The carbon limb "ping" .

[Doc Nock]

with my aged ears, if I hear it, I think any critter that lives by its eyes, ears and nose, can hear, see or smell what I cannot!

I'm also in agreement with the thought that if a turkey could smell on top of its other senses, you just could NOT kill one!

[Pointer]

Damn Jon...I thought it was just me. I owned a TT Pinnacle II with their carbon limbs and they had that ping. I though it was something loose in the ILF hardware. I chased it for hours one day..lol but I could not get it as quiet as I wanted.  It was a nice shooting bow but I was worried about the noise so I sold it.

[jonsimoneau]

I'm not saying there aren't quiet ones. I've got one. It's a Habu Vyperkahn. But messing around with various carbon limb bows I know for sure that many of them have a higher pitched ping sound to it. As far as assuming animals hear like we do, there isn't anyway to know that they don't. I know one thing. If It sounds louder to me then it definitely sounds louder to a deer.

[FlintNSteel]

Originally posted by The Whittler:
Have you stood off to the side have someone shoot your bow with carbon limbs. You might find that it is not as loud as you thought.

EXACTLY!  I  bought a Black Wolf this year and while pretty quiet, I thought there was a slight "ping" if you want to call it that.  My friend shot it while I watched and being only a few feet away, it was dead quiet.  Can't say why that is, but it is.

[lt-m-grow]

I am not sure where this fits in but two things I have noticed, if you want dead silent, you pretty much have to shoot split finger (I don't), BUT I also agree that many times we perceive our bows as loud when they really are not.  I think we get fixated trying to make them quieter and quieter.  Me included.  So we are more sensitive.  

I think mine is kinda loud, but when I replay this video, I think huh, that is quieter than I thought.  The camera is about a foot away from the bow.   Two different, all carbon bows.

Listen here:  

and here:  

[forestdweller]

If you want dead silent you're also going to have to shoot a longbow because the string will never contact the limbs.

That being said you'd be suprised at how quiet you can get a bow to shoot when you grip it perfectly and your release is perfect as well.

A bow can be made very noisy with an improper grip/improper grip pressure and/or a suboptimal release.