Quieting a Recurve

[tracker12]

I recently bought a set of Carbon Recurve Limbs and want to quiet them down.  Just ordered a new String form Ten Ring stings  with some silencing goodies on it but also want to place something in the limb string groves.  What material are you all using for this application and where are you buying it.  I stopped by Home Deport and the Velcro they had was all very thick and came in to large of a quantity.

[Zradix]

Just get bow hush and be done with it.
..really..
I've tried all kinds of stuff on the limbs...velcro, silencing pads, rubber string "tamers", leather, normal yarn.
They all wear out, wear thru, get sticky etc.

Bow hush works darn good...and KEEPS working.
I've had some on for a few years and they look almost like day 1.
Just get Bow hush. Problem fixed.

[LBR]

Tuning is my first step.  A good release and heavier arrows can also make a huge difference.

[ranger 3]

Stiktamer Bow Silencer from Three Rivers they really work

[AZ_Longbow]

Tune and wrap the string ends with yarn.

[bogeyrider63]

As other's have mentioned, tuned properly with heavy enough arrow's.
Wrap string end's in yarn, then i make yarn silencer's for string.
Make's a huge difference.

[Pryor]

How do you guys wrap the Bow hush around the string?
I got a package in the white elephant, and can't find any instruction on how to wrap it.

[wingnut]

there are a lot of variables that will cause a bow to be noisy.  To low a brace and to light a spine arrow are two of the most common.  Make sure you get the bow and arrows tuned properly before you start slapping stuff on the bow.

Mike

[Terry Green]

BOWHUSH......designed for recurvers

[tracker12]

Guess I'll give some padded loops a try on these limbs and see how they work out.   I am shooting a pretty heavy Easton FMJ and Allen at Ten Ring will be installing some string silencers.

[LBR]

Silencers can be tuned as well.  On some bows moving the silencers as little as an inch up or down the string has made a huge difference for me.  I like to tune everything else (brace height, nock, arrows, etc.) to get the bow as quiet as possible before adding anything.  Less variables to deal with.

[SELFBOW19953]

There is a photo of the Bow Hush installed on a string on their website, they're sponsors-just dropdown the sponsors list and click on Bow Hush.

[NEB]

I have tried Stick Tamers and other adhesive things that look like crap.  The best looking and most effective I have ever used is BOW HUSH.

[Sawpilot 75]

Bowhush, proper bh and a heavy arrow.

[Flying Dogg]

Bow Hush

[Jmatt1957]

Bow Hush and brace height....

[Shadowhnter]

Longbow....lol

[Zradix]

@Shadowhnter...
I hear what you're saying man.

My actual main reason for switching from recurves to longbows was my hatred of having to switch limb pads because they wore thru, got sticky, started to peel off etc.
They were a pita I didn't want to deal with.

I was given an old Bear Kodiak.
I was of course very happy to receive it ...but I didn't want to deal with the darn limb pads again.
I kinda decided "NEVER AGAIN!" to that crap.

I wanted to set the bow up and hunt with it though..just because.
So I figured why not try some bow hush.
I didn't expect them to work.
I expected them to be ok..but not quiet and was worried what they'd do as far as keeping the string out of the belly grooves.

Anyway..put them on...shot it..WOW!

The bow was quiet (I did also have hush puppies on)..NO limb slap.
The string tracks perfectly.

A couple years later everything looks almost like day one.

Bow hush truly changed my mindset for recurves.
I was a recurve hater..just didn't want to deal with the darn limb pads.

Now...If I find a recurve I want I'll get it, put on some bow hush and shoot away.

Bow hush..no fuss..put em on and forget it..job done.

[Paul Cousineau]

Not that it needs to be said again, but Bow Hush is the best.

[Overspined]

Switch to a longbow