Trophy Taker (all rests)

Written by Paul Morris

The TT test can be tricky to set up with the FOBs. (but it will work great!) Just make sure that the rest is coming up to the full up position at the last part of the draw to ensure a quick drop and the cord should be tied about level with the bottom of the handle/grip (when not drawn back). The goal is to have the least amount of tension on the cord at full draw but having the rest 100% all the way up. Also, I like to rotate the rest bar (the bar that mounts the rest to the riser) slightly down so the rest workings are as level with the riser shelf as possible and the forks should lay as flat as possible. This will also maximize clearance. If you use the rubber arrow guide/holder with the rest, please double check clearance and you may need to trim down. Those arrow guides/holder give us the most troubles.
The TT rest can have bounce up issues and may be hard to detect. If you have plenty of clearance but your arrows are hitting low (especially broadheads), you may have the dreaded TT bounce back. The cure is to make sure the rest is set up as described above and then slow up or speed up the timing so the bounce does not happen right when the FOB is going over the rest.
Here are two videos. First one is a hunter with bounce at the wrong time. The second is an TT xtreme with bounce that does not make contact with the FOB.

Bad Bounce