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Title: What's the Quietest Bow You Ever Shot ????
Post by: Flt Rck Shtr on January 07, 2009, 03:28:00 PM
I'm sure this topic has been brought up before, but I'm just curious what some others think. I recently bought a Griffin, and it is whisper quiet. I've owned a truck load of other bows, but I can't recall any of them being this quiet. Any input is greatly appreciated.
                                James
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Post by: chris K. on January 07, 2009, 03:33:00 PM
my Dan Toelke D-bow is by far the quietest bow that I have ever owned or shot.
Chris Kiefner
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Post by: JCJ on January 07, 2009, 03:37:00 PM
A good straight limb, d-shaped longbow. This design when coupled with an arrow of 11-12 gpi. is really quiet. Even quiet recurves make a lot of noise compared to sucha set up.
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Post by: chris K. on January 07, 2009, 03:41:00 PM
Mine is #43@28 and I am shooting a 500 grain arrow. It isn't a speed demon but they won't hear it coming either.
Chris Kiefner
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Post by: hogdancer on January 07, 2009, 03:43:00 PM
Massie Longhorn, don't need silencers.
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Post by: Onions on January 07, 2009, 03:49:00 PM
St Joe River longbow!

chris <><
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Post by: Swamp Pygmy on January 07, 2009, 03:50:00 PM
the stick. fits into the straight limbed bow category. Tapered lams. under 50lbs. Tuned and with vibration dampeners.

Silence. The arrow in flight sounds very loud in comparison.
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Post by: Ybuck on January 07, 2009, 03:55:00 PM
My buddies "Holm-Made" longbow.
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Post by: mooseman76 on January 07, 2009, 04:00:00 PM
2nd the Toelke D bow.  My whip is QUIET, but this bow is even more silent.

Funny Swamp Pygmy mentioned the arrow flight being loud in comparison.  That is exactly how I felt shooting the Toelke D bow.  I could hear my feathers more that the bow itself.  I imagine that most bows of this design will have similar results...Mike
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Post by: Ben Maher on January 07, 2009, 04:08:00 PM
Hill longbow, b50 string....
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Post by: DesertDude on January 07, 2009, 04:09:00 PM
My new Tomahawk,
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Post by: T. Downing on January 07, 2009, 04:10:00 PM
Dave Petersen's Shrew Classic. He let me shoot it recently up at his cabin, it was so quiet I almost couldn't believe it. My father's Matlock Longbow is a close second. Despite its power, it is whisper quiet. T
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Post by: Terry Green on January 07, 2009, 04:11:00 PM
A static recurve selfbow made by Bill McNeal.
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Post by: ishiwannabe on January 07, 2009, 04:28:00 PM
My Harold Couch TD LB.
I have had so many people comment on how quiet it is. I have had deer fail to react to the shot. I have had people at the Muzzy wonder how the target got knocked down, not realizing I shot. Super quiet.
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Post by: robtattoo on January 07, 2009, 04:37:00 PM
Navajo 3-piece longbow from Roy Hall.
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Post by: DEAN on January 07, 2009, 04:38:00 PM
Roy Hall Apache
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Post by: cahaba on January 07, 2009, 04:39:00 PM
D shaped Liberty English with 11 gpp arrows.
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Post by: Matt D. on January 07, 2009, 04:40:00 PM
Howard Hill
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Post by: overbo on January 07, 2009, 04:47:00 PM
Fredrick baron and a dacron Zipper a close second
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Post by: L. E. Carroll on January 07, 2009, 04:58:00 PM
I'll second the Griffin's
Gene
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Post by: KY..Rob on January 07, 2009, 05:03:00 PM
A Steve Abbott Mild R/D Longbow
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Post by: dagwood64 on January 07, 2009, 05:11:00 PM
My McCullough 59er. Duane
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Post by: Bjorn on January 07, 2009, 05:14:00 PM
Home made R/D self bow with a 4 strand D97 string!
Silent.
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Post by: Ian johnson on January 07, 2009, 05:15:00 PM
massie reverse handle longbow
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Post by: Gordon martiniuk on January 07, 2009, 05:17:00 PM
Kemph little Grizzly very quiet,,
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Post by: joe skipp on January 07, 2009, 05:30:00 PM
My Kempf Stealth with a TS-1 string and the kwik styk with static limbs.
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Post by: Curtis Haden on January 07, 2009, 06:25:00 PM
Surprised it hasn't already been said, but the quietest bow I've ever shot was an all osage, 3 piece t/d Pronghorn by Herb Meland.  I've got a Griffin that's quiet, but my buddy's Pronghorn just puts every other bow to shame!  Maybe he got lucky, dunno... It's the only Pronghorn I've ever shot, but if they're all like that...wow!
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Post by: beachbowhunter on January 07, 2009, 06:37:00 PM
My wife's 43# Martini longbow. Crazy quiet.
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Post by: Bird Dog on January 07, 2009, 06:49:00 PM
I've got a Firefly and a Shrew Classic Hunter-Carbon that are amazingly q.uiet
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Post by: 30coupe on January 07, 2009, 07:04:00 PM
My Mahaska longbow is by far the quietest bow I've ever shot.
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Post by: ron w on January 07, 2009, 07:12:00 PM
Mahaska longbow, 66" 46#@28" yarn puffs on the string. Bear Montana @50# a close second same yarn puffs on string!
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Post by: tenbrook on January 07, 2009, 07:14:00 PM
toelke whip
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Post by: Frenchymanny on January 07, 2009, 07:30:00 PM
My new crooked stic 3pces take down, since I shoot Bobby Graham's D97 with 2 wools.

