Brush buttons

[Hopewell Tom]

I'm wondering about your experience with brush buttons. I'm mostly happy with their function of keeping brush out of the ends of my bow, but notice that when shooting the upper button seems to walk up the string and jam into the bow, I try to have just a paper thin gap between button and bow. I was wondering if a few wraps of serving above and below the button as stops would affect performance. A friend thinks they slap the bow and add to the noise. I'm thinking maybe a bit of extra help as a silencer.

TOM

[Charlie Lamb]

I agree with your friend.

[cacciatore]

They were pretty common few time ago,I think they make their job and silence the string too,but in these days were everyone is looking foe SPEED they are not really popular.

[kbetts]

I used them for a while, but have since stopped.  A little extra noise, and sometimes more problems than they are worth.

[joekeith]

I tie them off at the top so they can't go higher and touch the limb.  If they do touch the limb then the brace is too low.
 I don't tie the bottom of the top button, that way I can slide it down when unstringing the bow to get it out of the way.

[vtmtnman]

I stopped using them after I got fed up with having to slide them out from inbetween the string and limb.I think they add noise as well.

[stagetek]

I haven't used them in many years. Always needed to be adjusted.

[bofish-IL]

I always hunt in brushy areas and use them all the time. Otherwise the brush is constantly getting snaged between limb and string. I had one actually pull the string out of the string groove on my B. Widow longbow since it didn't have brush buttons.

[JimB]

They do help in brush but every time I have tried them,they have definitely made the bow noisier so they are just more trouble than they are worth for me.

[Lamey]

They are on my latest bow,  i havent really noticed them having any negative performance effects.   Havent really hunted with this bow, so cant say if they work good in the brush or not.

[Old York]

I've used them on recurves since snakes had legs.
The RUBBER ones that is...very hard to find these days.

The 'new' ones are some kind of plastic and frankly, they are junk.
Won't stay put and the bowstring soon cuts through the centre hole.
Not worth the bobby-pin they (used to) come with.  :mad:

[John3]

I quit using them as well.
Getting anything caught in my bow is a rare event anyway. In the thick stuff I either hold my bow high or out in front of me..

John

[Frisky]

I've used them since the early 70s. I prefer the old beige in the small size. They help quiet the bow and allow you to easily get the bow through thick brush. I also use the black ones and though a bit noisy at first, of late, they work in helping to quiet the bow, besides keeping out brush. I push them up the string until they just touch the limb and check them now and then. I shoot very fast bows and don't worry about a few feet per second loss in speed.

Joe

[Roconman]

I agree,not worth the trouble.I could never get them to stay put and they do make noise.

[sagebrush]

I've used them forever. I have noticed lately a lot of difference between them. Some are kinda hard and weird compared to the old beige ones. Gary

[Bill Kissner]

I have used them forever also but I learned a trick from my late friend Jim Brackenbury. Jim only used one button and put it on the bottom limb. He said you don't need it on the top limb anyway as the lower limb is the one that catches on the brush.