how to quiet a bear spring arm quiver?

[bbassi]

I picked up one of the mini 4 arrow quivers for my 56" grizzly. Often I get a creaking sound while drawing. I've tried mole skin on the arms but it hasn't helped much. I'm afraid it will spook game as it stands now. Any thoughts?

[Biggie Hoffman]

Take it off..........

I have the same problem. A little string wax will keep it from squeaking but what a pain. Plus, you don't know when it's time to reaapply until it squeaks again :-(

[Grant Young]

Brent, do you mean the little green job with the stabilizer screw attachment? These can be a little tough to get real quiet but you might try oiling all the screws and torqueing them down as tight as possible. Also double check that you have the length of the adjustable spring arm adjusted so that the longest point of contact is well down into the upper fadeout. I use one of these quivers occasionally on an A magnesium riser TD and they can get a little noisy with repeated shooting. The old leather tops that I use on my Super K and the short model I use on my Kadiak are very quiet. The creaking you describe sounds like you could quieten it down by the adjustments I mentioned earlier. Good luck,                              Grant

[bbassi]

Grant, it's the double spring arm style with the leather hood. There is no way to adjust the leanght ofthe arms that I have seen (although I haven't looked that close. I assumed it was fixed lenght) Right now the arms, if evenly spaced, sit just beyond the fadesin the working part of the limb. I know that's why I'm getting noise, but I thought there might be a trick to quieting it.

Biggie, I'll give the wax a try. This is for the bow I'm taking on the bear hunt. My regular bow is a silvertip so after the hut it won't get used much.

[rbbhunt]

I had one of those years ago and if I remember right, I put some camo tape around where the arms attach to the limbs and that seemed top help some

[Grant Young]

You're right Brent, no adjustment there. Your quiver may be too long for optimum performance; they came in different lengths. Biggie's solution might be the best. I've used the Bear quivers for as long as I can recall-I've always shot Bear bows- but I can't argue that they are without issues. I guess most bowquivers are a little bit of a trade-off.I've never missed a shot that I could blame on one though, lol.
                                   Grant

[swampbuck]

Don't you have a Cat quiver ?? You can borrow mine if ya want

[bbassi]

Tom, I have lots of other choices in quivers but that's not the point. I'm taking a 68 grizzly on my bear hunt and wanted to use this quiver with it. I appeciate the offer though.

BTW - Your dog chased a rabbit right through my yard Sunday. Drove my dogs nuts! when you'e at the club you should stop by.  

[M60gunner]

I used to use a piece of plastic tubing like used for AC drains. It is clear in color. I forced it over the tubing on the arms that came from factory. That helped some but those quivers rattle anyway IMO because the hood and arrow holder are not screwed to the bow.
I just acquired a mag. handle and I will be going through this drill agian. This handle is a shooter not a collector so I may drill and tap another hole in the riser to accept the "newer" green hood quiver made for the first Bear compounds. I have the newer "B" handle (97)that uses the new style quiver. It has the inserts for the new style quiver which is to heavy for me and it does not look right on a Bear bow. I modified a "newer" green quiver to work and be quite. I used some alum. bar stock and bent it to shape.

[ishiwannabe]

Light-weight moleskin?

[Blood Trail]

The old Bear quivers are great. I taped mine to the bow and no more problem. Good shooting!