My own homemade srting puffs. Nothing I have ever used works better.

The farmers property I hunt has these huge belgian sheep, the wool is the best I have found for silencing my bows. It is very water resistant as well. I will be getting a supply in a few weeks, when they shear them in late spring. PM me and I willsend ya some!! Shawn

I'm a curve shooter and anal about having a quiet bow. If I get a bow that is loud, one of two things happen. I will work on the bow and use everything I have learned to quiet it down. If it gets to the point where I have run everything on the bow and it still is too loud for my taste, it's gone. With that said, I have only had a couple bows that I couldn't quiet up. I have tried it all and here is what I found. Bowhush/Hushpuppies will work well on 95% of the bows out there. I also have a couple MM strings on a couple bows and they are good strings but they are expensive and can take some time to get them after you order them. I just placed a order for Bowhush/Hushpuppies reinforcements tonight. Got several bows that I need to docter up. My advise is to give Bowhush/Hushpuppies a try. They are very reasonably priced and I'd bet they will take care of business for ya.

JL

QuoteOriginally posted by SpankyNeal:
Bow Hush and Hush Puppies on a recurve - nothing better IMHO.

DITTO

I use a similar set-up to the bow hush on 'curves, lambs wool yarn for the string wraps as well as the puff-ball silencers.  I sold a bow to a friend in Iowa and he immediately removed them and installed cat-whiskers because the woolies load up with burrs, etc. in his neck of the woods.
  I agree with some of the above posts on LBs, near anything will work.

I use the musk ox silencers sold by 3 rivers, I think they work great, and they last well. I would recommend them.

Hi Gordy,

You might find this link handy for your BlackWidows...

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=056415;p=1


Regards,


AK.

String Harmonics is the vibrations on the string when plucked or in the case of a bow when the string is released. Using String Harmonics we are able to predict in strings where the most vibrations will occur by simply dividing the length of the unobstructed string by multiples of 2's and 3's.

Unobstructed String  is found where the string last touches/contacts the upper and lower limbs of the bow. Lets just say that this length is 50". Now we divide by multiples of 2's and 3's to find out where the most harmonics/vibrations will occur.
50"/2 =  25" or 1/2 point.

50"/3 = 16.66" or 1/3 points

50"/4 =  12.5" or ¼ points

50"/6 =  8.33" or 1/6 points

50"/8 =  6.25" or 1/8 points

50"/9 =  5.55" or 1/9 points

This continues 1/10, 1/12, 1/14, 1/15, etc...

Most people find out that the ¼ points are a good starting point. Now the string will have it's greatest vibrations at the ½ point and next the 1/3 points but your not going to have a silencer placed in the ½ point of your string. The 1/3 points may be distracting as the silencer on the upper limb might be close to your eye when you draw.

Now by placing your silencers in the parts of the string where the most vibrations occur will greatly reduce the noise and vibrations of your bow. It is also important to note that there are places in your string where there is little or no movement or vibrations as the string resonates, these are called dead zones and when we place silencers in these areas we are definitely robbing our bows of speed and energy. The opposite might occur by properly placed silencers. When shooting a compound bow thru a chronograph I actually lost 5 fps in speed once I removed the silencers.... Go figure...

Rubber is the best material for reducing vibrations. You won't see any limb savors made of wool or beaver balls...

Rubber whiskers and a heavy arrow that is the correct spine.
SL

I like cat whisker material...in colors that match my string ...looks cool and works the best in rainy conditions or dry...2nd would be otter more waterproof than beaver!!  

         For the Hush Puppies.

Mountain Muffler strings are the best recurve silencing method I've found, and they don't detract much speed at all. Very well made and great customer service!

One of the best but seldom considered, is a little more arrow weight. I just finished fine tuneing a bareshaft. At 585 grains she shot very good and the bow was quiet. I increased to 610 grains just for the heck of it. Now there's just a light thunk. All the difference in the world!

I've always used rubber catwhiskers- and I still prefer them over any wet hairballs. I have been wanting to try a Mountain Muffler string or some BowHush, especially on my Fastflight bow. Can you still get them?

-Charlie

Charlie, I can PM you the contact info for Mountain Mufflers if you want. They're still taking orders.

Please. I'd sure appreciate it.

Thanks,
-Charlie

You could always try shooting handguns without hearing protection in the off season.  Over the years I've met several guys who have done this and they say the don't hear anything.  

I use one pair of Wooly Whispers and that's all that is needed.  Try to get the bow as quiet as you can through fistmele adjustment first, then add silencers.  

If you silencers get wet, just snap the sting a few times at about a 3 inch draw and the water will be mostly gone.  Excessive noise may be a tiller issue as well.

You'll get the Bow Hush much quicker. 8 weeks for a MM string last I knew.

I prefer the Bow Hush and Hush Puppy combination on my recurves.  I have ordered several sets for friens after they witness how much more quiet my bow is.  
  They will work for you.