Noise???

[great white hunter]

I have been hunting with Wes Wallace longbows for about 16 years. I love them. Recently I purchases one of his recurves. I shoot a little better groups with it but it makes a lot more noise than the longbows. Is there anything I can do to help quiet it down? I currently have two sets of string silencers on the bow and shoot 550 grain arrows out of it. The bow is 63 pounds at 28". Am I shooting to light of arrows? Do the moleskin pads help? Am I being to picky? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[GRINCH]

What brace heigth are you using,I would also try to in crease my arrow weight 630.

[chanumpa]

#1:Check with Wes.Brace height etc.He willtell you and is the man when it comes to all things trad archery.
#2:I like themoleskin pads and use them on all my recurves,and like the noise reduction they make.It is a personall preferance.
#3:Are you being too picky?Absolutely not.A quiet bow is paramount in being a stealth hunter that is being the best hunter that he can be.Ever striving for perfection.Good Luck.

[lpcjon2]

You can add soft side of velcro to  the limbs (upper and lower) under the part the string comes in close contact with (at the curve).

[Stykbow62]

May not seem very "traditional" but if you put some limbsavers on the back of the limbs just past where the fadeouts end, can really help. Also as mentioned earlier,
increasing your arrow weight and possibly increasing your brace height.

[Stykbow62]

May not seem very "traditional" but if you put some limbsavers on the back of the limbs just past where the fadeouts end, can really help. Also as mentioned earlier,
increasing your arrow weight and possibly increasing your brace height.

[JRY309]

I like to use Bow Hush and Hush puppies on recurves,great products!

[Cocklebur]

Limbsavers really help on some bows.

[great white hunter]

Thank's to all. I will try the limb savers and the hush puppies. I appreciate the advice.

[Doug in MN]

Originally posted by JRY309:
I like to use Bow Hush and Hush puppies on recurves,great products!

I will second that great product.

[hvyhitter]

I would play with brace height a bit. I had a stealth many years ago and it seemed to like the brace height a little high but was a very quiet recurve, even shooting 3 under.

[BowHuntingFool]

Originally posted by JRY309:
I like to use Bow Hush and Hush puppies on recurves,great products!

Problem solved!

[great white hunter]

Gettin bow hush and hush puppies, played with my brace height, now Im looking for heavier wood arrows. The cedar shafts ive been shootin are around 550 grains finished and I would like to stick with wood. Any Ideas on a good wood arrow that would finish out around 650 to 700 grains?

[BCWV]

I've made up some ash in the last bit. So far I really like em. Tough as nails and weigh 650 grns with 125 grn points. I'm shooting them out of a 53# PCH and looking forward to trying them out on a hog in a couple months.

[Orion]

Doug fir from Surewood Shafts should get you in the ballpark.  Very high quality and at your draw weight, you'll need shafts spined about 75-80#.  The heavier 11/32 shafts in that spine range should get you into 650 grain arrows.

[great white hunter]

Thanks for the advice. Very much appreciated.