Preferred Backcountry Bow Rests

[Trial153]

Interesting. Seen a few at the windage adjustment screw cracking the frame. What have you seen?

I remember one guy pulling his bow out of case after taking it off his horse and the rest was broken at the horizontal attachment. It fell to the ground.
Another guy I know opened up his airline case when we got to camp in Mexico and rthe ound biscuit part was sheered right off. We will lucky that there was a tube of two-part epoxy in camp. We were able to glue it together overnight and hold it together to sight it in at 20 yards the next morning. It helped together for about a day and then shit to bed again. When somebody in camp tagged out, we took his rest off and jury rigged it to his bow.
They may be simple, but they also built cheap with cheap cast materials. there are a ton of better made options out there .

 

[well_known_rokslider]

I see you mentioned Trophy Taker. I put on a TT Smackdown Pro gosh nearly 10 years ago now and have never looked back. Seems like they don't get alot of attention but i love mine

 

[fatlander]

I’ve had the best luck over the years with hamskeas. I’ve currently got an Everest integrate on one bow and an epsilon on another.

I put a Vaportrail PXI and a Gen8 integrate through their paces last year. One of my buddies also ran a PXI last year.

All 3 of us had issues.

My PXI launcher arm developed a “stick” on the draw, for lack of a better term. On the first draw after the bow sat for a while, the launcher would wait until almost the end of the draw then abruptly pop up, bouncing the arrow up. Down range, there was no appreciable difference in the shots coming after the “stick”.

My Gen 8 and my buddies PXI both had issues with the elevation or windage locking screws working themselves loose over time. You’d only notice it happened because you were hitting behind the pin. A dab of loctite would probably fix the issue for good, but it’s an issue that you don’t have with hamskeas.

Another gripe on Vaportrail is their screws are tiny, the Allen key insert is shallow and they’re soft. I’ve never seen a Vaportrail that doesn’t have the allen head nearly stripped out. You can’t tighten them enough to prevent the above mentioned issue without stripping the screw head.

If you want limb driven, get a hamskea and forget it.


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[Flyinfarmer]

Setting up a new to me Mach 1 for the 2026 fall hunting backcountry season - elk (primary), bear and mule deer.

Looking at rest options. Outside of a WB early on, I've exclusively been using drop away rests for the last several years - Trophy Taker, Hamskea Primer, Trinity & Everest or Vapor Trail 7x. Prefer simple, reliable and lightweight.

Currently being considered:

- Vapor Trail 7x
- Hamskea Primer
- Redline Guru/AAE Prophecy (not much experience with the cable driven rests - increased arrow capture is appealing over the drop away, but not something I've ever had an issue with in the field)


Your thoughts/feedback? Thanks.

I was always a bit skeptical of limb driven rests but put the R7 on my new TriTech and really liking it so far. She’s heavy duty for sure.