elvated rest for modern traditional hunting

[Stringslap16]

What are the best elevated rests/plunger combos out there for a modern traditional bow.  My intent is to hunt with it, so simplicity and durability are key.  Thanks!

[SteveB]

T300 stick on rest.
Black "shorty" plunger fro 3 Rivers.

4 deer last year

[texbow2]

the NAP center rest is as simple and durable as it gets if your bow is drilled for a plunger.
Replacement rest is cheap and easy to put on in the field

[James Wrenn]

Center rest for me.

If it holds up on my bowfishing rig it is tough enough for anything.

[George D. Stout]

I'm going with Steve B.  I've used stick on rests for over forty years and a T-300 or a Hoyt Stick on will do everything a center rest will and without drilling and tapping.  If your bow is cut past center, you may have to build out the plate area, but that's not a problem either.

[M60gunner]

I vote for the "brush rest" another stick-on that can be had from 3Rivers or Blackwidow.
The Hoyt stick on is great also. All my son used for long time. This rest may be at your local store.

[Bill Turner]

I have to go with the Jack Howard endorsed feather rest. You can find them at 3-Rivers archery as well. If it was good enough for the "Classic" and the "Jet" it is good enough for me.  

[woodchucker]

I have always liked the Bear Weather-rest.

Back in the 1970's we all shot and hunted with aluminium arrows fletched with plastic vanes,"screw-on" interchangable blade broadheads,(I was "Die-Hard" LOL I stuck with the screw-on green Razorheads) There was no "traditional" we were "Bowhunters".

Brings back memories..... The Bear weather-rest has always served me well.  

[Bjorn]

Here's one made by TRAP he is a sponsor here.
 

[dragon rider]

Stupid question time - what's the advantage of a rest over just shooting off the shelf, which seems like the ultimate in simplicity?

Thanks.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by Stringslap16:
What are the best elevated rests/plunger combos out there for a modern traditional bow.  My intent is to hunt with it, so simplicity and durability are key.  Thanks!

If you're looking for a rest/plunger combo, I'd suggest either the T-300 or the NAP Flipper II. As far as plungers; there's no shortage of good, inexpensive ones on the market.

[wharvey]

Dragon Rider,

I think the advantage is suppose to be that it is much easier to tune a bow using a center rest.  As for me I much prefer to shoot of the shelf when shooting "instinctively". If using sights then rests are great but I have a much harder time "aiming" when shooting off a rest without sights, where I want the arrow to bed as close to my hand as possible.

[dragon rider]

Bill,

Thanks.  I appreciate the explanation.

paul

[Steelhead]

If I am having trouble getting good flight from a bow shooting off of the shelf or my accuracy is not what i think it should be.A stick on rest like the Bear weatherest often cleans things up real quick.

You can trim the base to shorten it to get it closer to the hand which is what I do.

It is easier on your feathers as well  when you shoot them off the shelf.That tells you something right thier about getting good feather clearance and clean flight.

I almost always shoot of the shelf though and get good results.I like the feather rests like Trap makes alot as well and they look great on vintage bows.

[Bjorn]

We forgot how good these work on all bows and they last forever too.

[Don Stokes]

Many older recurves were tillered to be shot from an elevated rest. If you shoot these bows off the shelf, you will find that your nocking point is so high that the arrow slopes downward to the shelf. These bows should be shot with an elevated rest as designed, or the shelf should be built WAY up to compensate.

[Ia Hawkeye]

Always seemed to get better arrow flight with an elevated rest. Been shooting a Bear brush rest and Bear wearher rest for over 45 years with my recurves, but I shoot off the shelf with my longbows.

[Floxter]

Steve Baker nailed it. For an elevated rest/plunger combo it's hard to beat a Cavalier T-300 and shorty plunger from 3 Rivers. The only improvement might be an old NAP Flipperest II if you could find one.

[Stringslap16]

Thanks fellas, I wrote down the suggested combos.  Anybody ever try a Bodoodle Timberdoodle?

[akbowbender]

I gave up using an elevated rest after wounding a nice buck when the arrow ended up on top of the rest instead of the on the finger.

I was shooting a Bear weatherest that was built out to center, and I had a plunger.

I was hunting Sitka Blacktail on Prince of Wales Island. I came upon a buck in a little cut in a bedrock outcrop. I pulled an arrow out of the quiver and set it on the bow without looking and took the shot. The arrow flew wild and hit the buck in the rump. Needless to say, I didn't get the deer.

I've had the arrow end up on top of the rest while practicing, so I know how the arrow acts when the arrow ends up on top. If you shoot with the bow straight up, you may not have a problem. I shoot with the bow canted, so now I only shoot off of the shelf.