Best elevated rest for hunting?

[DanielB89]

I am curious to know what you guys think is the best elevated rest for hunting?  

I have recently purchased a morrison metal ILF and wanted to try out an elevated rest on it.  The primary use will be for hunting on those rainy days.  I am also considering shooting vanes(let the judgements rain, haha).

[olddogrib]

I shoot a Morrison Phoenix off the shelf with a plunger.  If I went to an elevated rest it would be the NAP Centerest or a Hoyt Superest with plunger. As I'm sure you know, those risers are cut well past center, so you'll need something with lateral adjustability or used in conjunction with a plunger.  Neither of my options requires additional silencing, but others may.

[PeteA]

Bear Weather Rest.

[JR Williams]

X2 on the NAP Centerest, it is very durable, quiet (I did add a little Velcro on), and has the lateral adjustment you need. Good piece of gear.

[YosemiteSam]

I liked the Bear weather rest.  But I needed weaker-spined arrows.  My stick-on Hoyt rest was great -- very forgiving of arrow spine & shot well.  But it wore out pretty fast & I replaced it 3 times a year.  I scrapped them both & loaded up the front of my arrows so I could shoot off the shelf & just be done with it.

[DanielB89]

I have a plunger already, and didn't even think to check and see if my riser had 2 berger holes, and it doesn't so i'll have to get a stick on rest that allows a plunger.

Any recommendations?

[olddogrib]

The Hoyt Superrest I mention has a hole for the plunger and extra layer of double-sided tape if you need to build it out.  Some others may have holes as well, but several have plastic "ears" that you may wnat to trim off if you're going to use a plunger to set center shot.

[katman]

T-300, Remove the metal plate and use your plunger. Shot this rest for years, only changed to a springy as I am trying out fixed crawl.

http://www.3riversarchery.com/super-t-300-hunter-elevated-arrow-rest.html

[Mr. fingers]

AAE Cavalier Freeflyte. Actually go to AAEs  website they have a nice selection. I miss shooting vanes. Never have to worry about weather they are quiet in flight and in the quiver. And a lot cheaper than feathers.

[M60gunner]

I have experimented over the years with all the above mentioned rests. If there was nolunger hole in the rest I made one. Did that on Brush rests as well as Bear rest. I have on my Hoyt ILF the above mentioned AAE rest. On my other ILF I have an old "springy rest". I removed the plastic sleeve that comes with it and replaced it with the red tube thingy off a WD-40 can. I use aluminum arrows with that bow. Metal arrows made noise but the mod I did reduces that noise to nothing.
It helps when you know an old wheel bow guy from way back. Like me probably has a whole drawer full of goodies.

[BlackDog]

Shot a Bear Weatherest for a few years, worked well. Use the 2 sided tape it comes with and put a bead of Goop glue around the edges, really bombproof rest. Replace it when it starts to wear.

[shag08]

I've been having fits the past 2 weeks trying to find an elevated rest that works for me. I got a Black Bear WARF and wanted to give an elevated rest an honest try. Tried Bear weather rest first...tuned bare shafts for it and they flew great. Exact same fletched shafts flew like crap.

Next, tried a compound style, overdraw type rest that bolts to the other side of the riser and the arrow sits on two little prongs...hated that. Made 2 shots and pulled it back off.

Next, tried a cheap plastic threaded rest. Arrows flew great but they were way too far above my hand. Couldn't get my brain to readjust.

Finally scrapped all of that and put a small metal rod under Velcro for the shelf, a thin leather strike plate on the side with a furniture pad to build it out. Same arrows that I cut for the weather rest are flying great now. And the arrow is where it's supposed to be in my sight picture.

[longbow fanatic 1]

I like the NAP Centerest (not the flipper model). Cheap, reliable and really durable. Easy left/right center shot adjustments.

[tracker12]

NAP Center rest for me.  Have them on both my ILF rigs and could not be happier.

[59Alaskan]

Bear weather rest, but haven't tried the others mentioned.  I just tried the Bear and like it so stuck with it.  Shooting elevated has advantages while hunting IMHO.  For me the biggest one is I can shoot wearing a mitten on my bow hand in the winter with no fear of the big warm mitten interfering with the arrow

[wasapt]

Bear weather rest for all my bows, no failures and good for all weather

[Bowwild]

Strickland Archery Springy, if you can find one.  Super durable and highly tunable.  Have to have a metal riser bow though with plunger hole.

[MCNSC]

Springy here too. Pretty much all I used in my compound days.
Never had any problems with them.

[DarrinG]

Although I'm shooting off the shelf again now, I shot a Bear Weather Rest for a couple years. Zero complaints.

[David Mitchell]

I love the feather rest.  So forgiving of my inconsistencies.