Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: JRA86 on June 05, 2014, 07:08:45 PM
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New to the recurve and I'm loving it. Comes with a 55 lb draw weight. Am looking to make it a bit more quiet. Have heard silencers of a synthetic nature and whiskers both work great. Just looking to see if anyonehas any field experience or knowledge on either to point me in the right direction as to where to start. Appreciate any suggestions.
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On my longbow I use yarn. Whiskers work good toohttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WuTfrvWA-Uc
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I use the yarn puffs. I've also used cat whiskers. I didn't notice much noise difference so I stuck with the cheapy yarn puffs.
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I dont think you can wrong with either. :tup:
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Puff Balls seem to quiet the bow the best. But!! If you are going to hunt somewhere that has a lot of burrs or clinging seeds best to use whiskers or beaver balls.
Also, add some moleskin to the area where the string contacts the limb at the curve. I have a few bows where that makes a big difference in the noise level.
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Awesome guys! I appreciate the feedback :)
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heavier arrows work too
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If you have recently started shooting you may want to check the brace height. I noticed that with a new string after a number of shots the string stretched, the brace height decreased and the noise increased. Just by twisting the bow became more quiet and shot a whole lot better.
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There have been many tests with all kinds of silencers and cat whiskers win out every time.
Check out Trad Gang. com
As others have said brace height is important.
John
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All bowstrings have a harmonic just like a guitar string. To best counteract the harmonic install 4 silencers on the string- divide the distance between the nock point and limb tip into thirds, then install the whiskers or whatever at those locations.
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I install cat whiskers with small zip ties. You can slide them up and down the string to find the best spot. My bows like them to be about 4 1/2 inches down from where the string contacts the limb. After you find the sweet spot you can tie a set in permanently.
John
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I install cat whiskers with small zip ties. You can slide them up and down the string to find the best spot. My bows like them to be about 4 1/2 inches down from where the string contacts the limb. After you find the sweet spot you can tie a set in permanently.
Good tip :tup:
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Tarantula silencers work wonderfully on my recurve, thought they would be a bit tacky looking but once they're on they look bad a
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Beaver balls have always been good at quieting my traditional bows. I've used the string buttons at the ends of the strings to keep them from hitting limb tips on recurves. Not a problem on longbows.
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I just installed beaver balls , strips of silencers on the limbs were the string and limbs make contact and a rubber tip protector on my girls recurve and it made a world of difference on quieting it down.
