To silence a widow.....

[longstick]

I just adjusted my PMAV to the specs and is working great...I cut a beaver ball in half went 1/4 and then 1/3 with the widow silencer...quietened it a whole bunch. Shooting 3555 GT Traditionals cut to 29 with 125 gr tip and man what a difference

[Dave2old]

Shoot it underwater?

[longstick]

I have before..everything was SO wet from downpour you would have thought it was underwater

[BUFF]

wow those are pretty

[swp]

Al,

Thanks for the tip, I stopped in at BW today and picked up some wolleys. Put them where you said and the PSR is quiter. With a full quiver minus one it should be reallll quite.

Thanks again,
Scott

[Al Kidner]

Thought I bring this to the top again for those that need help in getting your wonderful Widders quiet!


ak.

[Dave Bulla]

Hey Al, looks like it's been almost two years since the first post.  I'm guessing you haven't found any better combination since this was first posted?

[Steve O]

Al,

Can you hear a big difference with only 2 silencers?

[Mike Manassa]

Morning Al...I have the same silencer setup on my PSRX Osage and it made the bow extremely quiet...I had to brace it a little higher than Black Widow specs though..Mike  

[Al Kidner]

Dave, I've always used this set up mate and found it to be the best for me, BW's and my shooting style... not that I shoot all that different from others...lol.

Steve, it's hard to really say, but I just found that the 4 placed in those positions worked a treat.

What I have done of late is split two Woolie Whispers in 4, making them smaller and tied those into a flemish. Works well.


Happy 2010!


ak.

[overbo]

Change the the serving on that widow string improves their quitness and gain a little speed

[Longbowwally]

For my PL longbow I use two spider silencers on each end, at about 8" and 11" from end of string. I also use limbsavers at the fades.
Must quiet the bow pretty well as I shot a doe with it this fall, and a second doe with it ran back a few yards when I shot the other doe and then came back and fed under my stand within a couple of minutes as if nothing had happened....

[Longbowwally]

One more thing I do to make my PL's quieter is to go to 8" or 8 1/4" brace height. This is the single best thing you can do to make the PL's quieter in my experience. I just got a PLV 66" today through a deal with a fellow tradganger...Had to go to 8 1/4" brace height to make it quiet enough for me...I have two other 64" PLV's also and they were quiet at 8".....Play around with the brace height and you'll see what I mean.....Hope this helps....

[VA Robinhood]

I use yarn silencers, seems to really quiet my PSA down alot.

[bama]

I use brush buttons and 4 silencers on my string but I honestly don't think that it matters.  Any noise whatsoever can be heard by a deer and sometimes the softer noises seem to scare them more.  Its impossible to eliminate it altogether.

[Big Ed]

10 strand Ultra Cam String Padded loops with cat whisker silencers. Longbow quiet and pretty quick to boot.