I have read lots of post that Bow hush and puppies are great a quieting a bow, and I have heard only good things about the company and owner, but I have a few questions before I shell out some cash. My recurve is pretty quite...but I want it as quite as my longbow. I want it to sound like a mouse breaking-wind at 100yds when I am only 10yds from a deer.
Do these products really make that much of a difference?
Are they that much better than making wool puffs and wrapping your sting (ends) with a good quality wool yarn...from the poor-boys fly tying shop...err I mean craft store?
I use them on my silvertip and they work great.
My Ancient Spirits recurve is silent. Shot a turkey from a ground blind last fall from only 5-6 yds......the rest of the flock just stayed there----they didn't know what happened; just that the big tom was flopping around......
The Hush Puppies and Bow Hush combo are DA BOMB!! :archer2:
I love mine! They really aren't that expensive. Especially if only doing one bow. You can always try other alternatives first and see if you like it. Also a recurve will generally have a little more noise than a long bow. At ten yards a deer will hear a bow no matter what. Either way enjoy playing with your equipment till season starts.
Magnus
I know people like (or love) them...but are they better (quieter)?
I think they are quieter because it is a much heavier, coarser yarn than the wool yarn from the craft store. I however use the craft stuff only because I am constantly messing with thing and can make many puffs from one skein and my wife found me some merino wool in camo.
Noticeably quieter?
Yes!
I have a Widow PCH that I'm going to order a set for. If they can quiet this one down they'll work on anything.
Personally, I don't think there is any comparision between the Hush Puppies and regular craft yarn. Much better at dampening vibrations in the string. Also much better at shedding water in a rain.
Mine are awesome. They really quiet it down, and are a quality product.
Yes they are worth it, every penny.
Best string silencers you will ever find for a trad bow. And they look cool too.
They are the beesknees, the shiznit, the bomb, all that and a bag of chips, going to be on every string my bow wears forever and ever.
How's that for ya?
My TF III is the quietest recurve I own. It has the Bow Hush and spiders, but I've also got a pair of Hush Puppies that will be going on to replace the spiders and quite it even more.
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Personally, I don't think there is any comparision between the Hush Puppies and regular craft yarn. Much better at dampening vibrations in the string. Also much better at shedding water in a rain.
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You won't find yarn/wool as heavy as this stuff at any store. I love mine, just finished installing another set 1/2 hr ago!
My bow is quiter bow w/ hush puppies, then rubber wiskers. I ordered them for the rest of my bows.
Get both and add pieces of mole skin to limb tips and it's just as quite as any long bow.
QuoteOriginally posted by Guru:
QuoteOriginally posted by Whip:
Personally, I don't think there is any comparision between the Hush Puppies and regular craft yarn. Much better at dampening vibrations in the string. Also much better at shedding water in a rain.
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I agree and as mentioned they are a quality product, which translates into longevity. If you do not want to tinker with your setup, you do not have to and they will last for years.
Great product.
Where exactly do you get these things?
www.bowhush.com (http://www.bowhush.com)
They are also on the Sponsors List....and Drop Down menu.
They also have the prettiest CEO and CFOs of any buiz... :goldtooth:
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"Bald Spot"---at the top of the page, scroll down the list of Sponsors and click on "BowHush".
Terry Green's daughters are the CEO's :archer:
O.K......not sure what happened there; but at any rate, Terry beat me to it :goldtooth:
Best wool silencer I have ever used and beats the heck out of other types too.
lets face it,you'll probably never get a recurve as quiet as a longbow simply because of the string hitting the limb on a recurve.thats just common sense.i put them on all my recurves and they do work very well and there is a huge difference when using them as opposed to not using them.you cant go wrong using them for sure.the best in my opinion.
OK guys...I'm going to order some.
For $12.00 they are WELL worth the investment. Use both on my recurve and it is as quiet as a mouse fart.
I find if funny that folks "choke" on a $12 cost when they are shooting $500+ bows..... :rolleyes:
Any yes, there is a difference in the product you get and what you can buy at the craft store. :readit:
I didn't want to get hooked on them if they weren't worth it. I shoot a lot...and wear out a couple of strings a years (could make them last but I replace them religiously).
Also, a bow can last a life time (e.g. old bear bows).
They are worth it ... I just ordered two more sets of the hush puppies for some new strings on my long bows and I keep the old strings for back up.
I have a fancy yarn store not too far from where I live and they carry nothing like it ... and they have yarns from all over the world.
Also if you kill a nice critter and send Terry a hero picture with your Hush Puppy equipped bow he might send you a free set
I've installed the Hush Puppies some time ago and have shot at least a hundred arrows through them but they don't seem to be settling in. Yesterday was bad...I kept having to pick up fir after every shot it seems. The yarn seems too thick and it doesn't look like the string is twisting naturally...there's maybe 3 or 4 turns through the length of the Hush Puppies and doesn't seem like it's enough to hold them in. What am I doing wrong? Is this salvageable?
The hush puppies worked great on my recurve. Been shooting them about three months and I like them. Probably the best string silencer I have tried.
Question on the bow hush. Do you need to unstring your bow for the yarn to keep its shape? I like to keep my recurve strung (and it is recommended by the bowyer) and worry that doing so will crush the yarn and make it less effective. Any thoughts? Thanks...Mike
mcflurry.....what kind of string do you have? Flemish or endless?
