String Silencers

[Bel]

whats the absolute most quiet string silencers you can find?

[jacobsladder]

im partial to bow hush puppies...i think they are a great product...

[ishoot4thrills]

Hard to beat Hush Puppies from Terry Green's daughters. Terry's one of the moderators here, in case you need to know.

[dragon rider]

If you get Traditional Bowhunter Magazine, there's an article by Paul Fender in the latest edition doing a rundown on them and the tradeoffs between silence and arrow speed in fps.

[bubby]

I've got the beaver fur silencers on my flatbow and they are very silent, plus they look cool

[nightowl1]

I like fur. Makes my bow dead quiet, looks cool and if i do my job i have a ready supply

[CJC]

wooly whispers!!! quiet, dont rob energy, and the right price.

[Orion]

I've found wooly whispers hard to beat as well.

[BowHuntingFool]

Originally posted by ishoot4thrills:
Hard to beat Hush Puppies from Terry Green's daughters. Terry's one of the moderators here, in case you need to know.

I agree, I like the hush puppies, they work great for me as well! I have also used fur, looks cool, but the hush puppies are much  quieter on my bows!

[Red Boar]

Musk Ox Silencers....very nice product.  

 

[LarryS]

I AGREE WITH RED BOAR. HAVE MUSK OX ON TWO OF MY BOWS. THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND LOOK GREAT TOO

[overbo]

chunk of limbsaver

[BowZen]

Musk Ox do a fantastic job. Have them on my Dale Dye and it quieted that bow down completely.

[ozy clint]

catwhiskers, they don't mind getting wet and don't pick up burrs and such.

[Bowmania]

Read the article in TBM about catwhiskers!!!  I kind of figured they were too heavy before I read the article.

Bowmania

[longbowjim]

I really like a bowhush/hushpuppy, or a bowhush/beaver ball combination.  I cut my own beaver balls from tanned hides that I buy from a local fur shop.  $50 gets me more than 100 pairs of silencers.  Each bow and string that I build has them already installed.  My 56" bows come with bowhush too.  JD

[LC]

Read the article in TBM about catwhiskers... with a open mind! Don't believe everything you read, including me, try them for your self. Catwhiskers are the absolute best in string silencers in my opinion like mentioned above they never pick up burrs or weight from moisture and last till the sting needs replaced. You can trim them down to the size you need and you should because it takes very little silencer to work on a well tuned bow. If you do put them on full length sure they are over kill and heavy and will rob preformance. One normal length rubber catwhisker is enough to make atleast two maybe three silencers. What we don't know from the article is how they was installed, full length tied in a knot, served on full length or cut to length and put between strands and trimmed to the exact length needed. Although it was a pretty decent article and I enjoyed reading it I hate how some folks jump to a "scientfic" conclusion without the science and then it becomes fact from then on.

[katman]

Hush puppies have proven to be a very good product for quieting a bow. Bow hush is wonderful for recurve string slap. I have settled on 1/2 catwhisker tied on then trimmed to 1 inch either side of the tie as it can be wet where I hunt. Although the puppies were quieter some bow performance was lost especially when you add water. A while back I did a lot of experimenting with the chrono, my ears and different silencers vs bare string.

[Bel]

what about on a longbow? any difference?

[joe skipp]

I have always used and sold the heavy duty whiskers. I personally won't use anything else. Easy to install, never worry about added weight when wet and THEY WORK.