need some advice

Hey guys,
I recently purchased new ready to hunt bow set up. Has a whiskers biscuit rest on it. I have been shooting and to me it looks like the rest is not lined up with the string. Is there a correct way to check this???

 

Il be straight up with you dude, get a drop away rest. Be it a QAD (quality archery designs) or the NAP apache carbon rest. Whisker biscuits will give you nothing but headaches.

 

I agree here, but a quick way to check is put an arrow on and stand the bow up, then sight down the cam and the middle of the riser to see if it lines up to the arrow. If you have a stablizer the arrow should line up in the middle of it also. This is just a rough check nothing thats gunna be perfect or anything.

 

Not a big fan of the whisker biscuit either. On te plus side I did see them on clearance at wal-mart for $13!

 

I would have to agree with Illinois, my son bought a RTS with that rest and it was replaced with a drop away after just a week.

 

Thanks for the advice, will look into all the responses. Happy hunting.

 

Gene, for just getting started a whisker biscuit is fine. However, I would put it on your short list of things to get. Drop aways are better in every category, however, just starting out, no worries about drop aways, let's get through the basics first.
What SRArney said was good adive. It isn't a perfect measure, but it gets you at a workable place.
Next go to google and look up "easton archery tuning guide", it's pdf on tuning, tons of knowledge and great advice crammed into 32 pages. Well worth the read.
The drop away will only improve on things.

 

Octance Hostage PRO Rest - its like a whisker biscuit but better

 

You buy a $1000.00 bow, why would you want to put a $25.00 rest on it?

 

Was the bow set up at a pro shop when you bought it? I've seen lots of bows that require the rest to be a little left of center to achieve a good tune thru paper. Regardless of how fine you may tweak your set up after paper tuning it's a good way for a beginner to start IMO.
Get it paper tuned to shoot a bullet hole and you will most likely be fine for shooting, then get a good drop away when budget allows. Lotsa good ones on the market, the Apache by NAP is a good value IMO.

 

Not all bows set up with a perfect center. More importantly, that it's centered or I call zeroed. Meaning that the arrow should be centered on the Berger holes, equal distance from riser to center of the shaft both in front and the rear of the riser. Then nocking point should be 90 to the string, if shooting with a release.

That's your starting point when you start tuning your bow.