Moose...don't worry about it. That's why I use the New Zealand wool...cause it has more crimp and the fiber acts more like a spring or shock absorber. Its all I use in our carpet because of that fact and it makes the carpet more resilient.
I have the puppies and just ordered two sets of he bow hush and puppies.
They get a free ride to Alaska in a few months...
Silencers are not the only consideration when trying to get your bow as quiet as possible. Need to consider your brace height, arrow weight and string. Just my 2 cents. I use hush puppies and love them. I use one hush puppie and divide in 2 pieces, works great.
Gilbert
Terry, it's a 14 strand endless string. Not sure of the material itself, but I want to say Dynaflight 97. I split the 14 strands placed the Puppies right in the middle.
Mcflury....like it says on the web page.....endless strings sometimes don't hold them very well due to the lack of twists.
Email me your address and I'll send you something out for your troubles.
I have them on all my bows and i haven't found anything yet that works as well as they do.
If I can make it myself I will usually try. I have tried for a few years now to convince myself that I don't need to pay good money for a few lengths of wool yarn, when I can get my own yarn and do it. Well, I've tried the craft store stuff (usually has synthetic fiber blended in), I even got on line and found a wool mill and had them send me a skein of their 100% wool yarn. Figured I had enough material to last me the rest of me life. It just isn't the same, haven't found anything that works as well yet, I just keep coming back to the Bow Hush. Wish I had come up with the idea.
Thanks for all the comments guys n gals. The orders spiked this week! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
Burnsie,
I'm like you, a do it yourself kind of guy but iwhen it comes to a great product like this I leave it to Terry and the Bowhush gals.
I've said it before and I will say it again. It's all I will ever shoot.
Hmm interesting I have never tried wool or yarn for my bows. I have been a beaver fan, but after getting into some muskrats this trapping season I just tried that on my bow, and I love it. But I have been wondering about these synthetics . . . might just have to try them out!!!
Sorry Chris....being in the wool carpet buiz....I couldn't let that last comment go by.....
syn·thet·ic (sn-thtk) adj.
1.
Relating to, involving, or of the nature of synthesis.
2.
Chemistry Produced by synthesis, especially not of natural origin.
3.
a. Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived: "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic" (George F. Will).
b. Prepared or made artificially:
:campfire:
Hush puppies are all natural.
Have I mentioned 25 time in the past that I LOVE THEM.
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Sorry Chris....being in the wool carpet buiz....I couldn't let that last comment go by.....
:smileystooges:
Absolutely worth every penny spent. I had tried quite a few others before I was introduced to the Hush Puppies. Won't use anything else.
Many thanks for the orders. Much appreciated :wavey:
Im about to order some more and for those of you that have not tried them, come on they are very inexpensive and i promise they work as good as any product on the market.
Oh yea they look really cool on your bow also.
If your going to place an order do it now. Hunting season is just around the corner. They tell me the head man in that outfit likes to hunt come fall. Have "Hush Puppies" on most of my longbows, and "Hush Puppies" and "Bow Hush" on my only recurve. Outstanding product. :thumbsup:
I got my bow hush and hush puppies in the mail yesterday. I will test them out this weekend.
Hmmm,
I may have to give em a try sometime. I am a confirmed muskrat silencer fan. I like the look and they silence my longbow nicely. Has anyone ever run a test with a decible meter to see if there is any difference between all the different string silencers?
QuoteOriginally posted by Ragnarok Forge:
Has anyone ever run a test with a decible meter to see if there is any difference between all the different string silencers?
I haven't ....but have run a lot of arrows through critters using BowHush that never heard it coming......real life tests are better than lab tests every day of the week.....
And so have these folks.....
Bow Hush Test Results (http://www.bowhush.com/hero.html)
Ok, I got the hush puppies and bow hush on a string at tested them out. My wife (the ultimate authority on all things ever) says that they make my bow quieter...noticeably so. I think it is quieter. The thing I noticed the most is the duration of sound is shorter. My PSA III, which was a quiet recurve, is now a very quiet recurve.
so, going back to your first post, you pleased?
I just finished installing them on a "new to me" Kanati longbow.
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Josh I just got a 450+ 8 strand string from you for my Kanati very quite. You make as good of string as Jason does bows!
Thank you both!
Mine came in the mail Monday and I put them to the ultimate test, the loudest Widow I've ever laid my hands on. If these didn't work there was going to be a Widow PCH hitting the classifieds fast. Transformed it from a loud unbearable "pop" to a mellow dull "thump". I'm sold :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I will be a repeat costumer.
Just ordered some bowhush for my old Damon Howatt Hunter.
Would someone be so kind to post or email to me the instructions for installing hush puppies? When I sold my last recurve I couldn't find any silencers for it so I sent one set of hush puppies as well as the instructions with it. I have a set laying here, but no installation guide :confused: Thank you...Mike
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... And they look cool too.
Having never shot them yet, this is the part I really agree with. I just love the look of them on everyones bows I have seen them on.
That's odd you didn't receive the instructions Moose...I'll email them to ya.
Thanks...and sorry about that.
Just ordered a couple, but now I need to look for someone making 450+ flemish strings. Anyone know anyone?
Got the email Terry. I did get the instructions, but I gave a set of hush puppies to the guy that bought the last recurve I sold and sent the instructions to him as well. I thought I'd remember how to do it, doh! Thanks again...Mike