Catawba Still Shot?
07-20-2008, 04:24 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 79
Catawba Still Shot?
I ordered a bow from my bow shop and the owner had just got a shipment of new stuff in and i was checkn it out.. he had this catawba still shot in there and said from what hes been hearin it may be better than a WB... have any of you ever used one? what do yall think about it?
07-20-2008, 10:02 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Posts: 7,684
RE: Catawba Still Shot?
ORIGINAL: MDBUCKHUNTER
The WB is junk and so is the Catawaba. So much needless contact between the arrow and the rest.
Also, standard helical through a Catawaba is a nightmare to tune.
The WB is junk and so is the Catawaba. So much needless contact between the arrow and the rest.
Also, standard helical through a Catawaba is a nightmare to tune.
07-20-2008, 11:45 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Catawba Still Shot?
Well, you aren't going to find the catawba rest any more. Bowtech purchased that company 2 years agoand it is now the Hostage rest.
I like the design of the hostage better than the WB due to the vanes not having to go through the bristlesbut not the polymer construction. However, Bowtech also makes a hostage pro that is machined aluminum with adjustable bristles for different diameter shafts. The hostage pro would be my choice.
http://fuelthehunt.com/hostagepro.php
I like the design of the hostage better than the WB due to the vanes not having to go through the bristlesbut not the polymer construction. However, Bowtech also makes a hostage pro that is machined aluminum with adjustable bristles for different diameter shafts. The hostage pro would be my choice.
http://fuelthehunt.com/hostagepro.php
07-21-2008, 09:39 PM
#6
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 2,116
RE: Catawba Still Shot?
Based on the fact that an arrow will not pass through the whiskers at the same spot time and time again....that means the whiskers are acting upon the arrow differently each time....therefore, consistancyto the level of a dropaway rest will never be attained by a WB or Hostage rest. This will also hold true as your biscuit gets dirty/wet and/or begins to wear out.
That alone is pure and simple engineering and physics.
The BIG question is....do you need the accuracy of a drop away? If your arrow is being acted on differently by outside forces (aka whiskers) each time you shoot, the minor discrepancies will only magnify atlonger ranges. If you hunt 30yds and in, then a WB/Hostage will most likely be fine. If you shoot 3D and have targets out to 40, 50 or even 60yds, then you must re-think your setup.
That alone is pure and simple engineering and physics.
The BIG question is....do you need the accuracy of a drop away? If your arrow is being acted on differently by outside forces (aka whiskers) each time you shoot, the minor discrepancies will only magnify atlonger ranges. If you hunt 30yds and in, then a WB/Hostage will most likely be fine. If you shoot 3D and have targets out to 40, 50 or even 60yds, then you must re-think your setup.
07-29-2008, 07:38 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: SE Wisconsin
Posts: 88
RE: Catawba Still Shot?
I've been using the Octane Hostage Pro from Bowtech and I love it. You get all the benefits of a capture-style rest like the WB, but there is no contact with the vanes/fletchings. I use blazers on it, so I don't know how well it performs with a helixal vane. definitely recommend it.
07-31-2008, 08:32 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Very S. Indiana
Posts: 155
RE: Catawba Still Shot?
ORIGINAL: MDBUCKHUNTER
The WB is junk and so is the Catawaba. So much needless contact between the arrow and the rest.
Also, standard helical through a Catawaba is a nightmare to tune.
The WB is junk and so is the Catawaba. So much needless contact between the arrow and the rest.
Also, standard helical through a Catawaba is a nightmare to tune.
Catawaba is now hostage and owned by Bowtech and I think I have Just the right ammount of contact!!!
