Favorite fur for string silencers?

[Scott S.]

I know Hush Puppies are great, and I use a lot of rubber cat whiskers too, BUT

For those of you who use FUR SILENCERS, what critter do you prefer?  Beaver, Mink, Muskrat, Otter, Rabbit, etc?

Thanks,
Scott

[traditional_archer]

Scott, I currently use Beaver silencers.  But I have ordered a set of Hush Puppies.  From what I have been told they Work.

[Ga.boy]

I prefer beaver fur wrapped long instead of balled up.

[Scott S.]

I love Hush Puppies myself (and Bow Hush too), but am researching animal fur right now.  I have tried beaver and like them, but with so many choices, I thought I'd get some other opinions.  I've also tried mink and found them too light to do much.

[Ian johnson]

I use beaver on my hickory self bow, they work great, I have had good success with muskrat also, not as quiet as the beaver, but more water resistant

[cory hunter]

anyone know how to make them from an old pelt? i got some left over muskrat pelts that i aint gunna sell cuz i skin...well if you can even call it skinning...horribly

[Rigs]

I just put some Llama wool silencers on my bow and WOW!!  I love em.

Happy hunting,
Jason

[Jerry Jeffer]

I like beaver.  

[Bjorn]

I gotta admit a certain affinity towards Beaver too; but lately I have been using Mink. It seems placement is waay more important than the material.
Are we still talking about bowstrings?

[Jerry Jeffer]

Cory, do a search for fur silencers. You will get a couple nice threads with pics and descrption of how to do it.

[sticshooter]

Hush pups for me! They are just the best out there. And I have tried them all.<><

[varmint]

Beaver and Muskrat.........a little more partial to the Muskrat.

[MAC]

I like frog hair on mine, you can hardly see it dosent take away from the lines of the bow.

[Dan Worden]

Any "water" mammal. beaver, mink, otter, muskrat, etc.. The oils keep them from matting up in wet weather. I kinda like Otter myself.

Cory, 1/4" x 3or 4" strips work great.

[JRY309]

Let me just say hush puppies are great but for fur I like to use different fur then the usual.I like wolervine on my flatbow.On my Fred Anderson Skookum with cocbola handle,black glass limbs with black and red string I use red fox a beautiful combo.And on my Green Mt. I used artic fox they are white and very thin hair.I have used fur for the looks and they work also.

[indianalongbowshooter]

Musk Ox works really well believe its called quievet.Not sure about spelling.

[SL]

I like sheep fur.  
SL

[Passthru]

Ditto what SL said.