Scary silent!

F-Manny
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Post by: Rufus 25 on January 07, 2009, 07:33:00 PM
Whisperstik Mojostik... enough said
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Post by: wahoo on January 07, 2009, 07:34:00 PM
everybody tells me how silent my Thunderhorn is and it is but if it is up to me both my selfbows win hands down
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Post by: toddster on January 07, 2009, 07:44:00 PM
knowing all the variables.  When I got my Howard Hill from Craig, I was really impressed with the first few arrows,  My wife was 15 yards away in the yard and looked up on the first arrow, because all she heard was the arrow hit the bag.
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Post by: bayoulongbowman on January 07, 2009, 07:57:00 PM
Shrew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: HATCHCHASER on January 07, 2009, 08:05:00 PM
MOHAWK....  I have shot straight limb and string follow bows that were not as quiet.  It is the fastest D-shaped bow I have shot as well.
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Post by: ozy clint on January 07, 2009, 08:08:00 PM
where's the widow owners?
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Post by: HATCHCHASER on January 07, 2009, 08:11:00 PM
Trying to get their bows quiet.....  :goldtooth:
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Post by: SpankyNeal on January 07, 2009, 08:15:00 PM
My Pete George longbow is absolutely DEAD quiet!!
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Post by: J.Williams on January 07, 2009, 08:15:00 PM
Roy Hall Caddo.
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Post by: Stringdancer on January 07, 2009, 08:15:00 PM
Pronghorn........ Smoooooth too.
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Post by: SuperK on January 07, 2009, 08:33:00 PM
A Howard Hill Wesley Special that belongs to Mr. Wesley!
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Post by: Shawn Leonard on January 07, 2009, 08:46:00 PM
Any of Roy Halls Longbows, but his Cherokee was a whisper, 7 Lakes LB and yes Ishiwannabes Harold Couch's longbow which I once owned was right there with the the first two! Shawn
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Post by: TRAP on January 07, 2009, 08:50:00 PM
I had a Great Northern Bushbow that was so quiet if I didnt see the arrow fly I'd swear it had misfired.  :bigsmyl:  

Trap
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Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on January 07, 2009, 09:23:00 PM
I have an osage static tip recurve built by Little tree ( Brad Merkel ). It really whispers
just goes puffff
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Post by: Lone archer on January 07, 2009, 09:32:00 PM
Bighorn Ramhunter. People that watch me shoot, just can't get over that they hear nothing.
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Post by: bowhunter97 on January 07, 2009, 10:15:00 PM
Navajo caddo I shot right under a buck in a food plot the arrow was stuck in the ground between his front n real legs and he never even moved. the next shot got him moving but not for long. best buck ever with trad bow.
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on January 07, 2009, 10:20:00 PM
My HH Halfbreed throwing my new (Christmas pressie) Griz Stick Alaskans.
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on January 07, 2009, 10:20:00 PM
Bleah double post.
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Post by: buckster on January 07, 2009, 10:31:00 PM
Griffin & Tolke are both really quiet.

