectly off the shelf so see no need for vanes and such.

Same as duck hunting. My boat didn't have a steering wheel or gunwale mounted gear shift and I used the hand tiller and integral motor shift lever. Nothing to break down miles from home on an icy wihter's night.

[JRY309]

I use an elavated rest of my two metal riser ILF bows but I prefer to shoot off the shelf on my wooden trad bows.

[flinthead]

I also use a raised rest and plunger on the Titan bow-and off the shelf on wooden bows. Roy

[MCNSC]

Do you guys that switch between bows with raised rest and off the shelf have any problems switching between the two. I tried a Bear Weather rest once and although it did tune easily and shot good I saw no noticeable increase in accuracy. I have been thinking of giving one another try on a different bow.

[Craig]

Do a search on this subject you will find plenty.