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postman
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Re: Does anyone have a how to build feather rest?
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Reply #20 on:
June 22, 2014, 05:20:00 PM »
Bought a used A&H longbow here on trad gang that came with a feather rest. From now on all my future and present bows will have a traps feather rest. I not only get better arrow flight but I think it just looks better than Velcro.
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old_goat2
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Re: Does anyone have a how to build feather rest?
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June 22, 2014, 06:28:00 PM »
So not to hijack the thread, but how do the feather rests hold up to rain? Seems like at a minimum you would want to use some natural wild turkey feathers for their natural waterproof characteristics.
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TRAP
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Re: Does anyone have a how to build feather rest?
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June 22, 2014, 11:23:00 PM »
The "how does it hold up to rain" question is one I get a lot.
Every rest I build is made with #1 grade wild turkey primaries.
Feather rests hold up to rain about like arrow fletching does. If you are out in a toad choker the rest is going to flatten out and not perform at an optimum level. Once it dries out it's just like new again.
I recommend archers only raise their nock about an 1/8 inch above where they would normally have it set if they were shooting off the shelf. So even when wet the arrow is still going to shoot pretty well off the leather rest base.
Usually when it's raining hard enough to make a huge difference in the rests performance, following blood trails is marginal as well.
Daryl
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oldbohntr
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Re: Does anyone have a how to build feather rest?
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June 23, 2014, 01:51:00 AM »
yeah, I built a couple myself, and I could have learned to make them better, but I tried a couple of Trap's rests.....and the problem is solved! I can't do it any better than that!
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June 23, 2014, 05:27:00 AM »
Two are Traps rests I purchased through 3 rivers and one is an original 55 year old feather rest and still looks as good as the day it was installed in this pic.I had made some in the past but nothing near as good as Traps...
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rwbowman
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Re: Does anyone have a how to build feather rest?
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June 24, 2014, 11:47:00 AM »
Would shooting with a feather rest help to make a bow more quiet when shooting three under? I've been doing everything I can think of to quiet a particular bow, but can't find the comfort zone in my brain to take it into the woods.
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June 24, 2014, 11:49:00 AM »
Would shooting with a feather rest help to make a bow more quiet when shooting three under? I've been doing everything I can think of to quiet a particular bow, but can't find the comfort zone in my brain to take it into the woods.
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Re: Does anyone have a how to build feather rest?
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June 24, 2014, 06:44:00 PM »
TRAP I sent you a PM
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