Anyone use a bow rest on a recurve for bowhunting?

[bayoulongbowman]

I seem more acurate with a bow rest, anyone else? mark

[JimB]

What is a bow rest?

[S C Mercer]

Bayoulongbowman,  I am thinking you meant to say " elevated arrow rest".   If that's the case, then my answer is yes.  I have used them on my recurves and they did seem to allow me to be more accurate (read: consistent).   They help with masking flaws in release and marginal arrow tuning.   That been said,  I shoot longbows off the shelf and with a clean release and proper arrow tuning, the difference in accuracy in my hands is negligible.   ~Steve.

[YORNOC]

Yes sir!

[BobCo 1965]

Yes, I use a Bear rubber flipper on my hunting bows.

[Karl Kortemeier]

Yep,  I use a plunger and a rest.

[SS Snuffer]

I bought a use Bear Grizzly with a stick on Bear rest. Perfect arrow flight. Just can't bring myself to try one on my longbow!!

[Jeff Strubberg]

I've seen 'em on other folks bows, and they seem to do well.

Just one more thing to go wrong for me.  I like mine as simple as I can get 'em.

[Archie]

Elevated rest on my recurve.

[Jon Stewart]

yup, I take a piece of 5/16 arrow shaft, split it in half and lay it on the shelf and put a Bear rug over it.  Gives it just a little raised shelf to shoot off from.

[Bowwild]

I've messed around with Bear Weather Rests and old style Flipper II rests. I didn't notice much difference so I went back to the shelf on these bows. I do have one metal-riser bow that I use with a  springy rest attached to a cushion-type plunger. It is a nice feature for tuning.

One advantage to shooting from an elevated rest is to better be able to use plastic vanes for hunting in poor weather.

I may try elevated rests again some time though.

Here's the springy on a metal riser. My hunting rig in 2010. You can also see a Mathews Archery T5 Arrow Web bow quiver mount on this bow. The bow is "The Stick" by Tim Strickland.

 

[Wapiti Chaser]

I use the Bear feather rests on my old bears. Best arrow flight you can imagine.

[Nosight]

Flipper with a plunger on my Hoyt GM for the reason of use of plastic vains when we hunt the rainforest over on the penninsula.

[Bill Carlsen]

Elevated rest and plunger. Jeff....never had a problem with them "failing" or making things more complicated. I find them to be very beneficial when it comes to shooting consistently. An added benefit for me is that when I shot off the shelf there were some broadheads that  I just couldn't get to shoot consistently. Going back to a rest and plunger I can shoot anything I want that is close to 200 grains. By "going back" I simply mean that in the 60's and until I gave up compounds, which I shot for only a couple of years, I had a plunger and rest on all my old recurves. For me it's the good old days.

[kbetts]

I don't like the way they look, but I have one on my Hoyt and  shot great tonight during league.  I'll use it for hunting.

[rjackson]

I shoot a bear rest on my Talltines,Morrison,Bear TD and my new Raven.
Love how my shooting improved.

Good luck,
Randy