WHo shoots with a rest?

[Hickoryswitch]

I was wonderin how yall prefer to shoot off the hand or off a rest? Personally I've shot both ways and really don't prefer one over the other. I know with factory arrows it can be a painful experience shootin off the hand.

[El Destructo]

Offhand....Turkey Fletch..........nothing but Cedar.....Spruce or Cane Arrows....and Turkey or Goose Feathers....if it gets rough on the Ole Thumb Knuckle....get a Deer or Goat Hide Glove..........

[Okie]

I shoot off floppys.

John

[adb]

Both for me, but mostly I shoot off a rest. I shoot my yew warbow off the fist, but I wear a specially made finger/thumb glove on my bow hand.

[Ryano]

Rest, makes me more acurite and easier to spine arrows and more comfortable in hunting situations.

[George Tsoukalas]

I  do add a couple of wedges of leather as a rest for several reasons. I like being able to keep an arrow nocked while sitting using a little pressure  from the forefinger of my shooting hand. I feel a gain a bit more accuracy. I hate those little cuts I get on  y shooting hand even when I skive and wrap the leading edge of the fletching. Jawge

[Pat B]

I've shot off of my hand, I've made small leather arrow rests but now I use a floppy. It gives the feeling of shooting off the hand but protects your hand from the fletching.  I always wrap the forward end of the fletching but like George, those little nicks seem to happen anyway and especially on old skin like I'm getting for some reason.  The floppy does the trick and protects my hand.   Pat

[Hillbilly]

Either way, but I usually glue on a little wedge of leather or a floppy. I despise cut-in shelves on a selfbow.

[JackCrafty]

Off the hand using arrows with carefully wrapped fletching.  I've used a rest and I guess it makes shooting more comfortable....but I prefer the simplicity of a bow without a rest.

[Postman]

I've been making cutout shelves so far, only 3 shooter selfbows and a coupla board bows under my belt, though, and I feel more comfortable as a beginner  shooting this way.I typically have to get setup quickly after work for evening hunts, so I prefer taking as little as possible with me in the woods.  I hunt mostly off the ground in improvised blinds, or in low-level tree setups, with just a butt cushion, and like having a shelf  - it helps me wait motionless with an arrow ready. I also prefer the simplicity and challenge of a tree-stand-less hunt. Have had several close opportunities this year, (no good shots aside from a suicidal button buck I've let slide 3 times - he spends some time on my property, so I want to watch him grow up at least another year. ).have only 2 hunts or so left......Pressures on

[Ian Johnson]

I do

[DanaM]

Mostly off the knuckle and haven't been cut yet

[PeteC]

I use both too.But ,on the bows I intend to hunt big game with,I prefer a rest of some sort,usually made of the same wood the bow is,covered with leather.It 's an accuracy factor with me. Merry Christmas,and God Bless

[George Tsoukalas]

Pat, shooting off your hand must have really hurt. LOL. Jawge

[david w.]

On my stiff handled flatbows I always cut in a rest.  If i make a narrow d bow i shoot of my hand