It took me two days to figure out that my Griffin wasn't silenced.  Of course I'm from West TN. ; )
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Post by: halsey on January 07, 2009, 10:38:00 PM
Gotta be a hill for me. Probably any straight limbed longbow is gonna be awful quiet.
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Post by: nontypical on January 07, 2009, 11:03:00 PM
Black Widow MAII pre FF w/LBR 14 strand B-50 59#.
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Post by: Jason Jelinek on January 08, 2009, 12:01:00 AM
My hill style bows I've made followed by an ACS.
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Post by: troutremble on January 08, 2009, 12:11:00 AM
My self made board bow, rawhide backed cherry. Little slow, some hand shock, but not a whisper.
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Post by: Brently on January 08, 2009, 12:15:00 AM
My Marriah Chinook longbow with tapered spruce arrows.  So quiet you here yourself breath.
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Post by: Matty on January 08, 2009, 12:30:00 AM
Supershrew
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Post by: Arwin on January 08, 2009, 12:44:00 AM
Definitely a Shrew. My daughters Java Man has a quiet thump to it also. I had a Northern Mist Baraga that was scary quiet too.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on January 08, 2009, 07:35:00 AM
2 58" Super Shrews live here, and they are silent. So quiet, I start getting picky about my fletching....the noise of the arrow flying starts to stand out.
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Post by: SpikeMaster on January 08, 2009, 08:00:00 AM
Howard Hill Wesley Special.
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Post by: PBNJ on January 08, 2009, 08:01:00 AM
I have to say a Mosshorn from that dude in Alabama.Forgot his name. But without anything on the string it was silent!
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Post by: whitebuffalo on January 08, 2009, 08:10:00 AM
Dwyer,, D shaped longbow,, I think your going to find most D shaped bows are the quitest bows
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Post by: on January 08, 2009, 08:42:00 AM
Pronghorn T/D Longbow. Dead quiet.
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Post by: bowtough on January 08, 2009, 09:28:00 AM
ACS-CX,SO FAR!
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Post by: Flt Rck Shtr on January 08, 2009, 05:01:00 PM
Wow!! What a great thread, thanks for all the imput guys.
          James
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Post by: Bigriver on January 08, 2009, 05:13:00 PM
My Bigriver "Hill style" 68" longbow is for sure the quietest bow I`ve been around.
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Post by: james r woods on January 08, 2009, 05:23:00 PM
Assenheimer.Ihave a 55lb and a 50lb. 60"long.I dont think a bow could get much better.  Ricky
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Post by: Larry247 on January 08, 2009, 05:27:00 PM
Voodo Kustom longbow...
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Post by: broketooth on January 08, 2009, 05:57:00 PM
i have a hickory self bow 45#@28" draw quietes bow i ever shot was made by one william santolla.of nc he really made a nice bow i use a b-50 string and beaver hair silencers . been to some archery tournements with some people who shoot compounds . their reaction is priceless. " can you shoot that again,i didnt't hear it"
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Post by: Diamond Paul on January 08, 2009, 07:16:00 PM
The quietest was definitely a longbow, but I don't remember which one; all the D-shaped longbows are pretty quiet.  I do remember the loudest bow, though: it was a recurve that exploded when the nock broke at the shot!
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Post by: joe skipp on January 09, 2009, 12:41:00 AM
I'll add that the quietest bow that I have seen shot is no longer in production. It was Rocky Mtn Archery's Anaszi Bamboo Longbow that my hunting partner "Bamboo" shoots. Quieter than any recurve or longbow I've seen or shot.
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Post by: Orion on January 09, 2009, 10:54:00 AM
Reviewing this thread evokes an observation similar to that made by Garrison Keillor regarding the kids at Lake Wobegone who were "all" above average.  Seems like almost all of the bows ever made are the quietest ever.  ;)
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