Brush Buttons

[Frank V]

I've read a couple of articles on using brush buttons. I guess they are old school. I remembered I have a pair of the old tan ones in my tackle box. I know they are older ones because I used to use them on an old Bear Kodiak Hunter I started with. I don't remember why I took them off, maybe when I sold the bow.  Oh well there they were in my tackle box. I measured the Llama fur silencers I had on my bow were from the end of the string so I could replace them exactly if my brush buttons don't work out.
   
Well I put the buttons on & ran them up the string so they just touched the limb when the bow is strung. I just had to shoot some & you know, I think they are quieter????

Anyone else using them? If so I'd sure like to hear your findings on your bow.

Oh yes the bow I put the brush buttons on is a Green Bear Kodiak Hunter.       My first one wasn't green, but I've always remembered how fond of it I used to be. Should have kept it!!!

[wadde]

The brush buttons were just that, designed to keep branches and twigs from lodging in your bowstring. They were very good at what they were designed for. I still use them and think they were one of the greatest inventions from back in the day. They actually were string silencers as well.

[Blackhawk]

I think everyone in the 60's had brush buttons on their bow... did they not?          

Along with the buttons, I had to have that rubber star on the string to help keep it extra quiet.    

[dbd870]

I had them on my Kodiak Hunter back in the day. Don't use them now, perhaps I should.

[pinky]

I had a set

[pinky]

Oops,  I had a set on my Hatfield for a long while,  they definitely reduce the number of hang ups when moving through the woods.  I replaced the string and never switched the buttons over.  That set is now in my tackle box too.

[Hopewell Tom]

They seem to work OK at their intended purpose, but I took mine off. I found I was always fooling with them to keep from jamming too far up the limb. One end or the other was always touching the limb more than the other.
Almost as aggravating as getting hung up in the bushes.

[Frank V]

Originally posted by dbd870:
I had them on my Kodiak Hunter back in the day. Don't use them now, perhaps I should.

My bow is a Hunter too, I'm playing with them. I'll see how I like them. Thanks everyone.

[mullet]

I'm using them on my new '59 Kodiak Bear remake.

[reddogge]

Originally posted by Blackhawk:
I think everyone in the 60's had brush buttons on their bow... did they not?          

Along with the buttons, I had to have that rubber star on the string to help keep it extra quiet.      

Trouble is in the 60s I had only one bow.

[reddogge]

dup.

[stagetek]

Very popular back in the sixties. The only time I use them is when I'm small game hunting. Trudge thru a lot more brush, and that's what they're designed for.

[dbd870]

Originally posted by Blackhawk:
I think everyone in the 60's had brush buttons on their bow... did they not?          

Along with the buttons, I had to have that rubber star on the string to help keep it extra quiet.      

Yep, I had the star as well - grey as I recall.

[Iowa Tom L.]

I still use them on some of my bows.  I even have some new ones on hand (not from the 60s though...).

[jackdaw]

put some on a Bear repro a few years ago....worked great.....no problems.....works fine.

[jackdaw]

They worked better on a traditional B-50 14 strand than one of the more modern skinny strings....