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you need to try as many as possible as what might be quiet for one person will be shocky and loud for another..it comes down to personal preference but 98% of the bows out there can be quieted down with various techiques and methods so like some said..try as many as you can and go from there..
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Quiet is an important quality in a hunting bow and many bowyers have done a good job with it. My Great Northern Critter Gitter is as quiet as any I have shot.
Every bow has a personality of its own. If you go to a shoot and try one out that you really like, buy that bow. Another bow in the same model may not feel the same.
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My old toelke whip was sure quiet. Next would likely be a Northern Mist Shelton, super silent. However, I think the quietest bow I have ever shot and barely heard is my Owl Hunter bow ... it is amazingly quiet. It is the quietest bow I have ever shot hands down.
Bob.
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the efficient use of energy is the reaon that some of the quietest bows are also some of the fastest bows. If the bow is using all its energy and its being properly transferred to the arrow then its not being wasted on vibration and noise. Sooooooooooo a bow that is properly tillered, limbs in sync. and is properly designed will be. First fast, second, quiet,. third shock free. In other words it will have all of the attributes that everyone wants in a bow. Hense! you have some of the fastest bows built,. Whippenstick, ACS ect being touted as bows that are quiet. You can include my bows and several others in that list. There is no reason a bow has to be a slow bow to be quiet. In fact some of these fast bows you can hunt with with very little or no string silencers on them at all.
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Shrews with the wood core limbs, quietest I've shot. It is also the bow that shoots best for me so what more could I ask for.
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quote:Originally posted by Rob DiStefano: the quietest and noisiest bow could easily be the same brand and model bow. there is no overall, over riding best of anything in trad archery, and most other things in life.
Like Rob said. You could have two identical bows, and all of the other subsequent choices - string (strand count and material), silencers, brace height, arrow choice, bow quiver, etc. could make all the difference between a totally silent bow and one you can hear in the next county. There is no one "quietest" bow.
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I've never shot anything more quiet than an Owl Bow, by Ed Scott. About all you hear is the string leaving the tab and feathers catching air.
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Design, timing and tiller makes a quiet bow. I would imagine that a good bowyer would build a consistant bow. When you get identical bows that are inconsistant. One quiet and one loud it speaks more of the bowyer than it does of the bow. Unless they are factory bows. Then you will get inconsistancy simply because they are not taking the time to accurately time the limbs. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it LOL.
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