Perceived vs actual bow noise

[plentycoupe]

What are your thoughts on this?

I was shooting my blacktail last weekend with some guys. Up until then I thought I still needed some fine tuning as I was thinking it was a little loud......

Until someone told me how quiet it was.....that got me to thinking about all the other bows I thought were a bit noisy.

I guess what I wonder now is how much of a noise difference there is from the shooter holding the bow and from those standing close by

I may have just realized that all bows are quieter than I have perceived them!

[magnus]

It always seems the same to me. I think it's loud but others say its whisper quiet. Then I let someone else shoot it and it is whisper quiet. Some bows seem loud on video though.

[Wudstix]

My MOAB is real quiet and I have had people stand near an watch the target, arrow is in target before they hear the bow go off.    

[MCNSC]

I had two bows of different makes and was shooting with several other folks. The bow that seemed loudest to me when shooting the two the other folks said sounded quieter to them.
Go figure