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Big Riser
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A friend called me today for a snapping noise coming from his bow string. This had been going on for about two weeks when He put new beaver silincers on.Well I drove over to his house to check it out.He shot it for me to lisen to the snap,well it did have a load snap.YOUR NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS ONE.SOME OF THE HAIRS ON THE HAIR BALLS WERE 3in.long. SO I TRIMMED THEM TO ABOUT 1 in.LONG.AND THE SNAPPING NOISE QUIT.AND HES HAPPY ONCE AGAIN.SIMPLE TRICK. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO HERE OF SOME OF YOUR TRICKS TO SILINCE YOUR BOWS? THANKS FRANK [banghead] [knothead] [banghead]

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TTT

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Same kinda thing happened to me with rubber cat whiskers that were too long. Cut them down short, into a ball and just like that my bow was quiet as a mouse.

... mike ...

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stickhead
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Sounds like they were acting like a bullwhip
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S.C. Hunter
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I agree with stickhead bullwhip action. That sudden stop same as what occurs with the bow and the whip.

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Mike Treadway makes a string that's part fast flight and part b50 they are pretty quite strings
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Yarn puff balls and heavy, hardwood arrows.
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Was getting a funny twang (sound like I was picking a banjo )with my Turkey Creek, tried all kinds of silencers, changed strings serveral times, fooled with brace height, noch point till I was blue in the face..still a twang at every shot. Finally removed the tip cover that was on the bottom tip when I got it..bingo, whisper quite, no idea what that thing was doing to the string/bow but it was sure as heck causing the noise

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I found the quickest, best way to quiet down my bow is to just take the batteries out of my hearing aids... [bigsmyl] well it does make a big diff, at least for me. [smileystooges]
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quote:
Originally posted by joekeith:
I found the quickest, best way to quiet down my bow is to just take the batteries out of my hearing aids... [bigsmyl] well it does make a big diff, at least for me. [smileystooges]
HAHAHAHA!! [biglaugh]

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Heavy arrows will quiet a bow in no time flat.

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A fast bow and heavy arrows..and not listening but shooting
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Padded loop stings and string leaches.

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Leather tip savers make a hell of a racket when they break-in and get loose--tight fitting rubber/plastic is as quiet as a pocket full of rusted BB's!
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Shooting heavy arrows with the proper brace height (sweet spot), my Dyna97 bowstrings do not have any string silencers on them. Whisper quiet upon arrow release.

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