Rig Refit

[OXN939]

Got a Mathews Z3 I've been shooting for east coast whitetail for the last 6 years. With an elk tag in mind for fall '26, I'm looking at a few upgrades and would love to hear any input yall might have for getting things squared.

Arrows: currently shooting Easton Carbon Raider Platinums in 340 spine, 9.3 GPI. With 100 grain mechanicals, the entire setup weighs out at 399 grains. My initial thought is Iron Will S series 125s- good fit for the Eastons I have, or would an upgrade in the arrow department help those broadheads out?

Rest: been shooting a whisker biscuit forever just because it does fine for at my 35 yard east coast MER. Obviously very different game for elk. Hamskea Everest a good start? Any tips for someone new to the drop away world?

String: got a 2 year old Zebra that will be getting replaced. Between Mathews tending to run long and that Zebra, I've been using a cam that's a full inch shorter than my measured draw length and my anchor point is probably still 1/2" past optimal. Recommendations in that department?

Everything else I think I'll probably keep how it is- I know 5 pins are old school, but I'll be stoked if I can get everything dialed to 50. Thanks in advance for any input getting this figured!

 

[CJ_BG]

If the iron will shoots well then that's all you'd need to do for arrows.

Try the whisker first, if it shoots good enough to whatever distance you want it to then why change?

Catfish custom strings are my favorite but I will say I haven't used a ton of different strings.




425gr arrow with an iron will that shoots good is plenty of lethality for elk. I'd make the simplest changes first just to see what if anything really needs to change.