Silencers Fur or rubber?

[SaltyDawg]

Wool yarn puffs.

I've tried everything, and a lot of it works just fine, but I always go back to the wool.

Recently I stuck some cat whiskers on a new string, because I was being lazy, and didn't want to build the yarn puffs. 30 minutes later I had the puffs on.

Where I live and hunt is mostly brush country. It's thick, and just about everything you look at will stick you, or stick to you. Beggar lice is all over the place along with all sorts of other weeds that will jump on, and stick to you. Never had a problem with the puffs in any regard, including moisture.

[hvyhitter]

Wool puffs on recurves and fur strips on longbows. Both work equally well but just like the two looks. I sometimes have to spend hours at a time just me and the bow waiting for deer to join the party so I want it looking pleasing to my eye.........

[David Mitchell]

Used them all and have gone strictly to wool yarn puffs.  Get a nice big bundle of yarn for very little money and it'll last you forever.  You can even buy them that have a mixed color pattern on the same roll and have camo puffs.

[BUCKY]

String leeches for me.

[ron w]

I like wool puffs, I hate cat whiskers....that being said my friends Big River is almost silent with cat whiskers so I guess what ever works for you. As far as burrs and stuff, when they get a bunch I just change them!

[2wfstlhunting]

Tried about everything.  Most recently I fell for the musk ox hair and it works well and resists water.  It is just that the price won't stop going up.   The last bow I bought came with cat wiskers and darn, they may not be exotic, stylish,or pretty but they sure do work and they don't care about the rain.  Oh well.

[LBR]

Cat whiskers, tied on around the string so the can be tuned (can make a world of difference) and cut short.  If you don't put them on right and adjust them to find the "sweet spot", they won't work nearly as well.  Used properly, they work better than anything I've tried.

Chad

[mrpenguin]

Musk ox wool balls are my favorite. They are dead quiet, don't absorb water and (my favorite part) don't effect arrow speed... Meaning they shouldn't effect the tune of your bow right now. All other silencers will have some effect. They are sold through Alaskan Bowhunting.

[Sixby]

I use Beaver fur. Tje heavy fur underneath with long guard hairs makes a perfect silencer and they are super light.

God bless you all, Steve

[Jim Wright]

I use catwhiskers and am surprised no one has mentioned this yet but if you are shooting in a light drizzle or even a fine mist guess what happens when you release with those wet wool, natural fur etc.. silencers. It's bad enough without them but now think about it if you wear glasses like I do.

[xtrema312]

I have tried and use them all from time to time.  I find some bows have a preference.  I have only found one bow that hands down liked the fur better than any other material.  Several liked the wool. Most worked best with the cat whiskers.  On a hybrid LB I tie on one half strip using the whisker to make the knot.  I keep the legs kind of long.  Then I can slide them up and down the string to tune.  I  find most times I can quiet a LB right down with this amount of whisker. I almost think less is better many times.  The big balls of cat whisker made into a ball is more than needed many times.