"String silencers" What's the best?

[rholzie]

OK...guys...sounds like I have some good choices. Think I'll give those Hush Puppies a try! Hey Rick...how 'bout some pics? I'm sure you have one or two that you can show the gang!  

[Robert Honaker]

I wrap wool yarn around the palm of my hand twenty rounds.  

Slide off my hand  and carefully place between the seperated flemish string. String the bow and and cut leaving bout an inch on each side of the string.

Make a nice small round ball, just like store bought silencers,  after a few shots. Doesn't hurt it to get wet and makes any bow deadly silent.

Best of all a roll of wool cost me ten bucks and that roll should last me a lifetime.

[rholzie]

Thanks Robert...now that is one I will definitely try!

[Bow Bum]

Proper brace height does wonders for my Bear Kodiak Hunter

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Robert Honaker:
I wrap wool yarn around the palm of my hand twenty rounds.  

Slide off my hand  and carefully place between the seperated flemish string. String the bow and and cut leaving bout an inch on each side of the string.

Make a nice small round ball, just like store bought silencers,  after a few shots. Doesn't hurt it to get wet and makes any bow deadly silent.

Best of all a roll of wool cost me ten bucks and that roll should last me a lifetime.

Dang - you said everything I was going to say but you said it more eloquently.    :D  

Here's one of the wool yarn balls on my HH Halfbreed posing by some pointy brush.

 

[Bjorn]

Over the years there is nothing I have not tried-except those spider things-anyway, nothing has been as quiet as SBD bowstrings with a little wool, impressive.      

[snag]

The Navajo wool silencers that 3Rivers sells and Jim Neaves of Centaur Bows sells are the best I've tried. They hold their shape and have a high amount of natural oils from the animal. Definitely the best.

[Birdbow]

Just before a moose hunt where long days in rainy weather was anticipated, I tried 2 pair of rubber string leeches on my string figuring they'ld be less affected by the wet. I was so satisfied with them that they're what I've stayed with. Was shooting a Hummingbird LB.

[Rich in CO]

I'm in the wool yarn camp also. They are cheap & work plus I just like the sound of the shot with them vs rubber whiskers

[Lee Robinson .]

Placement can be just as important if not more important than type of siliencer.

Measure the distance of the string from string/bow contact point (coming off the belly side of the limb) to string/bow contact point.

For longbows and quiet recurves, I typically use 1/4th this distance. For a noisy recurve I might go into 1/3rd. A musician taught me by using these locations I would minimize the amplitudes of the waves in the string (like a musical instrument).

[leatherneck]

I have Bow Hush on all my bows. They look good,are cheap, and two young ladies are working to go to college. Can't help but support that!  

[stagetek]

I use Cat Whiskers. Impervious to weather.

[Butch Speer]

I use Cat Whiskers & Dyna Puffs. Got them from Mudd. I believe he would say he likes the puffs too.

[longbowben]

Bow hush here also.  

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
I get mine from two Darlin Southern Belles

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[rholzie]

Love the feedback! One thing that's for sure...when you post a question here on Tradgang, it WILL be answered!  Thanks everyone!  (more pics, more pics)!!!          

[snag]

"Navajo String Silencer"
-naturally waterproof
-handmade & lightweight
-rugged
They look like they would be heavy but they're not. I've got them on all my bows.    

[Mudd]

Ditto what Butch said about Dyna puffs.

The others I like are Hush Puppies, Musk Ox, and beaver.

God bless,Mudd

[chad graham]

cat whiskers for me !

[gobblegrunter]

cat whiskers here too